Russia & Eurasia

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend the ceremony of presenting Xi Jinping with a degree from the St. Petersburg State University at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, June 6, 2019. Dmitri Lovetsky/Pool via REUTERS - RC15EFA729E0

Russia

Exporting digital authoritarianism

Alina Polyakova

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor is launched during a successful intercept test, in this undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency. THAAD provides the U.S. military a land-based, mobile capability to defend against short- and medium-range ballistic missiles, intercepting incoming missiles inside and outside the earth's atmosphere. REUTERS/U.S. Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency/Handout via Reuters ATTENTION EDITORS - FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - TM3EBAC0VPZ01

Op-Ed

The death of the INF Treaty has given birth to new missile possibilities

Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a judo training session at the Yug-Sport sport and training complex in the Black sea resort of Sochi, Russia, February 14, 2019. Sputnik/Mikhael Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC18022EB7B0

Russia

Putin plays judo, not chess

Thursday, August 8, 2019

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 - RC1EAAFF9260

Podcast Episode

Will the INF Treaty’s demise kick-start a new arms race?

Friday, August 2, 2019

Reports

U.S. President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and Britain's Queen Elizabeth pose at the State Banquet at Buckingham Palace in London, Britain June 3, 2019. Alastair Grant/Pool via REUTERS - RC19A2509000

Report

Trans-Atlantic Scorecard – July 2019

Thursday, July 18, 2019

British Prime Minister Theresa May and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker look at each other during a news conference in Strasbourg, France March 11, 2019. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler - RC17106DF9E0

Report

Trans-Atlantic Scorecard – April 2019

Friday, April 19, 2019

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the Paris Peace Forum

Report

Trans-Atlantic Scorecard – January 2019

Friday, January 18, 2019

Hackers from Ukrainian hactivist group RUH8 are seen during an interview with Reuters in Kiev, Ukraine, November 3, 2016. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich - S1BEUKUGSWAB

Russia

The Kremlin’s Trojan horses 3.0

Alina Polyakova, Flemming Splidsboel-Hansen, Robert van der Noordaa, Øystein Bogen, and Henrik Sundbom

December 2018

A general view shows the business centre Lakhta-2, which reportedly houses news organizations and internet research companies, known for the trolling on social media, in St. Petersburg, Russia February 20, 2018. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov - UP1EE2K1K6ER3

Cybersecurity

Democratic defense against disinformation

Alina Polyakova and Daniel Fried

March 2018

Blog Posts

Flags of NATO member countires fly during a ceremony at the new NATO headquarters before the start of a summit in Brussels, Belgium, May 25, 2017. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann - RC1AE63D1910

Order from Chaos

Announcing the Trans-Atlantic Scorecard

Monday, September 17, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a joint news conference after their meeting in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC145902DE10

FixGov

Putin’s Russia becomes Trump’s America

Tuesday, July 24, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands as they take part in a family photo at the APEC summit in Danang, Vietnam November 10, 2017. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC18A81CDA80

Order from Chaos

The Trump-Putin summit could do some good if…

Monday, July 2, 2018

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Events

Putin’s world

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM EDT

Europe, multilateralism, and great power competition

4:30 PM - 5:45 PM EST

Putin’s next act

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT

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Experts

Women eat watermelons at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California April 10, 2015. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson - GF10000055583

Up Front

Are the kids alright? Saving and wealth accumulation among the millennial generation

William G. Gale

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Mar 17, 2019; Nashville, TN, USA; A member of the Bridgestone Arena crew sweeps confetti off the court after a win by the Auburn Tigers over the Tennessee Volunteers in the SEC conference tournament championship game at Bridgestone Arena. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports - 12368716

Up Front

College sports joins the marketplace, with limits

Robert E. Litan

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

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Director, Project on Global Democracy and Emerging Technology

Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe

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Multimedia

Russian President Vladimir Putin stands on the stage as he addresses the Federal Assembly, including the State Duma parliamentarians, members of the Federation Council, regional governors and other high-ranking officials, in Moscow, Russia March 1, 2018. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - UP1EE310W85R3

Podcast Episode

Russia’s challenge to the West

Keir Giles, Angela Stent, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his annual end-of-year news conference in Moscow, Russia.

Russia

Putin’s disinformation war on the West

Alina Polyakova and Fred Dews

Friday, December 15, 2017

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a joint news conference with Italian President Sergio Mattarella after their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia April 11, 2017. Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. EDITORIAL USE ONLY. - RTX353WK

Russia

What Putin and Russia want

Pavel K. Baev and Fred Dews

Friday, April 21, 2017

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