Who ate all the Minsk pies?

A pacy read from Mikhail Zygar.

The Ukrainian military operation inside the Russian border, which began on Tuesday, is going quite well. What's going on?

A few comments on the UK's Strategic Defence Review, which was announced earlier this week.

As NATO marks its 75-year anniversary, this new volume from Sten Rynning is a fitting appraisal of 'the world's most powerful alliance'.

Vladimir Putin appears confident the war in Ukraine is turning in his favour: he could yet be hoisted with his own petard, however.

An essay, of sorts, on war.