Commentary
Despite Vladimir Putin's falling approval ratings, the mood in Moscow these days is triumphant.
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July 6, 2018
High Anxiety
Despite Vladimir Putin's falling approval ratings, the mood in Moscow these days is triumphant.
July 3, 2018
Avoiding Fake Deals With Moscow
In the usual scenario, an incoming U.S. President believes that he can be more successful than his predecessor in establishing a partnership with Russia’s leader. Trust is declared, promises are made, deals are struck, and Moscow’s previous acts of aggression against its neighbors are overlooked. This new détente gives cover for the Kremlin to prepare […]
July 2, 2018
Revisiting the “Open Letter” to Obama in the Era of Trump
In fact, people have been worrying about Kremlin revisionism and mischief since the 1990s. Another error is to assume that Donald Trump’s surprise election victory in 2016 undermined a previously solid European security order. True, the U.S. president’s reported off-the-cuff remarks can sound alarmingly ill-informed: “NATO is as bad as NAFTA;” the European Union was created […]
June 29, 2018
Need For Speed
How vulnerable is the Suwałki Corridor? And what can be done to defend it?
June 28, 2018
Spinning the Summit in Moscow
June 27, 2018
Balkans Ups and Downs
Since the fracturing of Yugoslavia in the 1990s, a guiding principle in the western Balkans is that if good news arrives in the morning, bad news will follow by the end of the day.
June 26, 2018
You Don’t Cut A Deal With An Extortionist
June 25, 2018
A U.S.-Russia Summit?
The impending Trump-Putin summit gives Atlanticists the jitters. Meeting the leader of the free world should be a reward for good behavior; the Russian leader has done nothing to deserve it. On current form, a showy deal—a new Yalta, some fear—could trade security (and allies) for nebulous pledges. Putting those gloomy thoughts aside, ponder possible […]
June 22, 2018
Raiders of the Lost Empire
We look at raiding as a strategy and a tactic in the Kremlin’s playbook.