Commentary Fifty years ago, as a fresh college graduate, I tried to understand the whys and wherefores of the Vietnam War. Today, I’m grappling with similar questions about the American role in Ukraine. Let me start by expressing gratitude for a major difference: U.S. troops are not dying on Ukrainian territory. The first question (and…

A professor of international politics who is an expert on NATO told a UK House of Lords committee on Wednesday the military alliance’s European powers need to take over the responsibility for confronting Russia so that the United States can concentrate on an increasingly belligerent China. Mark Webber, a professor of international politics at the…

A nuclear research facility in Ukraine has been damaged by Russian shelling, the International Atomic Energy Agency said. There was likely no “radiological consequence” to the facility in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said in an update late Monday. Ukraine’s national nuclear regulator told the IAEA that the incident did not cause…

A nuclear research facility in Ukraine has been damaged by Russian shelling, the International Atomic Energy Agency said. There was likely no “radiological consequence” to the facility in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said in an update late Monday. Ukraine’s national nuclear regulator told the IAEA that the incident did not cause…

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov suggested on Monday that Russia’s so-called “special military operation” launched by President Vladimir Putin on Feb. 24 is intended to prevent a war in Ukraine. “The goal of Russia’s special military operation is to stop any war that could take place on Ukrainian territory or that could start from there,”…

Global energy markets are monitoring the potential conflict at the Ukraine-Russia border as crude oil and natural gas prices are rallying Wednesday. Investors are observing possible supply disruptions in Russia and threats to the United Arab Emirates’ energy infrastructure following missile attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. These developments have provided an immense appetite for bulls…