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MOSCOW, RUSSIA - DECEMBER 3, 2021: Russia's President Vladimir Putin is seen in his office in the Kremlin as he chairs a videoconference meeting of permanent members of the Russian Security Council. Mikhail Metzel/POOL/TASS.

What Biden should say to Putin on Ukraine

Monday, December 6, 2021

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attend a meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine May 6, 2021. Efrem Lukatsky/Pool via REUTERS

President Zelensky comes to Washington

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND JUNE 16, 2021: US President Joe Biden (L) and Russia's President Vladimir Putin (2nd R) meet for talks at the Villa La Grange. Mikhail Metzel/TASS.No use Russia.

Did Biden succeed with Putin? Check back in six months

Thursday, June 17, 2021

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - JUNE 14, 2021: Russia's President Vladimir Putin gives an interview to NBC News at the Moscow Kremlin. Maxim Blinov/Russian Presidential Press and Information Office/TASS.No use Russia.

Setting the Biden-Putin summit bar low

Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Components of SSC-8/9M729 cruise missile system are on display during a news briefing, organized by Russian defence and foreign ministries, at Patriot Expocentre near Moscow, Russia January 23, 2019. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Germany’s role in US-Russian nuclear arms control

Thursday, June 3, 2021

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 19: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at a virtual event hosted by the Munich Security Conference in the East Room of the White House on February 19, 2021 in Washington, DC. In his remarks, President Biden stressed the United States' commitment to NATO after four years of the Trump administration undermining the alliance. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker-Pool/Getty Images)

The first 100 days: Breaking with Trump on Russia

Monday, April 26, 2021

French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy hold a news conference following their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France April 16, 2021. Anne-Christine Poujoulat/Pool via REUTERS

Planning a trip to Paris, Ukraine’s Zelenskiy has much to gain

Monday, April 19, 2021

An unarmed Trident II D5 missile is test-launched from the Ohio-class U.S. Navy ballistic missile submarine USS Nebraska off the coast of California, U.S. March 26, 2018. Picture taken March 26, 2018. U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ronald Gutridge/Handout via REUTERS. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY

Nuclear arms control in the 2020s

Thursday, April 8, 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris deliver remarks after meeting with Asian-American leaders to discuss "the ongoing attacks and threats against the community," during a stop at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/

Joe Biden’s ‘killer’ comment: Undiplomatic, but the end of US-Russia relations?

Friday, April 2, 2021

Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) receives the then US Vice President Joe Biden in the Chancellor's Office. US President Joe Biden alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel will participate in a G7 video conference and the Munich Security Conference on Friday, in his first appearances at international summits since his inauguration last month.

Rebuilding US-German relations: Harder than it appears

Thursday, March 25, 2021