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U.S. v Russia: Searching for Kennan
By Nina Khrushcheva No matter how counterintuitive it may seem, Washington needs to stop lecturing Russian President Vladimir Putin if it wants to resolve problems with him. In George Kennan’s...
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U.S. spying on Germany: Making enemies out of allies, and for what?
By David Wise What were they thinking? In the wake of last fall's revelation that the National Security Agency had wiretapped German Chancellor Angela Merkel's cell phone, the report of U.S....
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Sanctions finally find Russia’s Achilles heel
By William E. Pomeranz Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Barack Obama were reportedly engaged in a heated telephone conversation last Thursday when Putin noted in passing that an aircraft...
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Putin’s anti-American rhetoric now persuades his harshest critics
By Nina Khrushcheva People I know in Russia, members of the intelligentsia and professionals who have long been critical of President Vladimir Putin’s anti-Western stance, have suddenly turned into...
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Putin’s already paying dearly for Ukraine – and looks willing to sacrifice...
By William E. Pomeranz Russian President Vladimir Putin has adopted a “go it alone” approach throughout the Ukraine crisis and regularly describes his country as “independent” and nonaligned. But...
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Five smart takes explain the Russia-Ukraine conflict from square one
By Amana Fontanella-Khan Ever since the Ukrainian revolution in February this year, the Eastern European country has witnessed spiraling political instability and bloodshed. Former President Viktor...
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Plans to stop Russia show NATO and the West are in denial
By Masha Gessen For more than six months now, since Russia annexed Crimea, Western politicians and analysts have been asking what can make Vladimir Putin stop or retreat. It’s the wrong question, and...
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Why this Ukraine ceasefire will stick
By Anatole Kaletsky The war in eastern Ukraine, which has had more impact on the European economy than any news coming out of Frankfurt or Brussels, appears to be ending. Despite the sporadic attacks...
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Will the European economy’s summer squalls turn into an autumn tempest?
By Anatole Kaletsky Following the grim market response to European Central Bank President Mario Draghi’s latest monetary policy pronouncements, Europe is approaching another make-or-break moment...
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‘In Putin’s mind, Ukraine is not a nation’
By Jason Fields How dangerous is Vladimir Putin? Reuters Editor-at-Large Sir Harold Evans moderated a panel of experts searching for answers to that question at a Newsmaker event hosted at the...
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Putin’s created an economic crisis and left Moscow no easy way out
By William E. Pomeranz Western sanctions have left Russia in dire financial circumstances -- stuck somewhere between recession and stagnation. Though proven solutions exist for what now ails Russia,...
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25 years after its fall, Vladimir Putin puts Berlin Wall’s lessons front and...
By Lucian Kim On Nov. 9, Germans will celebrate the 25th anniversary of one of the most beautiful moments in their troubled history: the day that ordinary people, with ordinary aspirations, brought...
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Putin waging information war in Ukraine worthy of George Orwell
By Lucian Kim It was a familiar scenario this week. First the government in Kiev said that Russia was sending convoys of men and weapons to support pro-Moscow separatists in eastern Ukraine. Then U.S....
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Vladimir Putin’s religious, ethnic rhetoric gets a little scary in Russian...
By Lucian Kim Vladimir Putin lives in a scary world, where enemies plot tirelessly to undermine, trick, and destroy Russia. Containment wasn’t just a Cold War policy but a practice of Russia’s rivals...
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Ukraine’s frozen war brings dramatic changes to world economy
By Anatole Kaletsky The “day of silence” observed this week by the Ukrainian army and its pro-Russian rebel opponents was an event of enormous economic importance for global economics as well as...
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In 2015, Vladimir Putin may witness his empire’s death knell
By Strobe Talbott The year ahead could see the outbreak of the third Chechen war, which, in turn, could be the death knell of the Russian Federation in its current borders. If, as is imaginable,...
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Strong or weak, bully or buffoon? Will the real Russia please stand up?
By Michael Kofman The West has been unable to develop a coherent strategic policy toward Russia. There is little agreement on what Russia is and how to deal with it, too much speculation about what...
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Vladimir Putin in jeopardy on all sides as Russia’s economy stumbles
By John Lloyd MOSCOW – What a difference a plunging ruble makes. A few short days ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin was a strategic genius, outplaying Western leaders everywhere – in the Middle...
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Ukraine crisis forced into suspended animation for 2015
By Pierre Briancon By Pierre Briançon The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. Western economic sanctions against Russia were expected to have no effect. Yet...
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Meet the four autocrats of the apocalypse
By John Lloyd Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with his counterpart from Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, Jan. 15, 2015. REUTERS/Pavel Golovkin/Pool Four leaders of great states run the...
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