Opinion: Putin’s assault on Ukraine now outlasts the Nazi-Soviet war and nears WWI in length; this has happened because the West never annihilated Stalinism, a system more enduring and criminal than Nazism, and from which Putinism directly descends

Opinion: Algeria’s revised nationality law grants sweeping powers to strip citizenship from native-born critics, raising concerns over political repression and regional instability

Torah portion of portion of Tetzaveh explains why a truly outstanding team cannot be made only of stars  

Opinion: As Trump weighs striking Iran, Europe braces for fallout while Israeli-EU tensions deepen, shaped by history, antisemitism, moral politics and reflexive mistrust that turns criticism into confrontation at a moment of mounting regional risk