Tag: Politics and Government
Amid Sanctions, Putin Reminds the World of His Own Economic Weapons
LONDON — In the five weeks since Russia invaded Ukraine, the United States, the European Union and their…
(Bangkok): A Push for Parentheses Miffs Thais (Who Have Bigger Problems)
BANGKOK — Each morning in her market stall in the Bangkok Noi district of the Thai capital, Jintana…
Shaken at First, Many Russians Now Rally Behind Putin’s Invasion
The stream of antiwar letters to a St. Petersburg lawmaker has dried up. Some Russians who had criticized…
Putin Is Setting Back Russia’s Potential by Decades
But over the years Mr. Putin became increasingly less tolerant of dissent, especially as “color” revolutions and pro-Western…
How Europe’s Tourism Industry Has Been Affected By War in Ukraine
Bernabò Bocca, the president of the Italian hotel association Federalberghi, said he was most concerned over energy costs,…
Macron Goes on Defensive Over Use of McKinsey and Other Consultants
PARIS — In a sedate presidential race overshadowed by pandemic and war, it’s the one issue that has…
N.B.A. Basketball Returns to Chinese TV After a Long Absence
China Central Television, China’s state-run TV network, has begun to broadcast N.B.A. games again, signaling that the rift…
Putin’s War Is Complicating India’s Middle Path Among Powers
NEW DELHI — As international outrage over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine boiled over, foreign ministers and envoys filed…
Women Drive Germany’s Foreign Policy Shift Amid Ukraine War
BERLIN — It was Chancellor Olaf Scholz who, three days after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, broke with Germany’s…
What if Putin Didn’t Miscalculate?
The conventional wisdom is that Vladimir Putin catastrophically miscalculated.He thought Russian-speaking Ukrainians would welcome his troops. They didn’t.…
Russia-Ukraine War Is Reshaping How Europe Spends
Nicolae Ciuca spent a lifetime on the battlefield before being voted in as prime minister of Romania four…
Mariupol Residents Describe How Russian Forces Deprived Them of Food and Water
LVIV, Ukraine — After Russian forces surrounded the city of Mariupol in southern Ukraine, cutting off its water…