Europe
Why pushing for the break up of Russia is absolute folly
Even the most vociferous opposition leaders say creating new states out of the federation would be fraught with disaster. Here's why.
March 24, 2023
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Global Crises
George Shultz, 'America's greatest secretary of state'
A new biography recalls an era, long since vanished, when leaders of vision and integrity literally saved the world.
March 06, 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.
August 31, 2022
Europe
Putin fairly deconstructed: a man, a myth, the state
He's all of these things in Philip Short's 800-page biography, which credits the West in part for shaping the Vladimir we know today.
August 24, 2022
Europe
How the best hope for avoiding a Russia crisis vanished without a trace
The Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces between NATO and former Warsaw Pact countries was destroyed at our peril.
February 16, 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.
January 28, 2022
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