Mike Eckel

By Mike Eckel, Fletcher Alum and Senior News Correspondent Behind closed doors in Moscow, Kyiv, Brussels, Washington, and other capitals,

By Mike Eckel, Fletcher Alum and Senior News Correspondent Nine years ago, a caravan of hulking military cargo planes and

By Mike Eckel, Fletcher alum and Senior News Correspondent When you’re a Russian retiree living on a limited income, it’s

By Mike Eckel, Fletcher alum and Senior News Correspondent Senior Russian authorities, including President Vladimir Putin, were directly involved in

By Mike Eckel and Mark Krutov (Eckel is a Fletcher alum) A Chinese company that owns a California electronics distributor

By Mike Eckel, Fletcher alum and Senior News Correspondent at RFERL Prices of milk, potatoes, and butter are soaring in

By Mike Eckel, Fletcher alum and Senior News Correspondent On the battlefield in Ukraine, Russia has seized the initiative —

By Mike Eckel, Fletcher alum and Senior News Correspondent Outmanned, outgunned, exhausted, Ukrainian troops are stretched to the breaking point by a

By Mike Eckel, Mark Krutov and Sergei Dobrynin (Eckel is a Fletcher alum and Senior News Correspondent) U.S. and British

By Mike Eckel, Fletcher alum and Senior News Correspondent In late January 2023, a column of Russian vehicles and hundreds