Marc Champion

These kinds of signals should be seen as weapons in and of themselves, which makes it vital to distinguish between what's real and feigned. In his brief, televised remarks last month to a nuclear session of Russia's security council, Putin said two things of note. The first was that from now on, Russia will consider an attack on its territory by a non-nuclear state that's backed by a nuclear one as a joint effort. The second was that any conventional massed aerial assault on Russia would be sufficient cause for a nuclear response.

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar would have celebrated his death, were he alive to see it, and the world should do the same — if for very different reasons.

The risk of a wider, unpredictable regional war remains high, if averted for now.

Tel Aviv's actions have been successful, but lack a political strategy for long-term stability

Israel has delivered a proportionate, justified and likely effective strike on Iran's missile and air-defense systems.

The danger of escalation is far from over.

Election meddling is part of the Kremlin’s zero-sum game.

Election meddling is part of the Kremlin's zero-sum game. Still bloodying Ukraine, Russia now stands accused of running a “special operation” to

His “peace-in-a-day” is ludicrous, but if he does the groundwork he can avoid capitulation and engineer a win.

His “peace-in-a-day” is ludicrous, but if he does the groundwork he can avoid capitulation and engineer a win.