M. Gessen
M. Gessen is an award-winning columnist for The New York Times. They are the author of 11 books, including: The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia.
- Opinion
- Putin's Russia
The real meaning of the Zelensky summit was not as it appeared
Trump claims to have resolved several wars – from the Congo to Kosovo and Cambodia – in his seven months in office. Ukraine will soon be added to his list of “successes”.
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- Opinion
- Russia-Ukraine war
While Trump blusters over Ukraine, Putin’s laughing all the way to Alaska
If the Alaska summit does not produce an agreement, Putin loses nothing. Trump, on the other hand, would lose face if he walked out empty-handed. He may be motivated to accept something, anything.
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- Opinion
- Russia-Ukraine war
Putin is ready to carve up the world. Trump just handed him the knife
When Donald Trump threatened Volodymyr Zelensky with the potential for World War III, he may have been drawing a more accurate historical parallel than he realised.
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- Opinion
- US politics
Trump’s awful ideas are working exactly as they’re supposed to
Donald Trump’s many bad ideas are arguably so bad they’re blurring our ability to see a potential remedy. That’s their entire point.
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