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A New Age Begins
Donald Trump is now officially the 47th president of the United States. Trump’s first inauguration in 2017 was marred by violence from the Left; it… Read More
RT Promotes Moscow’s Agenda in Latin America
A recent article by the Russian government’s international news network, RT, on Bolivian President Evo Morales exemplifies the network’s pattern of biased coverage of Latin… Read More
Weak Action, Bold Talk on Russia
President Obama probably thought he was being clever. “The 1980’s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back,: he chided Mitt Romney during… Read More
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Russia Is Expanding Intimidation Tactics in Eastern Ukraine
Vice President Joe Biden, who went to Ukraine on Monday for a two-day visit to express U.S. support for the government in Kyiv, has accused… Read More
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Author of Russian Reset Admits Policy Is Dead
President Obama’s former Ambassador to Russia and self-described author of the Russian reset policy Michael McFaul today admitted the obvious: the reset is dead. In… Read More
Anything But Reality TV: Obama CBS Interview on Ukraine
President Obama ended a quick trip through Europe with a “CBS Evening News” interview in Rome, where he shared his latest thinking on the ongoing… Read More
Boehner Warned the Reset with Russia Would Fail
During a speech at The Heritage Foundation in October 2011, House Speaker John Boehner (R–OH) warned that the Obama Administration’s much trumpeted “reset” policy with… Read More
Ukraine in the Balance: Crimea’s Illegitimate Vote
What does it feel like to have your country invaded and dismantled by a powerful neighbor? Neighboring states of Russia, like Georgia, unfortunately know only… Read More
Q&A on the Crisis in Ukraine
The brutal dispersal of demonstrators in Ukraine last week led to dozens wounded—and a public protest movement which now surpasses the Orange Revolution of 2004…. Read More
Russia Silences Political Opponents Through Judicial Abuse
Outspoken anti-corruption crusader and whistleblower Alexei Navalny may face up to 10 years in prison in Russia for money laundering. Just weeks ago, a Russian… Read More
Russia Should Drop “You Are with Us or Against Us” Mantra
Recently, several of Russia’s “younger siblings,” such as Ukraine and Moldova, finally got a chance to partially break from the Russian bear hug and opt… Read More
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Syrian Geopolitical Chess: Putin’s One-Two Punch
Vladimir Putin’s op-ed in The New York Times is an attempt to talk to the American people over the heads of its elected representatives. For… Read More
Why Ignoring Russian Arms Cheating Leaves the United States Vulnerable
The Obama Administration appears to be ignoring Russian violations of arms control agreements in favor of securing future agreements, which will eventually leave the United… Read More
Snowden Asylum Is Burying Obama’s Russian “Reset”
The Kremlin delivered a diplomatic blow to U.S.–Russian relations when Moscow granted former NSA analyst Edward Snowden a temporary political asylum. Now, the White House… Read More
Hacker Ring Taken Down
Last week, prosecutors announced charges against four Russians and one Ukrainian for what is being called the largest-known hacking and data theft operation to be… Read More
Snowden “on a Leash”: The High-Stakes Game in Russia
President Obama is considering cancellation of his summit with Russian president Vladimir Putin at the September G-20 confab over Russia’s harboring of the American fugitive… Read More
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Lithuania LNG Terminal a Big Step in the Right Direction
Lithuania is building a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at the port of Klaipeda. The project, which is expected to be operational by 2014, will… Read More
Russia Compliance Problem: How Obama’s Policy Is Failing
In a recent article, Mark Schneider of the National Institute for Public Policy points out that Russia’s compliance issues with arms control treaties have worsened… Read More
Iran, North Korea Pose Greater Nuclear Threat Than Russia
Iran’s nuclear energy chief, Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani, declared Friday that the country will continue uranium enrichment for energy, though most outsiders suspect it will be used… Read More
Snowden Asylum Request: Another Blow to Obama’s Russia “Reset” Policy
Last Sunday, a Russian consular official confirmed that former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden asked for political asylum in Russia. Snowden’s defection, announced… Read More
Russia’s Advantage: No Reason to Follow Obama’s Lead in Nuclear Arms Reductions
After President Obama made another pledge to reduce nuclear arms in Berlin last week, the underlying message seems to be that, if the United States… Read More
The White House’s Dangerous New Nuclear Weapons Strategy
Last week, President Barack Obama announced his next initiative on nuclear weapons reductions, calling on Russia and the U.S. to reduce actively deployed nuclear warheads… Read More
“Russian Reset”: Time to Listen to the Critics
In a well-reasoned broadside, The Washington Post’s editorial board blasted President Obama’s Russian policy and his Berlin speech this past Thursday. The editorial justly criticized… Read More
Radio Liberty Journalists in Moscow to See Justice Done
The fired journalists of Radio Liberty’s (RL) Moscow office are finally seeing a deep injustice reversed. Following a visit to Moscow, Broadcasting Board of Governors… Read More
Russia: Kerry’s Chilly Kremlin Reception
This past Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met President Vladimir Putin of Russia in the Kremlin. Kerry was seeking to repair frayed ties… Read More
Russia: Putin Uses Courts to Crush Opposition
KYIV, UKRAINE—Russia’s leading anti-corruption blogger, attorney and political activist Alexei Navalny, appeared in court Wednesday accused of embezzlement. On Thursday, federal prosectuors slapped him with… Read More
President Obama’s Half-Hearted Magnitsky List
The Departments of State and Treasury have released their public version of the “Magnitsky List”—18 Russian nationals who have committed gross human rights violations and… Read More
How Not to Negotiate with Russia: The Missile Defense Fiasco
Russia’s objections to U.S. missile defense development and deployment have been on the agenda of consecutive American Administrations starting with Ronald Reagan in the 1980s…. Read More
Mr. Xi Goes to Moscow: For China’s Leader, It’s Russia First
China’s new president, Xi Jinping, will make his first official foreign visit to Russia this month. Xi’s decision to make his first visit abroad to… Read More
Russia: Putin Loyalist Going Down in Flames
Vladimir Pekhtin, chairman of the Duma Ethics Committee, hid undisclosed luxury properties in Florida valued at nearly $2 million while proclaiming his anti-American credentials, according… Read More
