Discussions between military leaders come amid growing concerns that Afghanistan can provide a base for terrorist groupsBy Gordon Lubold HELSINKI—The Pentagon’s top officer met with his Russian counterpart in the Finnish capital Wednesday amid American and allied efforts to find […]

By Matthew Ehret An incredible report on Real Clear Politics by Paul Sperry on July 24 has revealed a new dimension to the Russiagate frenzy that contaminated American politics for the last four years. While all claims of Russian collusion between the […]

Sino-Russian ties are noticeably strengthening and will continue to strengthen so long as shared interests outweigh sticking points. Russia and China wrapped up the five-day bilateral military exercise Zapad/Interaction 2021 in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of northwestern China over […]

by Katrina vanden Heuvel and Gennady Bordiugov via “The death of Stephen Cohen is a huge loss to what little is left of public sanity in the United States. His wisdom sprang from knowledge but also from generosity of spirit, […]

Sober minds are finally realizing that if we don’t call for a reset now, we face even worse geopolitical consequences later. By Daniel LarisonDaniel Larison is a senior editor at TAC, where he also keeps a solo blog. He has […]

By Mark Galeotti viaYou might not think that Geoff Norcott, the self-proclaimed conservative comedian, has something to contribute to western relations with Russia, but you’d be wrong. And it’s a shame that President Biden doesn’t seem to have read Where […]

By Jon Hoffman viaIn the aftermath of the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings, great power competition has returned to the Middle East. Russia in particular has sought to exploit U.S. policy blunders and retrenchment (real or perceived) in order to push […]

viaEditor’s Note:The Biden administration is trying to unite allies to contain China and Russia. The latest example is that the US has announced plans to build a space base in the UK in a bid to stave off “threats” posed […]

By Gilbert Doctorow viaI write to you today from Helsinki, this summer’s vacation destination chosen not only because Scandinavia is enjoying an usually warm and sunny season, unlike Central Europe even putting aside the latest, once in five hundred years […]

By John Pepper viaThe November-December 2001 issue of Foreign Affairs followed the 9/11 attack on the United States by only a couple of months. How different the climate was then compared to today with regard to attitudes of Russian citizens and […]