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joe biden
Julia Ioffe May 29, 2024
Pissing off most of the people most of the time is just another day for a U.S. president. Will the Israel-Gaza war be different?
joe biden israel
Julia Ioffe May 22, 2024
In a new poll, voters say Trump, the former antisemite-in-chief, would be better at fighting antisemitism than Biden.
vladimir putin Sergey Shoigu
Julia Ioffe May 15, 2024
Notes on Putin’s game theory for pressuring Kharkiv and the real reasons behind his wartime cabinet reshuffle.
Vladimir Putin inauguration
Julia Ioffe May 8, 2024
Vladimir Putin’s fifth inauguration speech confirms that the soft authoritarian is now a hard fascist, more isolated but also more assured than ever in his superiority above his subjects, the inevitability of victory in Ukraine, and his almost divine right to rule Russia as he sees fit.


ukraine war
Julia Ioffe April 30, 2024
For a while, it was easy to blame a dysfunctional Washington for Ukraine’s problems on the battlefield. Now that the supplemental is done and the aid is once again going out the door, the ball is in Ukraine’s court.
Deborah Lipstadt
Julia Ioffe April 23, 2024
As Israel’s war with Hamas grinds on and Ivy League campuses convulse with protests, an urgent conversation with Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, Biden’s special envoy to combat antisemitism, about the modern right- and left-wing varieties of an ancient hatred.
Benjamin Netanyahu Yoav Gallant
Julia Ioffe April 15, 2024
Biden, Blinken, and Sullivan aren’t the only ones losing patience with the Israeli prime minister. The Israeli national security establishment has its own profound gripes and concerns, too.
michael mccaul
Julia Ioffe April 2, 2024
A bracing conversation with Michael McCaul, the G.O.P. head of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, on the complex task of convincing House Republicans to help save Ukraine.


Vladimir Putin
Julia Ioffe March 26, 2024
As ordinary Russians mourn Friday’s deadly terror attack in the city, the country’s leadership has activated its propaganda apparatus to direct suspicion toward the usual suspects: Washington, Ukraine, and its “Western masters.”
alexey navalny
Julia Ioffe March 20, 2024
Notes on the frustrations and fixations of the Georgetown set: a Russian hostage exchange mystery, the irony of Netanyahu’s foreign meddling, and the tragedy of Putin’s comical election.
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