Op-Ed Blog

In an article in the Economist magazine, Ian Bremmer says: Vladimir Putin’s decision to launch a large-scale invasion is one of the worst strategic decisions any leader of a powerful…

Paul Krugman’s article in the New York Times, “Inflation, Interest and the Housing Paradox,” says: The Fed can change short-term interest rates, but not the long-term interest rates that really…

Steve Rattner’s article in the New York Times, “We May Be on Track for a Recession Just as the 2024 Campaign Kicks Off,” says:

In his April 7 column in the Washington Post, “As Ukraine braces for a second round, the West has a duty step up,” David Ignatius says the US and Europe…

The Economist magazine praises Bill Burns leadership at CIA. His long career as a Foreign Service officer at the State Department has prepared him well for his position at CIA,…

For Foreign Affairs magazine, Anna Reid has written a more accurate history of the Russian-Ukrainian relationship than Putin’s. Putin published his version, “On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians,”…

New York Times columnist Tom Friedman posits several steps to take in dealing with Putin. He says: … [We] are entering a period of geopolitical and geoeconomic uncertainty the likes…

In an essay in the Atlantic magazine, former President Bill Clinton defends his decision to expand NATO after the collapse of the Soviet Union, responding to “realist” foreign policy commentators…

David Brooks writes about how we find and keep friends, usually a maximum of about 150 friends. Dunbar argues that it’s a matter of cognitive capacity. The average human mind…

Fareed ZakariHa sees the war in Ukraine as Russia trying to retain a former colony. He discounts the “realist” view that the West angered Putin by expanding NATO too close…