World Mar 08 Ukraine’s history and its centuries-long road to independence In explaining why he launched the invasion, President Putin falsely claimed that Ukraine was always a part of Russia, while he also made bogus assertions about pro-Russian Ukrainians being under threat. To help sort fact from fiction, and gain a…
World Feb 28 USAID’s Samantha Power on Europe’s response to a flood of refugees The movement of more than a half-million people out of Ukraine and into surrounding countries is creating a dire humanitarian situation. U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Samantha Power, who was at the Polish border Sunday, joins Nick Schifrin from…
World Feb 21 Putin orders Russian troops into Ukraine’s separatist regions as the West levies sanctions Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized as independent two separatist regions of Ukraine Monday, and hours later ordered Russian troops to conduct what the Kremlin called a "peacekeeping operation" in those regions. After Putin's earlier moves, the United States, the United…
World Feb 18 Biden says Russia poised to invade Ukraine as the U.S. continues to seek diplomacy As many top American officials fanned out across Europe Friday, the drumbeat of war accelerated across Ukraine. U.S. officials say even more Russian troops have arrived at the border in recent days, joining 150,000 already on station, who the U.S.
World Feb 15 Biden issues a stark warning to Russia and a rallying cry to Americans President Biden on Tuesday appealed to Russia to pursue the path of diplomacy and laid down a stark warning to Moscow not to threaten the U.S. and its allies. He also told Americans a war in Ukraine could have economic…
World Feb 14 U.S. relocates embassy operations in Ukraine as Russia threatens to invade Germany's chancellor visited Kiev Monday ahead of a meeting with Vladimir Putin as Russia hinted diplomacy could continue on the Ukraine crisis. But will any of this forestall a Russian invasion? Andrew Weiss, who worked on Russian affairs for the…
World Feb 10 Russia begins massive military exercises in Belarus, escalating tensions with Ukraine Russian military exercises got underway in earnest Thursday in Belarus near the border with Ukraine, while the British foreign secretary held an icy meeting with her Russian counterpart in Moscow with no sign of progress. Michael Kofman, research program director…
World Feb 03 U.S.-led raid kills ISIS leader. What’s next in the fight against the terrorist group? U.S. special operations forces conducted a raid overnight Thursday in Syria that ended in the death of the leader of the Islamic State, Abu Ibrahim al Hashimi al-Qurashi. Nick Schifrin examines the collateral damage and the future of the fight…
World Jan 31 Why North Korea’s most recent missile tests are worrying U.S. officials Over the weekend, North Korea tested a missile that flew so far that it could have reached the U.S. territory of Guam in the South Pacific. It is North Korea’s longest-range test since 2017, and seventh such test this month…
Education Jan 27 Air strike threats don’t deter these Syrian children from going to school Syria is in the throes of conflict. In the northeast, Syrian Kurdish forces are fighting ISIS militants who forced a prison break last week. It’s the largest recent ISIS resurgence. The president and his Russian allies are continuing airstrikes in…