Vladimir Putin keeps everyone guessing on war with Ukraine
The Russian president’s four-hour, year-end press conference offered more questions than answers.
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What will Russia risk to invade Ukraine?
Even if war between the two countries is avoided, this round of heightened tensions at the border may not be…
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Putin's Russia could face greater trade penalties if it invades Ukraine.
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Biden’s call with Putin didn’t solve anything
When it comes to Ukraine, neither Russia nor the US can get what they want.
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How a war fought half a century ago is taking on new relevance in US-India relations
India went to war with Pakistan in 1971. Today, it still finds itself caught between rivals, but its relationship with…
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Why the world needs to stop saying “hybrid war”
When used to describe recent actions by Belarus and Russia, the term is not only misleading, it’s also dangerous.
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Is America’s toolbox for Russia empty?
What has been revealed is how little the US can do.
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Western commitments to Ukraine remain ambiguous and unproved.
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The West must confront Russia and Belarus to avert catastrophe
Devastating financial sanctions might be the only way of dissuading Putin and Lukashenko from further adventurism.
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Russia’s Covid death toll is even worse than it appears
The Russian authorities and the wider public are in denial about the severity of the pandemic.
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The meaning of Vladimir Putin’s attack on liberalism
By railing against liberalism, “cancel culture” and trans rights, the Russian president is exploiting debates taking place in Western societies…
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Vladimir Putin won’t attend Cop26, yet Russia has little choice but to engage with climate action
A rapidly changing domestic climate and diplomatic pressure is pushing Russia towards the environmental club.
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Fiona Hill: “US democracy is on a precipice right now”
The woman who made international headlines with her testimony on Trump talks Russia, conspiracy theories, sexism and Joe Biden.
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Why Russia is talking to the Taliban
Vladimir Putin is keen to push the Taliban to contain jihadist group IS-K.
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What the arrest of Alexei Navalny means for Putin’s rule in Russia
Emily Tamkin and Ido Vock are joined from Moscow by Felix Light on the World Review podcast.
Serebrennikov’s arrest is another step in the erosion of Russia’s cultural freedom
The detained director is widely known for challenging more conservative forms of theatre.
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Moscow, my family and me
To grow up in the Communist Party of Great Britain was to be on the side of the future . .…
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“It gets people killed”: Osip Mandelstam and the perils of writing poetry under Stalin
The cat-and-mouse game between the poet Osip Mandelstam and the Soviet dictator could only end in death.
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Living, eating and dreaming revolution
The Soviet state was born in violence and shaped with merciless determination. Lenin played a central role in its creation.
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The conflicted legacy of Karl Marx
A century and a half ago, Das Kapital, the bible of 20th-century revolutionaries, predicted the overthrow of capitalism – but also the rise…
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