ZELENSKY’S PLAN, PUTIN’S THREATS
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he has a plan for victory against Russia — and he was in the United States this week trying to sell it to U.S. President Joe Biden. Continue reading
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A MOMENT OF TRUTH IN UKRAINE
So here’s a little factoid to bear in mind. In its incursion into Russia’s Kursk Oblast that began in August, Ukraine has managed to capture more territory there than Russia has captured in Ukraine all year. Ukraine now holds a slice of Russian territory roughly the size of Los Angeles. Continue reading
THE DICTATOR’S LITTLE HELPERS
The dirty little secret of autocratic regimes like those of Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping is that they can’t really operate effectively without the services provided by willing Western collaborators. Continue reading
UKRAINE’S KURSK OFFENSIVE
Ukraine’s bold incursion into Russia’s Kursk Oblast two weeks ago has boosted Kyiv’s morale and changed the narrative of the war. Continue reading
UKRAINE STRIKES BACK
Turnaround, as they say, is fair play. We now live in a world where Ukraine has invaded Russia and controls territory roughly the size of New York City. Continue reading
PUTIN’S HOSTAGE-TAKING TERROR MACHINE
The recent prisoner exchange that freed U.S. hostages, Russian political prisoners, and other wrongfully detained people from Vladimir Putin’s gulag served as a stark reminder about the nature of the Kremlin’s so-called criminal justice system. Continue reading
THE GEOPOLITICS OF THE SOUTH CAUCASUS
A summer of political crisis winds down with a critical election looming in Georgia as a restive and pro-Western civil society seeks to oust an entrenched pro-Kremlin oligarch from power. … Continue reading
ROGUE RUSSIA
It was the day Moscow’s dreams of empire ended up costing European lives. It was the day the Kremlin lost its last vestiges of credibility. And it was the day when it became impossible to continue even pretending that Vladimir Putin’s regime was anything close to respectable. Continue reading
WRONGFULLY DETAINED
It has been nine months since Russian authorities arrested my friend and former colleague Alsu Kurmasheva, a dual US-Russian citizen and a journalist with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Tatar-Bashkir Service. Continue reading
UKRAINE: THE VIEW FROM THE FRONT
Russia’s summer offensive appears to have stalled.
As NATO leaders meet in Washington to mark the alliance’s 75th anniversary and as Russia’s war against Ukraine approaches its 900th day, U.S. officials say it is highly unlikely that Moscow will make any significant territorial gains in the coming months. Continue reading