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Former (and incoming) President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy meet at Trump Tower in New York City, on Sept. 27, 2024.
What We're Watching

Trump wants more Ukrainians drafted

President-elect Donald Trump promised on the campaign trail to end the war in Ukraine “on Day One” of his administration. His supporters have long argued Trump should be taken seriously but not literally, and his team has since rolled back that expectation and insists on a 100-day ceasefire timeline instead.

​Soldiers march during Ukraine's Independence Day military parade in the centre of Kiev, Ukraine, August 24, 2015. President Petro Poroshenko said on Monday Ukraine was facing a precarious year, warning that Russia had several strategies to undermine Kiev's attempts to move towards Europe.
What We're Watching

Ukraine’s new mobilization law takes effect

A new mobilization law came into force on Saturday as Ukraine struggles to counter a growing Russian offensive in the northeast part of the country.

​A view of a Dollar Tree store in Washington, U.S., June 1, 2021.
Hard Numbers

Hard Numbers: Forest of Dollar Trees axed, Danes for drafts, Colombia reforms stall, Don Lemon X-communicated, Wilders won't be PM

Ukrainian serviceman kisses his wife who was visiting him during a short break from his frontline duty, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, at the train station in Kramatorsk, Ukraine February 14, 2024.
Analysis

Frozen legacy: The battle for posthumous parenthood in Ukraine

Yehor and Anna are among the thousands of couples in Ukraine who have frozen reproductive material since the war broke out in 2022.

Does America need a draft?
Analysis

Does America need a draft?

The US military draft lasted until the 1970s, when it was scrapped as part of the national reckoning over America’s political and military failures in Vietnam. Could it ever come back? Should it?