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CW looks at President Donald Trump’s 28-point peace plan for Ukraine, which has scrambled the diplomatic and military balance in Europe.
Vladimir Putin ⬆
The Russian president really does understand Trump’s peace-through-strength strategy. He’s focused on the strength part and let Trump take care of the peace. So far, it’s working for him.
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Volodymyr Zelensky ⬆
The Ukrainian president has spent years playing a Churchillian figure on the world stage, defying tyranny with stirring words. Well, Winston Churchill probably knew that if his former business partner had allegedly skimmed $100 million off Lend-Lease, the Americans would have abandoned him too.
Marco Rubio ⬇
The secretary of state was forced at a conference to assure Europeans that his boss’ peace plan wasn’t drafted by the Kremlin. Do Russia hawks eat crow?
Steve Witkoff ⬆
Only the second New York real estate guy ever to make history by upending the geopolitical balance of both Europe and the Middle East. Eat your heart out, Jared Kushner!
The two Dons ⬅➡
Both are in limbo. Don, the mighty Russian river, may have its bitterly contested Donets tributary flow again entirely through Russian territory. Or it may not. Don Bacon, the pro-Ukraine Nebraska representative, may resign in protest at the peace plan, threatening the GOP house majority. Or he may not.
The other Don ⬅➡
Yes, there is another Don at the center of this drama. And there’s no telling whether this is another Gaza-style stroke of diplomatic genius that gets him closer to a Nobel Prize. Or another Kim Jong Un-style DMZ-crossing bromance that gets us nowhere. The president’s legacy on the future of Europe is in limbo.
Originally a staple of Newsweek's print edition, Conventional Wisdom used arrows to track whose stock was rising or falling in the political circus. We're reviving it in the digital age because the problem it lampooned—hyperbole and partisan certainty masquerading as insight—has only intensified.
CW assigns arrows—up, down, or sideways—to the figures and forces shaping current events. The arrows don't predict the future or claim special insight. They capture the prevailing winds of the moment, uncluttered by tribal howling. In an era when partisan media reinforces rather than questions assumptions, CW operates from the center—skeptical of left and right alike, committed to puncturing inflated reputations and recognizing overlooked truths.
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