DEMOCRACY DURING WARTIME
For Ukrainians, democracy must go on – even in wartime. Or more accurately, especially in wartime. Large protests erupted in Kyiv, Odesa, Lviv, and Dnipro this week after President Volodymyr … Continue reading
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THE COLD WAR WITHIN
THE COLD WAR WITHIN If the old Cold War was a twilight struggle between and among states, the new Cold War is a subtler and stealthier struggle within states. Like … Continue reading
RUSSIA’S FEISTY NEIGHBORHOOD
Don’t look now but there is another conflict brewing in the former Soviet space. Relations between Russia and Azerbaijan have been in a freefall for weeks after police in Yekaterinburg … Continue reading
PUTIN’S SHRINKING AXIS OF ROGUES
Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, few countries have done more to assist Moscow than Iran. From Shahid drones to ballistic missiles to artillery shells, … Continue reading
THE CHINA FILE
Vladimir Putin’s “no limits” partnership with China’s Xi Jinping appears to have some limits after all — limits of trust. According to an internal planning document from Russia’s Federal Security … Continue reading
THE MACGYVER NATION STRIKES BACK
It was bold. It was audacious. It was innovative. And it was highly successful. It was called Operation Spiderweb and it was Ukraine’s largest drone attack on Russian air bases … Continue reading
RUSSIA’S CYBER SPIDERS
Back in 2019, longtime Kremlin aide Vladislav Surkov asked a rhetorical question about Russia’s cyber posture in a widely circulated article in the newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta: “Who are we on the world wide web – spiders or flies?” Continue reading
THE HUMAN COST OF RUSSIA’S WAR
Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine is many things. It’s the story of a Russian autocrat with a twisted view of history obsessed with personal aggrandisement. Continue reading
PUTIN’S CO-CONSPIRATORS
In the three years since Russia’s full-scale re-invasion of Ukraine, Western sanctions and diplomatic efforts have sought to force Moscow into deep international isolation. Continue reading
THE POTEMKIN PEACE PLAN
The United States presents Ukraine with a take-it-or-leave-it ceasefire deal that compels Kyiv to give Russia everything it wants in exchange for…well, in exchange for nothing. Continue reading