The Putin constitution is poised to become the law of the land.
Fred Weir Responds to The Atlantic’s “The Russification of the Republican Party”
There is something to the idea that American political culture is becoming increasingly Sovietized, writes Weir…. [Read more…] about Fred Weir Responds to The Atlantic’s “The Russification of the Republican Party”
Krithika Varagur: Nothing to Apologize For: A Review of Samantha Power’s Memoir
Power has only lived in two countries in her adult life—the U.S. and Bosnia—and it shows.
Carl J. Schramm: ‘The Interagency’ Isn’t Supposed to Rule
The Constitution gives the president, not a club of unelected officials, the power to set foreign policy.
VIDEO: Rising: Saagar Enjeti blasts responses to the Russian bounty reports
Saagar Enjeti blasts responses to the Russian bounty reports that provoke action against Russia and threaten the security of American soldiers in Afghanistan.
Paul Robinson: NAPOLEON, KUTUZOV, AND THE CHANGING INTERNATIONAL ORDER
Do we want to be Napoleon or do we want to be Kutuzov? Our future depends on our response.
Paul Robinson: Afghan Tales
Depictions of Russia often have little to do with Russia itself and are more about those doing the depiction. For many in the Western world, Russia is, and long has been, a significant ‘other’, comparison with which serves a useful purpose in the creation of self-identity.
Stephen F. Cohen: Who Is Making US Foreign Policy?
An anti-neocon president appears to have been surrounded by neocons in his own administration.
Barbard Boland: Three Glaring Problems With The Russian Taliban ‘Bounty’ Story
Let’s take a deeper dive into some of the problems with the reporting here….
Gordon Hahn: The Lessons of Russia’s Syrian Intervention for Washington and Brussels
The era in which the United States and/or the West (NATO) can dictate outcomes anywhere across the globe unilaterally has ended.
Dmitry Trenin: How Russians Are Reading Bolton and Trump
John Bolton suggests that Putin can play Trump like a fiddle. The truth is that under the forty-fifth U.S. president, the bilateral relationship with Russia is now as bad as at any time since the early 1980s.
Brian Milakovsky: Ukraine’s Divided House Still Stands
A lasting settlement must address the growing chasm between the region’s two halves.
Gordon Hahn: Towards Orderly and Peaceful Regime Transformation in Russia
Sooner or later, out of biological necessity alone, Russia will no longer be ruled by President Vladimir Putin.
Leonid Bershidsky: ‘Foreign Agents’ Everywhere
Various forms of “espionage lite” are nebulous enough to be used by overeager officials to make political points and strike tit-for-tat blows. Paranoia in the U.S. sets off Russian vindictiveness. This is not a virtuous cycle.
David C. Speedie: Letter to the FT: Russia cannot afford a war with the west
Philip Stephens [“Russia cannot afford a war with the west”, 26 June] contains some home truths about Russia under Vladimir Putin, but comes significantly short of the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. To focus on but a few illustrations… [Read more…] about David C. Speedie: Letter to the FT: Russia cannot afford a war with the west
Daniel L. Davis: Why Can’t Europe Help Pay More for NATO?
A careful examination of America’s interests and NATO fundamentals suggest it might be time to let the sun go down on NATO.
Andrew Bacevich: Madcap Militarism: H.R. McMaster’s Dishonest Attack On Restraint
Anyone looking for new grand strategy won’t find it in the retired general’s latest ‘think piece.’
Daniel Larison: There Has Been No Retrenchment Under Trump
When we look at the specifics of Trump’s record, we see that he isn’t ending U.S. military involvement anywhere.
Marlene Laurelle: Russia’s Constitutional Amendments Keep Several Futures Open for Putin
On July 1, Russian citizens will be voting to approve amendments to the 1993 constitution, proposed by Vladimir Putin in January, planned for a vote in April and postponed to the summer as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. If adopted, the main change will be to allow Putin to stay in power after the end of his second consecutive – and fourth total – mandate, possibly up to 2036, when he is going to be 84 years old.
Stephen F. Cohen: How America Lost Post-Soviet Russia
Demetri Kofinas speaks with Stephen Cohen, one of the world’s foremost Russia experts about why he believes the United States bears much of the responsibility for its fractured relationship with Putin’s Russia and the serious prospects of nuclear war in the 21st century.