
Jen Kirby
Former Vox Staff
Latest articles by Jen Kirby


Russia and Ukraine are talking, but huge gulfs remain.


Why Ukraine staying out of NATO is emerging as a possible settlement to end the war.

Commissions are a common tool to expose atrocities after war and genocide. Reconciliation is harder to come by.

Vladimir Putin’s war is still raging, signaling a frightening escalation on the ground.


New Delhi’s balancing act reflects its interests in keeping a longstanding relationship with Russia.

Russian bombing destroyed a maternity hospital in Mariupol. Families across the country have been split apart.

In Europe’s first major war in decades, Russian forces are finding stiffer resistance than they likely expected.


Russia’s Ukraine war forced a turning point in how Berlin sees itself in the world.


“All the nation is involved, not only the army.”


The harshest penalties ever imposed on Russia will still have their limitations.