War

“Warfare” reconstructs an ill-fated 2006 mission in Iraq from the memories of the Navy SEALs involved. Does this method bring us closer to the reality of combat?

Vladimir Putin views his country’s cultural sphere like any other sector: a subordinate dominion, which should submit to the state’s needs and interests. What’s been lost?

The war’s underlying logic has been flipped on its head since the White House meeting between Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump.

For decades, Alexander Dugin argued that Russia had a messianic mission, and that destroying an independent Ukraine was necessary to fulfilling it.

Mykola Hryhoryan was on the front lines before being gravely injured. Now, with American support in question and the country’s troops depleted, he’s preparing for the possibility of going back.

Some analysts hoped that Trump might end the war; they are stunned that the U.S. has now “changed sides.”

A group of sociologists found that few Russians were steadfast supporters of the war. Most had something more complicated to say.

In October, 2023, I could not imagine anything worse than the destruction in Jabalia refugee camp. But what is happening now outstrips anything I saw there.

The author discusses his story “Plaster.”

The novelist Howard Jacobson has argued that too much press coverage of dead Palestinian children is a new form of “blood libel” against Jews.

In and around Kyiv, war has become part of daily life, even as the public grows weary of its costs.

The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah has erupted, displacing more than a million people. Many in Lebanon fear a Gaza-like campaign of violence.

I no longer recognize many parts of my homeland. Only my memories of them remain.

In Be’eri, where more than a hundred people were killed and thirty taken captive, former residents are attempting to rebuild.

A co-founder of the Uncommitted National Movement tells the staff writer Andrew Marantz why Muslim voters in Michigan are turning in droves to Jill Stein—and Donald Trump.

What happened that day in Haditha?

The Ukrainian President on how to end the war with Russia, the empty rhetoric of Vladimir Putin, and what the U.S. election could mean for the fate of his country.

The historian has travelled extensively in Ukraine, and discusses the lessons Ukrainians can teach America about freedom.

An accusation levelled against a teen-age girl changes the course of her life, in Salar Pashtoonyar’s documentary about life after the Soviet-Afghan war.

Months of fighting at the border threaten to ignite an all-out conflict that could devastate the region.