Facing down Russian provocations near Kaliningrad, Poland accelerates an unprecedented military buildup while Moscow bleeds troops in Ukraine. ELBLĄG, Poland — On a proving ground just miles from the heavily...
ENGELS, Russia — Visible from orbital cameras hanging hundreds of miles above Saratov Oblast, the tableau on the tarmac of Russia’s Engels-2 airbase resembles a metallic graveyard. Parked along the...
MOSCOW — Along the radial highways of the Russian capital, where the Kremlin has labored for years to insulate its metropolitan middle class from the harsh realities of its war...
KERCH STRAIT — Under the harsh glare of the Crimean sun, the eastbound lanes stretching onto the Kerch Bridge hum with the uneasy idle of an exodus. Tail lights stretch...
WASHINGTON / PERSIAN GULF — Deep inside the barren, jagged rock formations overlooking the Strait of Hormuz, the mountain faces are hollowed out. Behind heavy, blast-hardened blast doors, miles of...
NOVOROSSIYSK — Along the rocky crescent of Russia’s eastern Black Sea coast, the remnants of an imperial naval dynasty sit crowded against commercial docks and concrete jetties. For more than...
As Russian casualties mount and a digitized conscription net quietly takes effect, hundreds of thousands of citizens are preparing to flee the country before the Kremlin shuts the exits for...
THE CLOSING TRAP As Russian casualties mount and a digitized conscription net quietly takes effect, hundreds of thousands of citizens are preparing to flee the country before the Kremlin shuts...
For more than two centuries, the defining hallmark of Swedish statecraft was a stubborn, deliberate nonalignment. Through two world wars, the razor-thin tensions of the Cold War, and the messy...
KYIV, Ukraine — In the shattered tree lines outside the eastern city of Kupiansk, the assault on a fortified Russian dugout began without the sound of human footsteps. There were...