There’s something really interesting happening in Ukraine. The few and far between Russian victories seem to be making them weaker.... more

Mitchell Orenstein is a professor of Central and East European Politics in the Slavic department at the University of Pennsylvania... more

Time in Kyiv: 9am, Tues, Sep 13th.Kharkiv Oblast is free.Zelenksy announced about 6 weeks ago that a major counter-offensive in... more

Mark Schauss is the host of Russian Rulers History and Battle Ground History. Known for being heavily well-versed with the... more

Hot UpdatesSeverodonetsk fell slowly as expected, but then Lysychansk fell quickly because Russian troops surrounded it, and Ukrainian troops had... more

Lots of ways we can split this. Much has been discussed about decoupling of wages from productivity. Also note we are... more

OR, a tale of ups and downsLots of things seem to be getting worse, at least if you read the... more

UpdatesSituation in SeverodonetskHUGE numbers of troops from both sidesArtillery war“Road of life” from Bakhmut to Severodonetsk has 1km clearance from... more

First, war update:Mariupol fell after 2.5 months of truly insane holding out. Gosh dang. 1900 surrendered and there is a POW... more

What happens when you start really believing your own bullshit?What happens when you’ve created a yes-man bubble where everyone only... more