Feature

Afghanistan may be 'the good war' to most Americans, but Iraq is by far the more important one.

"Afghanistan may be 'the good war' to most Americans," but Iraq is "by far the more important one."

Sri Lanka defaults on its debt for the 1st time

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.com/image/upload/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1652979162/GettyImages-1398131455.jpg { display: none !important; }

right this way

Biden cheers Finland and Sweden's 'momentous' NATO applications

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.com/image/upload/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1652818455/sri%20lanka.jpg { display: none !important; }

Briefing

The Sri Lankan fuel crisis, explained

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.com/image/upload/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1652947873/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-19%20at%203.09.21%20AM.png { display: none !important; }

'the colonel has been reined back in'

Russian state TV military analyst backpedals criticism of Ukraine invasion

Most Popular

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.com/image/upload/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1652686385/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-16%20at%2012.22.20%20AM.png { display: none !important; }

Losing faith

Russia's failed Ukraine river crossing has pro-Russia war bloggers griping

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.com/image/upload/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1652385581/putin%20russia%20failures.jpg { display: none !important; }

Briefing

Why 'the Russian army just isn't very good'

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.com/image/upload/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1652737198/pa%20depressing.jpg { display: none !important; }

Opinion

Afghanistan may be 'the good war' to most Americans, but Iraq is by far the more important one.