List of Vladimir Putin articles
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A poster of a soldier holding up a rifle. How Russia Distorts the Past
Memory politics shape Putin’s influence at home and abroad.
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Two soldiers walk along a fence in front of the Berlin wall in a snowy winter scene. The East-West Contest With No End
The Cold War was tragic, comic, and epic—and it’s still playing out today.
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Long line of cars at Russian gas station Putin’s Fear of a Humiliating Economic Crisis
Greater sanctions pressure could finally bring Moscow to the negotiating table.
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A person is silhouetted in front of a white high relief statue of Stalin with other figures around him. The Kremlin’s Factory of Resentment
A new history of the Cold War unwittingly exposes Russian distortions of the past.
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U.S. National Guard troops spread mulch around the Tidal Basin near the National Mall in Washington on Aug. 26. Trump’s Lethal Landscapers
Is Trump hurting military readiness?
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Chinese President Xi Jinping appear at the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on Oct. 23, 2024. Why India Should Not Walk Into the China-Russia Trap
New Delhi has other options, and the standoff with Washington may not last.
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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz hold a telephone conversation with U.S. President Trump at the European Political Community summit in Tirana, Albania, on May 16. Stop Fabulating About ‘Security Guarantees’ for Ukraine
The best way to protect Ukraine from another Russian invasion is helping it to win.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attend a document signing after their talks at the Mariinskyi Palace in Kyiv on Aug. 23, 2024. Is Ukraine the Future of Asia?
Washington’s switch to accommodating Moscow’s geopolitical goals sends an ominous signal.
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French President Emmanuel Macron talks with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (on screen) during a video meeting of the so-called coalition of the willing to discuss next steps for Ukraine at the Fort de Bregancon in Bormes-les-Mimosas, southern France. World Leaders Debrief Trump’s Meetings With Zelensky and Putin
Roughly three dozen world leaders gathered virtually to discuss a path to ending the Russia-Ukraine war.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. President Donald Trump participate in a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. 7 Lingering Questions After the Trump Ukraine Summit
After a flurry of diplomacy, what was actually agreed to?
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Steve Witkoff sits on a couch and looks over his shoulder with wide eyes. Two other men sit next to him. Out of focus behind them are Zelensky and Trump, also seated. Why Steve Witkoff Is Trump’s Master of Disaster
The helpless envoy embodies everything that is dysfunctional about current U.S. foreign policy.
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Putin sits at a table with his hands flat on the surface, leaning forward slightly. He wears a dark suit and tie; a Russian flag hangs in the background. Russia and Ukraine Are as Far Apart as Ever
Despite Trump’s efforts, negotiation will only come when both parties believe their interests are better served by talking than fighting.
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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron, and US President Donald Trump walk through the Cross Hall to the East Room on their way to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders at the White House in Washington, DC, on August 18, 2025. Trump Has No Idea How to Do Diplomacy
Even when he’s partly right, he’s wrong.
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A military plane looms over Putin's head as he walks on a runway. To Get Peace in Ukraine, Trump Should Play the Nuclear Card
The White House needs to learn from the Kremlin’s success with nuclear blackmail.
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (left) welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in front of the Federal Chancellery in Berlin on Aug. 13. Who Zelensky Is Bringing to Washington—and Why
Several European leaders will accompany the Ukrainian president as he makes his case to Trump.
