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A book by the famous British historian was not published in Russia because the Moscow publisher discovered too many errors and misrepresentations—not, as Figes suggested, for political reasons.

Spending the same money on education, or clean energy, would bring many more jobs—among other benefits.

The vilifying charges levelled at Russia's president by the American media could undermine rational U.S. policy-making.

How a confrontation is shaping up between the US/NATO and the BRICS.

Rodric Braithwaite, Jonathan Steele and Artemy Kalinovsky analyze the forgotten history of Afghan communism and the Soviet occupation.

On its fiftieth anniversary, the founding declaration of SDS echoes today in democracy movements around the world.

With the 2012 elections projected to be the priciest ever, we must rein in the billions of influence-peddling dollars flowing toward Washington.

The opposition movement must be reconstructed anew, from the bottom and from the left.

Twenty years after the end of the Soviet Union, the relationship features more elements of cold-war conflict than of stable cooperation.

Putin will doubtless win the presidency again. But he faces a very different country from the one he has ruled unchallenged for the last twelve years.