President Biden will challenge the Kremlin both domestically and geopolitically. To thwart that dual challenge, Russia needs to deal with its numerous vulnerabilities effectively before its adversary is able to exploit them. By Dmitri Trenin The year 2020 will be […]

The Simone Weil Center for Political Philosophy recently hosted a panel discussion on U.S.–Russia relations and Russia’s place in the world. The full video of this exchange, recorded December 2nd, is here The discussion was moderated by Anatol Lieven, the […]

By B. E. Philpot On October 19th, the Jordan Center and the Harriman Institute convened for the latest in their New York City — Russia Public Policy Series. Panelists included Rose Gottemoeller, Thomas Graham, David J. Kramer, and Evelyn N. […]

US adds new demands as Russia makes concessions to save last remaining nuclear deterrent deal – envoy Moscow has agreed to key US demands in a bid to preserve the New START arms control agreement before it expires, according to […]

By: Eric Zuesse America repeatedly elects and re-elects champions of “regime change” in nations abroad (George W. Bush in 2000, Barack Obama in 2008, Donald Trump in 2016, and Joe Biden in 2020), such as in Iraq in 2003, and in […]

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg should urge the United States extend the New START Treaty, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Tuesday. She recalled that Stoltenberg had said earlier he planned to discuss approaches to the arms control […]

Russia has called for the US to halt the deployment of nuclear weapons on the territory of NATO’s European members, arguing it both violates the terms of existing treaties and makes a devastating conflict more likely to happen. Deputy FM […]

Deterrence no longer works when one power can shoot down incoming nukes. This makes disarmament talks even more urgent. By Andreas Kluth This month, an intercontinental ballistic missile was fired in the general direction of the Hawaiian islands. During its […]

By Ian Hill Ian Hill is a retired senior career diplomat in the New Zealand foreign ministry. In the course of his 42 years in the diplomatic service, Mr Hill served three times in Moscow, twice as Ambassador (2009–12 and […]

By Andrey Kortunov Ph.D. in History, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council, RIAC member America’s foreign political discourse has long featured Russia and China as the principal geopolitical threats to the U.S. Often, no distinction is drawn between […]