Europe
Incompetence, impatience, and impotence were the three factors that contributed to the Soviet Union’s collapse. And they are present in Russia now. Vladimir Putin should be worried.
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June 29, 2018
Need For Speed
How vulnerable is the Suwałki Corridor? And what can be done to defend it?
June 28, 2018
Spinning the Summit in Moscow
June 27, 2018
Balkans Ups and Downs
Since the fracturing of Yugoslavia in the 1990s, a guiding principle in the western Balkans is that if good news arrives in the morning, bad news will follow by the end of the day.
June 26, 2018
You Don’t Cut A Deal With An Extortionist
June 25, 2018
A U.S.-Russia Summit?
The impending Trump-Putin summit gives Atlanticists the jitters. Meeting the leader of the free world should be a reward for good behavior; the Russian leader has done nothing to deserve it. On current form, a showy deal—a new Yalta, some fear—could trade security (and allies) for nebulous pledges. Putting those gloomy thoughts aside, ponder possible […]
June 22, 2018
Raiders of the Lost Empire
We look at raiding as a strategy and a tactic in the Kremlin’s playbook.
June 21, 2018
You Can’t Have It Both Ways
June 19, 2018
Redefining DEFCON
June 18, 2018
Don’t Play Risk With Europe
Edward Lucas explains why the West should not treat the "in-between" states as objects on a gameboard.