Steven Pifer

Mark Etherington, Deputy Chief Monitor of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine and members of organization talk as they arrive for monitoring ahead of the proposed withdrawal of troops, in the village of Petrovskoye in Donetsk region, Ukraine October 9, 2019. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko - RC18E26FA480

Did Zelenskiy give in to Moscow? It’s too early to tell

Wednesday, October 9, 2019

A view shows the U.S. embassy in Kiev, Ukraine September 25, 2019. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko - RC16923BA100

Five observations on President Trump’s handling of Ukraine policy

Monday, October 7, 2019

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy greets U.S. President Donald Trump during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City, New York, U.S., September 25, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC1F5F5CFED0

The dueling US foreign policy approaches to Ukraine pose a risk for Kyiv

Monday, September 30, 2019

A worker walks near a pipe at the construction site of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, near the town of Kingisepp, Leningrad region, Russia June 5, 2019. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov - RC1AFBC68700

Heading for (another) Ukraine-Russia gas fight?

Friday, August 30, 2019

French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy leave after a news conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France June 17, 2019. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer - RC1E8D935900

One month into the Zelenskiy presidency and Ukraine’s still here

Monday, June 17, 2019

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks with European Council President Donald Tusk in Brussels, Belgium, June 5, 2019. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir - RC1ECA5FFC30

NATO’s Ukraine challenge

Thursday, June 6, 2019

File photo of U.S. President Ronald Reagan (R) and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev signing the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty at the White House, on December 8 1987. Reagan was elected as the 40th U.S. president in 1980. Former U.S. President Reagan's health is deteriorating and he could have only weeks to live, a U.S. source close to the situation said on June 4, 2004. Reagan, now 93, has long suffered from the brain-wasting Alzheimer's disease. The source said Reagan's condition had worsened in the past week. "The time is getting close," he said. REUTERS/Dennis Paquin/FILE DP/GN - RP5DRIDACHAA

With US-Russian arms control treaties on shaky ground, the future is worrying

Thursday, April 25, 2019

Ukrainian presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy reacts following the announcement of the first exit poll in a presidential election at his campaign headquarters in Kiev, Ukraine April 21, 2019. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko - RC1D1986B430

How Ukraine’s comedian-candidate could disappoint the Kremlin

Monday, April 22, 2019

Ukrainian presidential candidate and comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks with journalists after undergoing a drugs and alcohol test, which is a precondition to participate in a policy debate ahead of the second round of a presidential election, outside a hospital in Kiev, Ukraine April 5, 2019. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko - RC1A3AA14F40

Five key things to know about Ukraine’s presidential election

Monday, April 15, 2019

People listen to U.S. President Barack Obama during a speech in Hradcany Square, Prague April 5, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Reed (CZECH REPUBLIC POLITICS) - GM1E5451G3W01

10 years after Obama’s nuclear-free vision, the US and Russia head in the opposite direction

Thursday, April 4, 2019