Peter Pomerantsev
The Atlantic
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‘We Can Only Be Enemies’
One family’s experience of Russia’s invasion offers a path to the end of the war. → Read More
Memory in the age of impunity
There were once ‘grand narratives’ that explained everything from the behavior of states to literature. The collapse of connected storylines calls for new thinking on what binds us, from Manila to Silicon Valley to Moscow → Read More
The Info War of All Against All
If these paternalistic old media bastions still stood, then one would most likely see a new normal settle eventually after this period of crisis and contest. But the new modes of instant, constant digital connection have abolished their authority; there is no barrier to entry policed by a gatekeeper, and anyone can jump into the fray at any moment. There were always battles of ideas, especially… → Read More
The Age of Flux
The future arrived in Russia first, and then spread to the West, with all the now too-familiar negative consequences. But for all its tragedy, there was also a sense of possibility then—as now. → Read More
From ISIS to Russia: How War Changed in 2015
From ISIS to China, a new form of conflict has emerged. → Read More
Peter Pomerantsev
Invading Ukraine with near impunity isn’t the most impressive feat Russian President Vladimir Putin has pulled off lately. That distinction goes to his skill at keeping Russians in thrall to a virtual reality—one in which NATO is about to invade their homeland, Ukraine has been taken over by neo-Nazis, and U.S. → Read More
Russia’s Gold Digger Academy
In the land of the boom-and-bust oligarchs, hopeful girls sign up for Oliona’s training school to learn how to snag a Moscow millionaire. → Read More
the hidden author of putinism
Shutterstock/Reuters/The Atlantic “I am the author, or one of the authors, of the new Russian system,” Vladislav Surkov told us by way of introduction. On this spring day in 2013, he was wearing a white shirt and a leather jacket that was part Joy Division and part 1930s commissar. “My portfolio at the Kremlin and in government has included ideology, media, political parties, religion,… → Read More
How Vladimir Putin Is Revolutionizing Information Warfare
How Vladimir Putin is revolutionizing information warfare → Read More
Enjoy Argentina’s Lionel Messi While You Can
Argentina’s tiny, drooping maestro is distinctly unnatural—the greatest player in an equally freakish era of genius football which is about to pass. → Read More
Seeking Utopia in the New Ukraine
DNA nationalism, Euro-idealism, crony capitalism: Which vision will win out? → Read More
Can Ukraine Win Its Information War With Russia?
Scrappy news outlets are emerging in Kiev to counter the Kremlin. → Read More