Democratic Resilience
The Political Costs of COVID-19 Are Beginning to Mount
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August 14, 2018
In The Kremlin’s Shadow
Ankara may not like what it finds in the Kremlin’s shadow. Turkey will look for new friends and allies if the Trump administration mistreats it. That was Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s message in the New York Times on August 10th. The implied threat by the Turkish president was closer ties with the Kremlin, whose rhetoric depicts a sunny world of […]
August 1, 2018
A Bridge Too Far
July 31, 2018
Unresolved Conflicts Benefit Moscow
In dismissing fears that Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula would be sacrificed to improve relations with Moscow, the Trump administration has affirmed that the Kremlin’s claims of sovereignty over territory seized by force contravenes international law. The U.S. position is an important policy principle that must be applied to Moscow’s other forceful territorial acquisitions. The capture of […]
July 30, 2018
Shoigu Looks North
Russia is complaining about a problem that it has itself created.
July 27, 2018
Eastern Exposure
So are Russia and China allies? Frenemies? Competitors? Or all of the above? And what does it mean going forward?
July 27, 2018
Lost In Translation
July 24, 2018
Russia’s Craving For Respect
Worthy targets for respect in Russia abound, including the bewitching language and literature, natural beauty, art, music, and humor. But more recently the country is magnificent mostly despite, rather than because of, the way it is run. Communist jargon debased the language. Communist industrialization despoiled landscapes and cityscapes. Soviet censors and secret police persecuted the […]
July 20, 2018
The Annexation Of The Sea of Azov
July 20, 2018
The Challenge of Putinism
Unpacking Putinism and its challenge to the West