THE WORD “HUBRIS” HAS COME UP frequently since Russia launched its full-scale war against Ukraine. The most straightforward and obvious application is to the architects of the unprovoked, unjust, and ...
Recent worsening relations between Moscow and Kiev, in the shape of efforts to isolate Crimea and a subsequent termination of Russian gas supplies to its neighbour, underline the dangers to the shaky ...
Over the past few weeks the new US president, Donald Trump, has repeatedly claimed that the United States should “take back” the Panama Canal and that it should ...
After World War II, nations pledged to create a more equal and law-abiding world. Now Russia, China and the U.S. are returning to an older model in which powerful countries impose their will.