Authoritarian Threats
The unexpected visit of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to Belarus has sparked a new wave of speculation about the possibility it may join the war.
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October 28, 2022
Foreign Outreach Belies Putin’s Nuclear Threats
In the past week, the Kremlin's nuclear blackmail has acquired a somewhat exotic character.
October 28, 2022
Russia’s Garbled Nuclear Missile Message
Russia conducted a full-scale strategic nuclear exercise on October 26. It was the first since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and was accompanied by threatening nuclear rhetoric.
October 27, 2022
Baltics Bring Down the Shutters on Free Migration
Border security has been made a high-sensitivity issue for NATO’s eastern members as Russia and its allies politicized frontier management.
October 27, 2022
Western Progressives and Reactionaries for Putin
It is an illusion to believe that Russia can be appeased by concessions paid for in Ukrainian sovereignty. The political extremes must acknowledge this truth.
October 26, 2022
Sirens and Flaming Shots — Life in Wartime Odesa
Citizens under Russian attack are forced to make life or death decisions, but caution and bravery both carry a price.
October 26, 2022
Dirty Bomb — What’s Russia’s Game?
Russia is making further allegations about the risks of a nuclear explosion, but its real message is very different.
October 26, 2022
Russia’s Surveillance State
The Kremlin is building its network of domestic surveillance technology and quietly mobilizing the public administration to deal with “troublemakers” at home.
October 25, 2022
Freedom Calling — Cold War Radio, Then and Now
By making free discussion a criminal offense, the Soviet and Putin regimes have opened the war for US and other foreign broadcasters to explore Russia’s future.
October 25, 2022
Let the Guns Speak — Ukraine Is Writing its Future
It is clear that the Ukrainian people are writing their own history; the West must assist them, and be sure to avoid the errors made in 1990s Bosnia.