BY DANIEL N. HOFFMAN Via The Hill In June 2010, I was working with my CIA and FBI colleagues on what would become known as the “spy swap,” the exchange of the Russian “illegals,” foreign intelligence service (SVR) officers operating […]

Boris Barabash It’s done! Joe Biden was sworn in, and became the 46th president of the United States. This is the moment of triumph of democracy for the supporters of the most democratic Democratic Party in the world. But it […]

William J. Burns Transcript Remarks As Delivered I’m delighted to be here today. I want to thank Ed Lozansky for organizing this very timely forum. The joint declaration issued by President Obama and President Medvedev at their first meeting in […]

By Katrina vanden Heuvel Via Washington Post At Wednesday’s inauguration, President-elect Joe Biden is likely to address the “four historic crises” he has repeatedly identified as confronting our country: a global pandemic, a severe recession, climate change and systemic racism. […]

By Rowan Scarborough Via Washington Times The top Justice Department official in early 2017 overseeing the FBI‘s Russia probe testified he was briefed as many as six times on its status and was told there was no evidence of Trump […]

The continued presentation of a Russian threat that is both outsized and out of control is profoundly problematic for the West itself. By Mark Galeotti Via Moscow Times New year, but no new rhetoric it seems. Moscow — admittedly often […]

By Jonny Tickle Via RT  Since Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the registration of Sputnik V, the world’s first vaccine against Covid-19, sections of the Western media have taken aim at a formula they’ve dubbed both dangerous and ineffective. However, […]

By Zhao Huasheng Via Russia International Affairs Council In Chinese and Russian academic circles, views advocating such an alliance have existed for a long time, but they are not mainstream. The governments of both countries have always adhered to the […]

By FRANK SHATZ Via The Virginia Gazette “Forget about Biden’s statement, ‘America is back — we’re at the head of the table once again,’ ” said Dr. Edward Lozansky, the founder and president of the American University in Moscow, in […]

A case study in mass hysteria and media credulity. By Aaron Maté Donald Trump’s journey into and out of the Oval Office was shaped by xenophobia, conspiracy theories—and xenophobic conspiracy theories. Trump launched his political career by spreading the “birther” […]