"Welcome to the weird, through-the-looking-glass world of Vladimir Putin’s Russia, where everything is its opposite and almost nothing is what it seems" - smart CNN Opinion from Daniel Treisman on Navalny, Prigozhin and the Kremlin's hall of mirrors: edition.cnn.com/2023/07/10/opi…

"We used to make fun of tourists who dipped their feet in Rome's fountains... Now local white collar workers on lunch break shyly unbutton their shirt sleeves and place their wrists under the water," Silvia Marchetti's CNN Opinion on Italy's inferno: edition.cnn.com/2023/07/18/opi…

Eye-opening CNN Opinion from veteran firefighter Clare Frank on what countries are getting it right - and wrong -- when it comes to battling wildfires: us.cnn.com/2023/07/18/opi…

That time North Korea entrapped an 85-year-old American tourist - and then asked him to foot the hotel bill. Great CNN Opinion from Mike Chinoy: us.cnn.com/2023/07/20/opi…

"Our wartime humor may not be understood by everyone but, trust me, it helps us cope. We debate whether wine consumption should be increased to numb the senses or reduced to keep alert in case there’s a need to flee," writes Michael Bociurkiw from Odesa: edition.cnn.com/2023/07/26/opi…

The wildfires in Greece are a climate wakeup call, writes Bill McGuire for CNN Opinion. Not just about flying -- "but about the whole point of having a holiday." Does rest and relaxation have to go hand-in-hand with an exotic location? edition.cnn.com/2023/07/27/opi…

Would you swim in the Seine? "Not at gunpoint," dubious Paris locals tell David A. Andelman on plans to bring back Olympic swimming events: edition.cnn.com/2023/07/27/opi…

My piece for CNN. I argue that drone strikes shouldn’t judged on Rus public opinion: ‘drone attacks won’t turn Russians against the war. But they boost Ukraine’s most sacred & strategic resource, one running out in inverse proportion to West arms rationing: the Ukrainian people’

Congratulations India on the lunar landing of Chandrayaan-3! Here's my CNN op-ed on the implications. #chandrayaan3update #India #USA #China #Russia #ISRO #NASA #Roscosmos #OneOrbit edition.cnn.com/2023/08/23/opi…

On that plane crash near Tver... and why it took two months to get to this point. cnn.com/2023/08/24/opi…

The apparent assassination of Prigozhin confirms the concerns of Russia’s neighbors. They live next door to a dangerous regime. They are too close to relax. edition.cnn.com/2023/08/23/opi…

My CNN tribute to "Juice," a Ukrainian fighter pilot who fought to get his country F-16s "The outcome of his hard work & advocacy will soon be snarling at supersonic speeds within Ukraine’s airspace & doing victory rolls over downed Russian warplanes." cnn.com/2023/09/01/opi…

"When Westerners talk about the conflict in Ukraine becoming a 'forever war,' they tend to mean it as a bad thing. For Russian President Vladimir Putin, though, it likely is a goal," writes Mark Galeotti. edition.cnn.com/2023/10/03/opi…