Vladimir Putin
15/10/2022 - 11:59
These bombings had two goals. First and foremost, they were intended for the public opinion in Russia, as a response to the humiliation the... →
10/04/2022 - 18:27
A wave of popular outrage has drowned out those who have long argued that the United States has no vital interests at stake in Ukraine,... →
31/01/2022 - 13:08
When Vladimir Putin travels to Beijing for the beginning of the Winter Olympics on February 4, the Russian president will meet the leader... →
16/11/2021 - 15:58
At the end of 2020, I was conferring with colleagues about the likely trajectory of relations between Russia and the West. One was quite... →
16/10/2020 - 13:54
These three strongmen are also believers in the diplomacy of personal relations. Like mafia dons, they can be best friends one day and... →
19/12/2019 - 18:09
The past two decades have been relatively good for most Russians. Per capita gross domestic product has nearly doubled in hard currency... →
24/11/2019 - 15:35
I came face to face with this fact earlier this year on a bridge over the Enguri River in Georgia. The scene recalled the darker corners of... →
12/08/2019 - 13:08
In his two decades as either president or prime minister, Mr. Putin has seen four US presidents and countless other world leaders come and... →
02/07/2019 - 10:55
His brand of authoritarianism is in the ascendancy: a rightwing populism based around a venerated strongman leader, where the trappings of... →
07/12/2018 - 13:00
Three decades after the Soviet Union collapsed and the United States emerged as the undisputed superpower in the Middle East and North... →
02/12/2018 - 17:47
Sometimes, I think our approach to Russia is like that. If only Putin, his government, or the whole country would come to their senses... →
20/07/2018 - 17:01
President Vladimir Putin’s fundamental strategic objective is to restore Russian global leadership, or to put it somewhat less... →