by Daniel DePetris For most of the year, the Ukrainian army has been in a defensive crouch across the more than 600-mile-long front line. It has been dealing with a […]
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Does the alliance between Putin and Kim Jong Un spell doom for the U.S.?
by Daniel DePetris Even before Russian President Vladimir Putin landed in Pyongyang for his first trip to North Korea in nearly a quarter century, foreign policy observers were pontificating about […]
Putin’s shadow war in Europe intensifies
by Hal Brands Russian nationals have been arrested in Germany on charges of planning to attack military facilities. English prosecutors claim that Russian agents set fire to a warehouse containing […]
New front in Ukraine war is in the Balkans
by James Stavridis Throughout Russia’s history, tsars looked for ways to dominate what they called the “near abroad” of their sprawling empire. In today’s world, President Vladimir Putin’s illegal invasion […]
No, Trump does not equal Navalny
by Jonah Goldberg Alexei Navalny didn’t simply die. He wasn’t just murdered. He was tortured to death. It didn’t happen on the rack or mid-beating, but Vladimir Putin — who […]
With Putin interview, Carlson proves to be the Walter Duranty of our time
by John Hewko Watching Tucker Carlson’s recent interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin reminds me of the notorious reporting by former New York Times journalist Walter Duranty, who defended Soviet […]
Why isn’t Russia accused of genocide?
by Trudy Rubin If Israel is being charged with genocide at the International Court of Justice, why isn’t Russia? This is a question I find very troubling, as do some […]
Can’t escape Putin’s murderous intentions
by Trudy Rubin I’m just back from a theater vacation in London and a week in Scotland, which were meant to help me recoup from a strenuous work trip to […]
Putin playing a game of food blackmail
by Trudy Rubin ODESA, Ukraine — One year ago, just as I arrived in this historic port city, Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to stop blockading Ukraine’s grain exports and […]
Wagner mutiny leaves Putin a naked emperor
The mutiny by caterer Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner mercenary army ended on Saturday before it really began. Prigozhin apparently has been persuaded to desist by Alexander Lukashenko, the dictator of Belarus, […]
