A deepening spat between Russia and Azerbaijan shows Vladimir Putin's waning influence in the South Caucasus, analysts have ...

Vladimir Putin’s worldview, forged in the rigid, zero-sum logic of Soviet-era geopolitics, is central to this strategy. His ...

In June 2025, Kyiv destroyed a third of Russia’s nuclear bomber fleet in a meticulously planned strike codenamed “Operation ...

On June 23rd, 2025, Iran's Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. For Araghchi, the stakes were high. Just a week before, Israel launched a devastating air ...

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Pope Leo XIV met with a top Russian Orthodox cleric, the first such visit from Moscow since the papal election, and one that ...

While they are impossible to measure, emotions such as liking or hatred, admiration or contempt—the quotidian stuff of human ...

A problem with lengthy sanctions regimes is that as trade diminishes, they tend to become less effective. As economist Albert Hirschman argued in his seminal work on trade and power, trade is both a ...

Pope Leo XIV met with a top Russian Orthodox cleric, the first such visit from Moscow since the papal election, and one that comes amid strained relations with Rome due to Russia’s ongoing war in ...

Newly declassified records from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the CIA, and the Justice Department inspector general shed new light on how top Obama administration officials adva ...

Mr. Putin appears to be caught in the same dilemma, between seizing as much as possible and legitimizing at least part of ...

The West can help Moldova protect its democracy, but that requires recognizing how Russia uses hybrid warfare and countering Moscow in its own space, with both offensive and defensive influence ...