If the administration is sincere about helping Ukraine win, much more than words will be needed.
By Dalibor Rohac
Only one European statesman dared to say the truth about the US president Donald Trump’s sudden pro-Ukrainian turn: the Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk. “Behind this surprising optimism,” he wrote on X, “lies a promise of reduced U.S. involvement and a shift of responsibility for ending the war to Europe.”
The United States’ withdrawal from its international role will not result in global collapse, argues Amitav Acharya. Instead, we are on the verge of a ‘multiplex’ order, in which ‘re-globalization’ is led by Asia and Global South nations increasingly deploy non-alignment to get what they want.
Polling shows Zelensky trailing rivals, mired in corruption woes, and stalling peace talks—his halo fading fast at home and abroad.
By Steve Cortes
You won’t hear this from the mainstream press, but you’ll hear it here first: Volodymyr Zelensky, the Western media’s darling, is in real political trouble at home. I just commissioned credible polling from inside Ukraine. The war-weary population there wants a new president and a negotiated peace.
