Insights

Alexandra Vacroux speaks with the Harvard Gazette about developments in Ukraine.

Western allies should announce that President Zelensky has been empowered to dial back or even withdraw elements of the unprecedented sanctions on Russia, write Rawi Abdelal and Alexandra Vacroux.

A new book by Tinatin Japaridze explores Stalin and his legacy through the lens of the post-Soviet generation.

The international community should keep pressure on the Taliban and spearhead a vigorous response to the attack on education, says NTF Fellow Fara Abbas.

Putin will go down in history as the figure that did more to unite the Ukrainian people (albeit against Russia) than any other in recent memory, write George Soroka and Félix Krawatzek.

Kelly O’Neill discusses Eurasianism as an imperial idea in Foreign Policy.

For more fruitful negotiations to begin, Russia’s interest in a cease-fire must be heightened, even if it remains lower than Ukraine’s, write NTF Director Arvid Bell and Dana Wolf.

Expert expects dramatic ripple effects as sanctions, corporate measures take hold.

Putin has been noisily rattling his nuclear saber to remind the world that he has plenty of dangerous weapons in his arsenal, writes Executive Director Alexandra Vacroux.