Conflict & Security | 2026-05-05
No fleet, no problem: How Ukraine rewrote naval warfare
Ukraine entered this war without a navy. What it built instead is now a model for how modern maritime conflict works.
Conflict & Security | 2026-05-05
Russia's military has a criminal infection
Violent convicts recruited to fight in Ukraine brought the gulag's hierarchy with them, and the Russian military can't stop them.
Society | 2026-05-04
Russia is turning its students into soldiers -- or exiles
Russia has blacklisted at least 19 Western universities and is now ordering campuses to deliver recruits for the front.
Society | 2026-05-04
Russia puts combat veterans on urban patrol duty
Russia is deploying veterans of the so-called special military operation as street patrols. It is framed as a crime solution, but analysts say it's a warning to the public.
Society | 2026-05-01
Why foreigners keep coming to Ukraine -- even as bombs fall
While millions fled Ukraine, a different group made the opposite choice, and they're not leaving.
Society | 2026-05-01
The Kremlin is losing Russians over the internet
For millions of Russians, the internet crackdown was the first time the state crossed into their personal lives, and they're saying so.