A line widely but wrongly attributed to Lenin states that there are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen. Last week was one of those weeks.
Israel struck Hamas negotiators in Qatar and, despite an intensifying global outcry, moved toward a full-scale invasion and occupation of Gaza City. Amid a wave of cyberattacks and sabotage against European countries, a large group of Russian drones invaded the airspace of Poland, a North Atlantic Treaty Organization member. President Trump demanded that NATO allies slap massive secondary sanctions on India and China as the first step in a renewed campaign to force Russia to end its attack on Ukraine.