Steven Pifer

Ukrainian servicemen fire a M777 howitzer at a position on a front line, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine August 1, 2022. REUTERS/Sofiia Gatilova

Russia, Ukraine, and the decision to negotiate

Monday, August 1, 2022

U.S. President Joe Biden and Russia's President Vladimir Putin meet for the U.S.-Russia summit at Villa La Grange in Geneva, Switzerland, June 16, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/Pool

U.S.-Russia relations, one year after Geneva

Thursday, June 16, 2022

People stand amid newly-made graves at a cemetery in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict in the settlement of Staryi Krym outside Mariupol, Ukraine May 22, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

The Russia-Ukraine war at three months

Monday, May 23, 2022

A combo photo of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky. Zelensky has been repeatedly call on Putin to have direct talks but Moscow still unresponsive.

Russia vs. Ukraine: How does this end?

Thursday, March 10, 2022

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov attend security talks at the United States Mission in Geneva, Switzerland January 10, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Around the halls: Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and the European security order

Pavel K. Baev, Jessica Brandt, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Samantha Gross, Daniel S. Hamilton, Marvin Kalb, Patricia M. Kim, Kemal Kirişci, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Steven Pifer, Melanie W. Sisson, Constanze Stelzenmüller, and Angela Stent

Tuesday, January 11, 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu attend a military exhibition before an expanded meeting of the Defence Ministry Board in Moscow, Russia December 21, 2021. Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool via REUTERS

Russia’s draft agreements with NATO and the United States: Intended for rejection?

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

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