![Putin Annual Address](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/PutinAnnualAddress-ap-img.jpg)
Russian Diplomacy Is Winning the New Cold War Russian Diplomacy Is Winning the New Cold War
Washington’s attempt to “isolate Putin’s Russia” has failed and had the opposite effect.
Nov 21, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
![The US Capitol Building at sunset](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Holman_Rule_Congress_rtr_img.jpg)
Who’s Really ‘Undermining’ American Democracy? Who’s Really ‘Undermining’ American Democracy?
Allegations that Russia is still “attacking” US elections, now again in November, could delegitimize our democratic institutions.
Oct 31, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
![Anti-Nuclear War Demonstration](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/never-again-nuclear-poster-ap-img.jpg)
The Abolition of Nuclear Abolitionism? The Abolition of Nuclear Abolitionism?
President Trump’s withdrawal from the INF Treaty nullifies a historic precedent.
Oct 24, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
![Trump Putin Vietnam](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/trump-putin-vietnam-ap-img.jpg)
Inconvenient Thoughts on Cold War and Other News Inconvenient Thoughts on Cold War and Other News
Intelligence agencies, Nikki Haley, sanctions, and public opinion.
Oct 17, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
![Red Square in Moscow](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/moscow-kremlin-ap-img.jpg)
More Cold War Extremism and Crises More Cold War Extremism and Crises
Overshadowed by the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings, US-Russian relations grow ever more perilous.
Oct 3, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
![Putin Helicopter](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/putin-helicopter-rtr-img.jpg)
Who Putin Is Not Who Putin Is Not
Falsely demonizing Russia’s leader has made the new Cold War even more dangerous.
Sep 20, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
![Putin Index Finger](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Putin-index-finger-rtr-img.jpg)
‘Vital’ US Moles in the Kremlin Go Missing! ‘Vital’ US Moles in the Kremlin Go Missing!
According to New York Times intel leakers, “informants close to” Putin have “gone silent.” What can it all mean?
Aug 29, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
![John Brennan](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/John_Brennan_ap_img-2.jpg)
What the Brennan Affair Really Reveals What the Brennan Affair Really Reveals
Valorizing an ex-CIA director and bashing Trump obscures what is truly ominous.
Aug 22, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
![Russia Sanctions Currency Exchange](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/russia-sanction-currency-exchange-ap-img.jpg)
Sanction Mania vs. Russia Sanction Mania vs. Russia
For nearly 100 years, Russia has been under US sanctions, often to the detriment of American national security.
Aug 15, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
![Trump and Putin Billboard](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Trump-and-Putin_Billboard_2016_rtr_img.jpg)
Trump as New Cold War Heretic Trump as New Cold War Heretic
The president has broken with the nearly 20-year orthodoxy of blaming Russia alone for today’s post-Soviet confrontations.
Jul 18, 2018 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen