Russia

Allseas' deep sea pipe laying ship Solitaire lays pipes for Nord Stream 2 pipeline in the Baltic Sea September 13, 2019. Picture taken September 13, 2019. REUTERS/Stine Jacobsen - RC19E7D92D80

Order from Chaos

Congress, Nord Stream II, and Ukraine

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

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Essay

German lessons

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Monday, November 4, 2019

Europe 1989-2019: Lessons learned 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EST

Russia returns: Navigating U.S.-Russia relations

5:00 PM - 7:30 PM CST

Chicago, Illinois

Reports

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy listens during a bilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump 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 - RC1BBB443CF0

Report

Trans-Atlantic Scorecard – October 2019

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Security cameras are installed at the entrance to the Id Kah Mosque during a government organised trip in Kashgar, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China, January 4, 2019. Picture taken January 4, 2019. TO MATCH INSIGHT CHINA-XINJIANG/ REUTERS/Ben Blanchard - RC1B96A66D80

Technology & Innovation

Exporting digital authoritarianism

Alina Polyakova and Chris Meserole

August 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

The Titan Missile, shown from above during a tour of the 103-foot Titan II Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) site which was decommissioned in 1982, at the Titan Missile Museum in Sahuarita, Arizona, U.S., February 2, 2019. REUTERS/Nicole Neri - RC1218FFA6D0

Arms Control

Managing risk: Nuclear weapons in the new geopolitics

Madelyn R. Creedon, Robert Einhorn, Kate Hewitt, Bonnie Jenkins, Bruce Jones, Suzanne Maloney, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Jung H. Pak, Frank A. Rose, and Strobe Talbott

February 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

Blog Posts

Acting U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor arrives to testify at a closed-door deposition as part of the U.S. House of Representatives impeachment inquiry led by the House Intelligence, House Foreign Affairs and House Oversight and Reform Committees on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 22, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso - RC1225F461D0

Order from Chaos

Quid pro quos, bureaucrats, and duty

Monday, October 28, 2019

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi listens asRussian President Vladimir Putin makes a statement for media following the Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi, Russia, 24 October, 2019. Sergei Chirikov/Pool via REUTERS - RC1E4E8D6FC0

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: Russia-Africa summit, Botswana’s election, and Africa’s new growth projections

Saturday, October 26, 2019

Russian forces are seen in the Nasib border crossing with Jordan in Deraa, Syria July 7, 2018. REUTERS/ Omar Sanadiki - RC164766C1C0

Order from Chaos

Russia finds few fruits to harvest in the scramble for eastern Syria

Friday, October 18, 2019

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Events

In Kissinger’s orbit: A conversation with Ambassador Winston Lord

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT

Conflict scenarios with Russia and China

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

The end of an era? The INF Treaty, New START, and the future of strategic stability

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

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Related Books

Putin's World

Putin’s World: Russia Against the West and With the Rest

By Angela Stent

2019

James Kirchick, The End of Europe

The End of Europe: Dictators, Demagogues, and the Coming Dark Age

By James Kirchick

2017

Imperial Gamble

By Marvin Kalb

2015

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

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Up Front

College sports joins the marketplace, with limits

Robert E. Litan

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Strobe Talbott

Distinguished Fellow in Residence - Foreign Policy

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Multimedia

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

Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on at his meeting with Lebanese counterpart Michel Aoun at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia March 26, 2019. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/Pool TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC18453128A0

Order from Chaos

Experts discuss the view from Putin’s world

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

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

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