Will Paris Melt the New US-Russian Cold War? Will Paris Melt the New US-Russian Cold War?
Paris and Moscow form an alliance while Washington dithers.
Nov 18, 2015 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen
Washington Appears to Reject the Opportunity to End the New Cold War With Russia Washington Appears to Reject the Opportunity to End the New Cold War With Russia
The US is rejecting Putin’s proposal to cooperate against the terrorist Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, while escalating NATO’s “exercises” against Russia in Eastern Europe.
Nov 11, 2015 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen
Obama Administration Officials Insist Russia Is to Blame for the Syrian Crisis Obama Administration Officials Insist Russia Is to Blame for the Syrian Crisis
Will it finally dawn on the American political establishment that the US and Russia are in this fight together?
Nov 9, 2015 / James Carden
November 6, 1917: The Bolsheviks Rebel Against the Provisional Russian Government November 6, 1917: The Bolsheviks Rebel Against the Provisional Russian Government
“What we see now in Russia is the latest phase in the struggle, not between two foreign policies, but between two internal policies.”
Nov 6, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner
Is the New Cold War Trending in Russia’s Favor from Syria to Europe? Is the New Cold War Trending in Russia’s Favor from Syria to Europe?
And will it leave the United States increasingly isolated?
Nov 4, 2015 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen
October 23, 1956: Hungarians Rise Up Against Soviet Rule October 23, 1956: Hungarians Rise Up Against Soviet Rule
“This is a time of reappraisal for the Western liberal who, for his inability to build his own spiritual home, has sought it in what he thought was a Socialist paradise in the East...
Oct 23, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner
US Engagement in the Middle East Is Riskier Than Ever US Engagement in the Middle East Is Riskier Than Ever
Twelve years after the invasion of Iraq, the US presses onward in a region where it has few clear goals. What could go wrong?
Oct 22, 2015 / Peter Van Buren
Is the US Abetting World Order or Disorder? Is the US Abetting World Order or Disorder?
How the “sulking superpower” is resisting peaceful outcomes from Syria to Ukraine.
Oct 21, 2015 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen
How Putin Adopted Obama’s Way of War How Putin Adopted Obama’s Way of War
The spread of the Obama Doctrine of counterinsurgency signals a new and dangerous phase of contemporary warfare.
Oct 13, 2015 / Juan Cole
The New Cold War Is Now Being Waged on Three Fronts: Ukraine, Europe and Syria The New Cold War Is Now Being Waged on Three Fronts: Ukraine, Europe and Syria
It need not be on any of them.
Oct 7, 2015 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen