Authoritarian Threats
Thirty years after the war, Bosnia and Herzegovina remains deeply divided. It hopes to join the EU, but how will rising ethnic tensions and the risk of conflict affect the process?
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September 9, 2024
Onward Putin Soldiers
The Kremlin’s mouthpieces once denied they were the regime’s playthings. No longer.
September 9, 2024
‘Three Wars’ Warriors Muted by Tentative US-China Detente
There are signs US diplomacy and economic pressure are deterring radical autocracies from turning their common loathing for free societies into a formalized, hostile axis.
September 8, 2024
Trofimov vs. Trofimova: No Contest
Russian propaganda still pervades mainstream Western culture. Fight back.
September 6, 2024
Czech Schoolchildren Targeted, Russia Suspected
When Czech children returned to school after their summer holidays, they were greeted with something unexpected and unwelcome — a sustained flurry of bomb threats.
September 5, 2024
The Slow Strangulation of Russia Sanctions
Ordinary citizens are feeling a tightening noose from measures agreed by the West, creating panic among some Russian businesses.
September 5, 2024
To Russia With Love — A Letter to President Putin
I write to you as a friend — or would-be friend — of Russia for many decades, starting before your birth in October 1952.
September 4, 2024
Russian Desertions Multiply
Despite Ukraine’s invasion of Russia’s Kursk region and substantial financial incentives, the Kremlin is struggling to recruit soldiers and others are deserting.
September 4, 2024
NATO’s Baltic Build-Up
As NATO rearms and integrates new members, the Baltic is rapidly becoming a fortified front line, with growing alliance forces to counter the Russian threat.
September 4, 2024
Russian Election Saboteurs Gear Up for US Vote
The Kremlin plans to influence the US presidential election, but the authorities and voters are under-prepared.