Russia

An injured person is helped by emergency services outside Sennaya Ploshchad metro station, following explosions in two train carriages at metro stations in St. Petersburg, Russia April 3, 2017. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTX33XUA

9 questions to ask after a terrorist attack

Daniel L. Byman

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a joint news conference following a meeting with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia March 28, 2017. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin - RTX332WX

Putin’s no populist, but he can gain from populist movements worldwide

Yulia Netesova and Torrey Taussig

Thursday, March 30, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump (C), flanked by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke (from L), Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Defense Secretary James Mattis and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, holds a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, U.S. March 13, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RTX30UWZ

To negotiate from strength, Team Trump has to build “situations of strength”

Bruce Jones and Will Moreland

Friday, March 24, 2017

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) attends a meeting with President of the Georgian breakaway region of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, March 21, 2017. REUTERS/Kirill Kudryavtsev/Pool - RTX31ZX0

The rise of personalist rule

Thursday, March 23, 2017

Russian flag flies.

Multilateralize the INF problem

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of the Board of the Prosecutor General's Office in Moscow, Russia, March 14, 2017. Sputnik/Aleksey Nikolskyi/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. EDITORIAL USE ONLY. - RTX30XO0

Putin might not wait for Trump to sort out his Russia policy

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

A Russian soldier in front of a flag.

Dealing with Russia and drawing red lines

Friday, March 10, 2017

European and national flags fly outside the European Parliament while European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker presents a white paper on options for shoring up unity once Britain launches its withdrawal process, in Brussels, Belgium, March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Yves Herman - RTS10Z4B

What’s the future of European (in)security and (dis)order?

Friday, March 10, 2017

Members of Ukrainian self-defence battalion "Donbass" are seen at their positions near the town of Pervomaysk July 31, 2014. Ukraine said on Thursday it had suspended offensive operations in its military campaign in east Ukraine to help international experts reach the downed Malaysian airliner's crash site but separatists were continuing to attack its positions. REUTERS/Maks Levin (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY) - RTR40TXH

Minsk II’s future looks bleak, but what’s the alternative?

Friday, March 10, 2017

Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaks by phone, February 28, 2017. Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. EDITORIAL USE ONLY. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - RTS10QE5

On Russia, Washington should wait

Sergey Aleksashenko

Tuesday, March 7, 2017