Russia’s Real Strategy in Europe
Moscow doesn’t want a conventional war, but it is busy fighting a hybrid one.
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Mikhail Metzel / Pool / AFP / Getty Putin’s Explosive Message to Trump
The Oreshnik missile that struck Lviv carried a political payload.
Alexander Nemenov / AFP / Getty Putin Lives by a Code Trump Doesn’t Understand
Where Trump sees a deal, Putin sees submission.
Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP / Getty Putin Is Not Winning
Underestimating the Russian leader is dangerous, but ascribing dark powers to him plays right into his hands.
Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani / The Atlantic. Source: Contributor / Getty. Putin Isn’t Actually Enjoying This
Trump is turning out to be a liability for the Kremlin.
Getty Putin’s Bread and Circus Had Bread
If there’s one cue Trump missed from the Russian dictator, it’s never to mess with economic stability.
Kirill Kudrjavtsev / AFP / Getty That Time I Was a Russian Propagandist
The Kremlin’s information war in the West is reminiscent of the one it fought—and won—on the home front.
Illustration by Allison Zaucha / The Atlantic. Sources: Henry Horenstein / Getty; Aris Messinis / AFP / Getty; Getty.
