Authoritarian Threats
Any hope that a Putin antidote might be found among Russia’s regional governing classes is falling away.
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June 2, 2023
China Enters a Small Town in Arkansas
Why would shadowy Chinese entities be interested in a quiet town in the American South? We should all be interested in the answers.
![Photo: TBILISI, GEORGIA - FEBRUARY 23, 2021: People take part in a rally in support of Nika Melia, a member of the Georgian Parliament, outside the offices of the Georgian Parliament. Melia was arrested by officers of the Georgian Interior Ministry upon the ruling of the Tbilisi City Court. On February 17, the court ruled to put Melia back in custody for failing to pay a 40,000 Georgian lari [more than $12,000] bail in his case over civil disturbances during the June 2019. Credit: David Mdzinarishvili/TASS via Reuters Connect](https://i0.wp.com/cepa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2021-02-23T150348Z_309075313_MT1TASSP44473053_RTRMADP_3_TASS-PIC.jpg?fit=600%2C338&ssl=1)
June 1, 2023
Georgia Plays Russian Roulette
Maintaining a pro-Western stance is becoming increasingly difficult for Georgia.
June 1, 2023
Russian Nationalists vs. Russian Federation
Far-right Russian ethnonationalism has taken up arms and is fighting the Putin regime. But it cannot offer a positive vision for the country’s future.
June 1, 2023
Behind the Lines: Deposited in Russia’s Hostage Bank
Female Ukrainian civilians are picked up by Russian occupying forces on spurious charges and held as bargaining chips.
May 31, 2023
Africa’s Mission Chases the Chimera of Peace for Ukraine
Hopes that the African initiative might silence the guns are low, but the visits may serve other purposes.
May 31, 2023
Is the West Really Responsible for Putin’s Imperialism?
The idea that Russia was somehow provoked to invade Ukraine is bad history, whether it comes from the Kremlin or the West.
May 30, 2023
Russian Gas Imports: More Pain Than Gain?
The 2022 energy crisis brought an unthinkable sea-change to Europe, with Russian gas imports shriveling. There are now compelling arguments to stop them altogether.
May 30, 2023
“Strangers Might Think We’re Russian”
Russia always claimed it protected Russian-speakers from Ukrainian oppression. It’s an irony that in the end, the death blow to the language came from the Kremlin.
May 30, 2023
Paranoia and Poison — the Kremlin Panics Over Exiles
Putin’s Russia is an espionocracy, a spy-run state inspired by intelligence agency approaches to problems like the swelling exile community.