There is already pressure to get involved if there is a full-scale invasion, but our history with proxy wars is littered with folly. Editor’s Note, 2/24 6 a.m. EST: Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a “special military operation” against Ukraine Thursday morning local time and his forces have been entering …

The US and Russia both have integrated doomsday weapons into conventional war plans. The risk is low but it isn’t zero. If you are frightened by the current crisis in Ukraine, you are having a rational response. We are closer to war between the two largest nuclear-armed states than we …

The hawks are already trying to exploit the Russian invasion, saying a shortfall in spending is leaving us vulnerable. Not true. In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a growing chorus of pundits and policy analysts have been advocating for large increases in America’s enormous budget for national defense, on …