Russia
Ukraine has escalated attacks on Russian oil refineries, crippling its energy infrastructure and limiting a vital source of funds for Vladimir Putin’s war.
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February 12, 2025
Authoritarianism Beckons to the South Caucasus
A series of negative trends are reversing decades of democratic advance.
February 11, 2025
Russia Wants Bonds, James Bonds
The Kremlin is directing its tax rubles at movies fostering a love of its foreign spy agency and the soldiers fighting its war of aggression.
February 10, 2025
Ukraine: An Education in Wartime
One in seven schools have been damaged by the war, many in occupied areas taken over by Russian forces. But Ukrainians are ensuring learning continues.
February 10, 2025
Give Us Zelenskyy’s Head: Excitement Grows Among Russia’s Propagandists
The Kremlin’s mouthpieces are whip-sawing between excitement and trepidation over forthcoming US decisions.
February 7, 2025
How to Win in Ukraine: Top Priorities for the US and EU
Ahead of the 2025 Munich Security Conference, H.R. McMaster and Alina Polyakova discuss top policy priorities for the US and Europe.
February 7, 2025
Russia — More Than a Local Difficulty
The Kremlin’s aggression may be focused on Ukraine, but its fingerprints are found on many of the world’s crime scenes.
February 6, 2025
The Plague of Sexual Violence Against Ukraine’s Prisoners of War
Ukrainian prisoners of war are suffering sexual violence and rape, compounded by a suffocating silence that isolates them from the world.
February 6, 2025
A Silver Bullet for Russia Sanctions?
A new wave of sanctions on individual vessels is making it harder for Moscow’s shadow oil fleet to operate, slowing the flow of petrodollars to the Kremlin’s war machine.
February 5, 2025
Addicted to War: Undermining Russia’s Economy
The West should revisit the sanctions plan and hit Russia's economy where it’s most vulnerable.