Professor Chris Miller: “After Five Years of Fighting in Syria, Putin Has Gotten What He Wants”
With Russia’s influence in the region solidified, peace will not come without its assent. “Far from learning from others’ mistakes,
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US Experts Consider China a Shifting and India a Stable Friend to Russia
by Arik Burakovsky, Dina Smeltz, and Brendan Helm October 2020 With both Russia and China facing increasingly confrontational relations with
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US Experts Anticipate Future Decline for Russia Among the Great Powers
by Arik Burakovsky, Dina Smeltz, and Brendan Helm October 2020 Although President Trump initially hoped for improved relations between the
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Former Dean James Stavridis: “War in the Caucasus Will Draw in Russia and Turkey”
The “frozen conflict” between Armenia and Azerbaijan has turned very hot. What may seem to many Westerners a minor clash
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Professor Dyan Mazurana: “Women Protesters in Belarus”
Professor Dyan Mazurana speaks with BBC World News about the role of women in the protests in Belarus.
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Professor Daniel Drezner: “Belarus is so Awkward for Trump Right Now”
It has been difficult for Americans to pay attention to any politics beyond the November election, but events in Belarus
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Professor Chris Miller: “Putin’s Folly”
Pompeo may be in an uproar over Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline, but it is hardly the geopolitical masterstroke he
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Professor Chris Miller: “Lukashenko is Putin’s Future”
The Russian president may seem invincible, but the descent of his Belarusian comrade may hint at what’s to come. The
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Polina Beliakova: “COVID-19 and the Limits of Putin’s Power”
COVID-19 has become a pretext for autocratic rulers around the world to grab more power. Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Philippine’s President Rodrigo Duterte, Thailand’s Prime Minister
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Former Dean James Stavridis: “A NATO Flotilla Sails Back Into the Cold War”
After months of Moscow’s provocations, the U.S. and U.K. sent surface ships to the Barents Sea for the first time in 35 years. Some of
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