Why is U.S. policy on Russia-Ukraine so self-contradictory ?
By Alastair Crooke
The American Conservative
November 3, 2026
The Atlantic on October 23 published a profile of CIA chief John Ratcliffe. Its subheadline contains the most significant "tell" from the piece-"CIA Director John Ratcliffe leads an agency that's at war with Russia, even as Trump makes nice with Putin."
The Atlantic article makes no bones about its ulterior purpose.