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Julia Ioffe

One of America’s foremost voices on Russia-U.S. relations, covering national security, foreign relations, and domestic politics from Washington and Europe.

THE LATEST ARTICLES
NEWSLETTERS
Testimony given by police, first responders, and survivors of the massacre tell a horrifying and gruesome story.
Julia Ioffe • December 6, 2023
What Is Hamas Hiding?
The West Wing conversations surrounding the ceasefire collapse, and the horrifying theories about what is happening to Israeli women in Gaza.
The images of the Palestinian prisoners’ release is emblematic of the problem Israel faces, in both the occupied West Bank and in Gaza.
Julia Ioffe • November 29, 2023
The Day After the War Ends
It’s hard to imagine that all the trauma the Israeli and Palestinian people have lived through in the last two months won’t breed more radicalization and mistrust. But if it doesn’t result in some kind of political solution, we will find ourselves back here again too soon.
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan is known, in Washington, as a relentless pragmatist.
Julia Ioffe • November 14, 2023
Jake Sullivan on Israel & Ukraine
A very, very candid conversation with the national security adviser about the Israeli intelligence failure, Bibi-Biden, Ukraine, Xi, and much more.
Julia Ioffe • November 8, 2023
Horror in the Holy Land
Reflection on the tragedy in Israel, tragedy in Gaza, and where we go from here.
Julia Ioffe • November 1, 2023
The Israel War Crime Complexifier
Israel has the right to defend itself and deter further invasion, but foreign policy insiders, and now Sullivan and Biden, are increasingly discussing the thresholds for retaliation, particularly under the covenants of international law. What does that mean for Israel—and Hamas?
Ambassador Dennis Ross was Bill Clinton’s Middle East envoy, and the chief U.S. negotiator in the 2000 Camp David Summit.
Julia Ioffe • October 25, 2023
Memories of the Two-State Solution
A conversation with Dennis Ross, the chief U.S. negotiator in the 2000 peace talks, about why they fell apart, how Israelis came to believe that the Palestinian problem could be managed, and how Oct. 7 exploded that fiction.
In response to would-be speaker Jim Jordan’s reported openness to linking Ukraine and Israel aid, Matt Gaetz jumped in to say the two should be considered separately.
Julia Ioffe • October 18, 2023
The Israel-Ukraine Funding Conundrum
Why is aid to Ukraine and aid to Israel different in the minds of Republicans?
Julia Ioffe • October 11, 2023
Tragedy in Israel
Those who talk about a two-state solution are living in a world that hasn’t existed for a decade. Both sides have hardened to an exclusionary extreme that precludes compromise or coexistence. The events of the last week will ensure that even the embers of those hopes are doused cold.
Robert Fico
Julia Ioffe • October 4, 2023
Ukraine’s Darth Vader & The Pentagon’s Voodoo Economics
On one level, it’s been a terrible week for Ukraine: the House passed a CR that doesn’t include aid and Slovakia, its neighbor, elected a pro-Russian madman. But actually, believe it or not, things aren’t quite as bad as they seem—at least not yet.
Julia Ioffe • September 28, 2023
What Happens if the U.S. Stops Aiding Ukraine?
Determined to answer the unspoken question hanging over the looming government shutdown, I reached out to my best sources in Washington and Moscow to conduct an explosive thought experiment.
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