How serious is the UK government’s determination to act very firmly against Russian business interests in view of Putin’s constant transgressions?
Russia’s “Civilizational” Push into Africa
Putin’s post-Soviet world remains a work in progress, but Africa already looms.
Will Ukraine Be a Replay of Poland in 1939?
To prevent a Russian invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. and NATO can’t rely on sanctions alone. History offers a clear message on appeasement.
Will Putin Put Down the Kazakh Spring?
Why the popular uprising against corrupt national elites in oil-rich Kazakhstan has Putin and Russia so nervous.
Is Kazakhstan Russia’s Next Ukraine?
Former Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev may be the last barricade blocking a confrontation between Russia and Kazakstan.
Closing Memorial: Putin’s Blueprint for U.S. Republicans
How the closure of the Memorial in Russia is a template for the kind of society Republicans want to build in the U.S.
Is Putin Destabilizing or Uniting the West?
Putin is keen on inciting “hybrid attacks” against the West to de-stabilize it. He may well end up inadvertently stabilizing it.
Putin: Master of Hybrid Wars?
All wars are hybrid, but war — and the notion of hybrid — have changed.
When Mob Rule Comes to the United States of America
The parallels between the Leninist power usurpation in early 20th century Russia and the Trumpian brigades in today’s United States are becoming ever more eerie.
Is Norway the New East India Company?
A tale of gas and oil, opium and hypocrisy: If climate activists are unable to convince the richest country in the world of the benefits of climate control, how do they plan to convince Mexico, Nigeria or Russia?