Democratic Resilience
The country is dangerously divided at a time of rising peril. There are ways to fix this, if the will exists.
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August 13, 2025
Trump’s Road TRIPP Delivers a Deal
Rivals including Russia have been seriously irritated by the sudden US stake in a geopolitically significant South Caucasus infrastructure project.
August 11, 2025
Baked Alaska: Pricey
The US-Russia summit is a symptom of geopolitical failure.
August 7, 2025
Hope Endures for Georgia’s Democratic Opposition
The regime has cracked down hard, but the pro-democracy movement continues to evolve, and the population remains strongly pro-democracy.
August 6, 2025
Gas Transit and the Death of Russian-Made Myths
The Kremlin issued dire warnings to Europe when Gazprom’s gas transit agreement with Ukraine ended. In fact, Russia has been the loser.
August 5, 2025
Hidden Costs — China’s Growing Economic Grip on Serbia
As Chinese investments pour into Serbia, concerns mount over democratic backsliding, lack of transparency, and the entrenchment of the Vučić government.
August 4, 2025
Systematic and Considered Cruelty — Russia’s Prisoner of War Camps
Russia has refined and systematized its brutal treatment of Ukrainian PoWs, who are horribly mistreated as an act of state.
August 4, 2025
Reliquary: The Helsinki Process
A painful deal heralded the final act in the Cold War.
July 31, 2025
Russia’s Bankers Fight Inflation and the Kremlin’s War Addiction
After two years of fiscally-fueled growth and double-digit inflation, the Russian central bank is claiming a victory over galloping prices. But it’s come at a price.
July 31, 2025
Ukraine: The Rise and Rise of Presidential Power
Volodymyr Zelenskyy may have backed down on his anti-corruption agency proposals, but popular anger over graft enforcement remains.