Europe Whose 'Stalingrad' will Bakhmut be? Neither the Soviets nor the Germans intended to wage such an epic battle of attrition during WWII, but they were willing to. Sound familiar?Geoffrey RobertsMarch 14, 2023
Europe What if Ukraine had kept its nuclear weapons? Some say Kyiv would have been in a better position today if it hadn't been disarmed following the fall of the Soviet Union.Daniel LarisonJanuary 02, 2023
Europe The tragedy of Mikhail Gorbachev He was called a hero for shepherding the end of the USSR and Cold War. But he would not survive Russia's ensuing societal rupture.Anatol LievenAugust 31, 2022
Europe Chicken Kiev or Chicken Little? Agreement with Russia over post-Soviet empire borders and realities doesn’t mean that the sky will fall on our heads.Anatol LievenJanuary 28, 2022
Washington Politics Tragedy of the victor: America and the end of the Soviet Union The Iron Curtain fell 30 years ago, but the last acts are yet to be written, as the very struggle against communism changed the US forever.Anatol LievenDecember 27, 2021