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Jen Kirby

Foreign and National Security Reporter

Why America’s allies are worried about the end of Roe

By Jen Kirby June 30

Finland and Sweden’s historic NATO bids, explained

By Jen Kirby June 28

Russia’s territory in Europe is the latest source of Ukraine war tensions

By Jen Kirby June 23

Afghanistan’s staggering set of crises, explained

By Jen Kirby June 23

Why grain can’t get out of Ukraine

By Jen Kirby June 20

Boris Johnson barely survives a challenge to his leadership

By Jen Kirby June 6

100 days in, Russia’s war is now a brutal offensive in eastern Ukraine

By Jen Kirby June 3

What will the EU’s Russian oil ban do?

By Jen Kirby June 1

The US just deepened its commitment to Ukraine by $40 billion

By Jen Kirby May 19

What Mariupol’s fall means for Russia — and Ukraine

By Jen Kirby May 17