Category: Russia

RAY McGOVERN: Thanks to a Soviet Navy Captain — We Survived 1962

October 28, 2019

Captain Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov spared humanity from extinction on what has been called “the most dangerous moment in human history.”

Russian Pride and US Exceptionalism

October 23, 2019

Riva Enteen reports on a recent citizens’ delegation to Russia and the chance to consider the country and its recent turbulent history from the vantage point of people living there.

Interview: Nicolai Petro on ‘Reading Russia Right’

October 23, 2019

Natylie Baldwin asks Nicolai N. Petro about the current state of Russian democracy in the context of its media, justice system, leadership and Western misperceptions.

Everybody Betraying Everybody in Syria

October 16, 2019

After some eight years of civil conflict, the situation in Syria is basically reverting to the pre-conflict norm, writes Graham E. Fuller.

PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Predictable Mess on Syria’s Border with Turkey

October 14, 2019

Trump just missed an opportunity to pull back troops without inducing another bloodbath.

Hypersonic Weapons & National Insecurity

October 2, 2019

Weapons that move five times the speed of sound are driving the latest phase of an arms race that not only never ends, but is constantly generating new global risks, writes Rajan Menon.

The Revelations of WikiLeaks: No. 5 — Busting the Myth WikiLeaks Never Published Damaging Material on Russia

September 23, 2019

A month before Hillary Clinton spread the widely-believed myth that WikiLeaks had never revealed anything on Russia, the publication had already released more than a million files on the country.