By Anatol Lieven via The Biden administration’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan is a wise and morally courageous one. It refuses to inherit and continue a disastrous American tradition in foreign and security policy: the obsession with defending […]

April 1, 2021 By Ryan Morgan via This week, the U.S. Navy and other NATO nations concluded the Sea Shield 2021 naval exercises in the Black Sea. In a comment to The Washington Times, Retired Navy Adm. Mark Montgomery said […]

By Fyodor Lukyanov Via RT Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin spoke on the phone this week, and the issue of extending the vital New START nuclear treaty is now as good as settled. The presidents gave their orders, setting […]

By Francis Moore Via The Duran This is how we used to compare the two opposing superpowers. The last month gave us a unique opportunity to test the objectivity of our beliefs. January began in the US with a very […]

By M.K. Bhadrakumar Via Indian Punchline Six days into the Joe Biden presidency, the first telephone conversation between POTUS and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin took place on Tuesday. Who took the initiative remains a tantalising detail, given the tense […]

By Edward Lozansky Via Washington Times Nowadays, when something bad happens in America, the popular game in Washington is to make bets on how fast Russia and Vladimir Putin will be accused of being responsible. Therefore, it was no surprise to hear […]

Preventing Nuclear War and Proliferation (excerpt) By Alexandra Bell Via Russia Matters Editors’ note: With a change of guard in the White House, the new U.S. administration has a chance to commission a review of U.S. domestic and foreign policies. […]

By William C. Potter and Anton Khlopkov Via Middlebury Institute As the world enters the new year with a new US administration waiting in the wings, it is tempting to assume that the downward spiral in US-Russian relations can be […]

Break the dangerous pattern of nuclear competition with Russia By Jerry Brown, William J. Perry, and David Holloway Via The Bulletin Dear Mr. President-elect, After the most bizarre presidency in US history, you are now about to take charge and […]

Reports of Victoria Nuland’s future appointment are sure to come as a source of elation to the government in Kiev. By the same token, they send perhaps the clearest message yet to Moscow that the prospects for meaningful U.S.-Russian rapprochement […]