Today, the threat posed by nuclear weapons is just as great as it was nearly 40 years ago.
Lyle J. Goldstein: Trilateral Troubles: Is America Ready for China’s Latest Geopolitical Tricks?
A new trilateral exercise with South Africa may be a sign of coming attractions, but the United States should not overreact.
Daria Solomennikova: In Russia, a new generation of activists are taking on climate crisis
Against a hostile media – and a powerful fossil lobby, young people in Russia are coming out to build a safe climate future.
Carine Clément: Putin, Patriotism and Political Apathy
How can we explain Vladimir Putin’s extraordinary levels of popularity in Russia?
Patrick Porter Reviews John Bolton Memoir
From his infamous unsubtle moustache to his bellicosity, Bolton traffics on a self-image of straight shooter who sprints towards gunfire.
Lucy Komisar: Why Spiegel is sticking to its Magnitsky report
Investor Bill Browder accuses SPIEGEL of misrepresenting the circumstances surrounding the death of Russian Sergei Magnitsky.
Sara Z. Kutchesfahani: Three arms control negotiators walk into a café…
For the first time since January, representatives from the United States and Russia recently met in Vienna for the latest round of strategic security dialogues, which included a discussion on the last remaining agreement on nuclear weapons: the 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START).
Ed Lozanksy: How to build trust between U.S. and Russia
Dear Mr. Putin, please make a public statement that Russia pledges not to interfere in the next and future American elections. It would be good if the two chambers of the Russian parliament, the Duma and Federation Council, ratify this pledge as well. Please do it unilaterally without asking Mr. Trump and the U.S. Congress to respond in kind.
Lucy Komisar: The U.S. and UK are taking new actions to intensify Cold War
William Browder’s Magnitsky story is a pillar of Russiagate.
Glenn Greenwald: Years of Major Claims from the U.S. Media Were Utter Frauds
The revelations of the IG Report are not merely a massive FBI scandal. They are also a massive media scandal, because they reveal that so much of what the U.S. media has authoritatively claimed about all of these matters for more than two years is completely false.
George Beebe and David Rivkin: Why we need a little skepticism on Russian bounties
The most fundamental task of both journalists and intelligence analysts is to clarify the often blurry line separating truth and falsehood.
Paul Robinson: Media Meltdown Over Trump-Lavrov Meeting
On Monday, US President Donald Trump met Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov. It’s about as normal a diplomatic event as one could possibly imagine, but it caused much of the American commentariat to go into a collective meltdown.
Matthew Dal Santo: Yes, to balance China, let’s bring Russia in the from the cold
The West’s isolation of Russia has helped Moscow acquiesce in an expanded Chinese presence it would once have resented.
Reuters: Cold War redux? U.S. to hold largest Europe exercises in 25 years
The United States will send 20,000 troops to Europe next April and May in its biggest military exercises on European soil since the Cold War to underscore Washington’s commitment to NATO, a senior allied commander said on Tuesday.
Eliot Borenstein: The Lincoln Project’s Red Scare
“Fellow Traveler,” the latest video from the Lincoln Project, has made me see red. And I’m afraid that was the intention.
Charlie Savage: We Just Got a Rare Look at National Security Surveillance. It Was Ugly.
The Justice Department’s independent inspector general, Michael E. Horowitz, and his team uncovered a staggeringly dysfunctional and error-ridden process in how the F.B.I. went about obtaining and renewing court permission under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, to wiretap Carter Page, a former Trump campaign adviser.
Dimitri Alexander Simes: Will Putin Really Return To The Kremlin in 2024?
President Vladimir Putin now has the legal right to remain in power until 2036, after a large majority of Russians voted in favor of Kremlin-backed constitutional reforms.
Daryl Kimball: Trump Should Extend New START
One the most important responsibilities of any American president is to reduce nuclear dangers and to avoid nuclear catastrophe.
Robert Chandler: Writer who caught the reality of war
Vasily Grossman was not only a great correspondent in World War Two but a courageous dissident.
DW: Germans in favor of ‘reducing reliance’ on US
A new YouGov poll has found that a majority of Germans are in favor of reducing reliance on the US and increasing ties with Russia.