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America, Again the Arsenal of Democracy
When Russia invaded Ukraine, the idea that it might lose seemed far-fetched. Vladimir Putin appeared to have a powerful, modernized…
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Decoding Jane Campion’s Joke About the Williams Sisters
With so much news recently, I needed a bit of an escape. I scanned a list of awards season contenders…
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Why China Can’t Bail Out Putin’s Economy
In deciding to invade Ukraine, Vladimir Putin clearly misjudged everything. He had an exaggerated view of his own nation’s military…
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Putin’s Case for War, Annotated
When Vladimir V. Putin announced Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in a televised address on Thursday, he articulatedaims far beyond those…
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For Many Russians, a Deep Unease Over Gathering Specter of War
MOSCOW — Waiting for her friends on Moscow’s primly landscaped Boulevard Ring, Svetlana Kozakova admitted that she’d had a sleepless…
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France and Allies to Begin Withdrawal From Mali
France and several of its Western allies said on Thursday that they would begin a “coordinated withdrawal” of their military…
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Kanye West Always Wanted You to Watch
No one could quite understand why the young producer was being followed by a cameraman. Almost everywhere Kanye West went…
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In Talks on Ukraine, U.S. and Russia Deadlock Over NATO Expansion
GENEVA — The United States and Russia emerged from seven hours of urgent negotiations on Monday staking out seemingly irreconcilable…
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What’s Driving Putin’s Ukraine Brinkmanship?
MOSCOW — As the Kremlin masses troops near Ukraine, it is signaling one core conviction: Russia cares more about the…
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Migrant Crisis in Belarus Tests Putin’s Uneasy Alliance With Lukashenko
MOSCOW — As European governments threatened Belarus with deeper sanctions this week for fomenting the migration crisis on the Belarusian-Polish…
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