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January 22, 2020
Mikhail Khodorkovsky: the Man, the Myth, the Movie
“It seemed to me that ideologically he [Putin] was one of our people,” the former Russian oligarch says in the new Alex Gibney documentary Citizen K.
Lucy Komisar
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January 21, 2020
Putin Begins the Transition of His Own Power
Even without the formal status of president, Putin would remain the supreme ruler of Russia.
Nadezhda Azhgikhina
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January 7, 2020
The 2010s Were a Decade of Imperial Overreach. Trump Is Making It Worse.
Historically, such an approach does not end well, and there is ample evidence that Trump’s foreign policy is failing nearly everywhere.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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December 17, 2019
Domestic Violence Is Russia’s Shame
The fight in Russia over the law on domestic violence mirrors the country’s fight over democracy.
Nadezhda Azhgikhina
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December 5, 2019
Who Is Making US Foreign Policy?
An anti-neocon president appears to have been surrounded by neocons in his own administration.
Stephen F. Cohen
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November 22, 2019
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November 18, 2019
The Pentagon Is Not Ready to Face Our Biggest National Security Threat
Our military’s obsession with Russia and China is proving to be dangerously distracting in the face of accelerating climate change.
Michael T. Klare
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November 14, 2019
Why Are We in Ukraine?
Historically and even today, Russia has much in common with Ukraine—the United States, almost nothing.
Stephen F. Cohen
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November 12, 2019
From the Hope of 1989 to a New Cold War
Thirty years after the Berlin Wall’s collapse, alternatives do exist to the deep divisions in Europe.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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November 8, 2019
30 Years Ago Eastern Europeans Tore Down Walls. Now They Write Pop Songs to Putin.
How crony capitalism and crippling austerity turned democracy into a dirty word.
Lev Golinkin