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Knowing the History Behind Ukraine’s Crisis. Near Mariinka. Image by Paolo Pellegrin/Magnum, for The New York Times. Ukraine, 2021. Back to the Future In late 1991, I traveled across the former Soviet Union just as it was breaking apart. The series of newspaper articles that followed, Awakenings, focused on the rediscovery of cultural and historic roots that had been suppressed during seven decades of communist rule. The dispatch from Kyiv? “For Ukrainians, No Looking Ba...

Knowing the History Behind Ukraine’s Crisis. Back to the Future In late 1991, I traveled across the former Soviet Union just as it was breaking apart. The series of newspaper articles that followed, Awakenings, focused on the rediscovery of...

Marvin Kalb in Conversation with James Verini: Ukraine's Forever War. Join New York Times Magazine contributing writer James Verini and Pulitzer Center Senior Adviser Marvin Kalb for a conversation on the growing unease in the Donbas region of Ukraine as it struggles to define the conflict and its relationship with Russia. They will discuss their experiences as foreign correspondents and the evolving situation in Ukraine. This virtual and pertinent discussion will be held Tuesday, February 1, at 1:00pm EST. You can register at this link. Kalb, a former Moscow bureau chief for CBS News, h...

In Conversation with James Verini: Ukraine's Forever War. Join New York Times Magazine contributing writer James Verini and Pulitzer Center Senior Adviser Marvin Kalb for a conversation on the growing unease in the Donbas region of Ukraine as it struggles to define the conflict and its relationship with Russia. They will discuss their experiences as foreign correspondents and the evolving situation in Ukraine. This virtual and pertinent discussion will be held Tuesday, February 1, at 1:00pm EST. You can register at this link. Kalb, a former Moscow bureau chief for CBS News, has written e...

The fight on the ground to isil in the country. >> joining us from washington, the author of the new book, imperial gamble, putin, ukraine and the new cold war journalist marvin. putin is dropping bombs to help syrian dictator bashar al assad, now we are suspect going to send 50 troops to help as well. what do you expect things are going to get better or worse in syria. >> one of the things to focus on almost immediately the question i was out for to try to explore in this new book what does putin want? what, at the end of the day, is he prepared to settle for? the president obviously takes th...