How America can counter Putin’s moves in Syria
by Condoleezza Rice and Robert M. Gates • Washington Post One can hear the disbelief in capitals from Washington to London to Berlin to Ankara and…
From Russia with Poisonous Love
Craven American leadership harms the cause of peace and stability, and only benefits the world’s dictators and aggressors. by George C. Landrith & Dr. Miklos K. Radvanyi Vladimir Putin is…
On Syria, Obama Plays Tiddlywinks, Putin Plays Chess
by Investor’s Business Daily The White House was “surprised” by a new intelligence-sharing pact among Iran, Syria, Russia and Iraq to fight the Islamic State. But given their own actions,…
Putin dares, Obama dithers
The danger of Russia’s intervention in Syria, and America’s timidity in Afghanistan Economist To hear Vladimir Putin, Russia has become the leader of a new global war on terrorism. By…
Mr. Putin makes moves in Syria, exploiting America’s inaction
By Editorial Board • Washington Post In July, President Obama said he had been “encouraged” by a telephone call Russian President Vladimir Putin had initiated to…
What six years of ‘reset’ have wrought
By Charles Krauthammer • Washington Post On September 5, 2014, two days after President Obama visited Estonia to symbolize America’s commitment to its security, Russian agents…
Putin the Gambler
by Dr. Miklos K. Radvanyi • Washington Times The failure of Soviet totalitarianism ultimately brought down the Soviet Union itself in 1991. In the years following…
The Iran Deal’s Fatal Flaw
Nothing can work without tough inspections and enforcement. And for that we must rely on … Vladimir Putin. By Charles Duelfer • Politico Magazine We don’t…
Foreign Firm Funding U.S. Green Groups Tied to State-Owned Russian Oil Company
Executives at a Bermudan firm funneling money to U.S. environmentalists run investment funds with Russian by Lachlan Markay • Washington Free Beacon A shadowy Bermudan company…
Nuclear Coercion
by Peter Huessy Cutting $70 billion over the next ten years from America’s nuclear deterrent is the goal of a number of proponents of global zero. The cut would be…
The Ruin of “Hope and Change”
Obama’s hubristic promises have been followed by a total discrediting of his ideology. by Victor Davis Hanson • National Review Online Barack Obama will end his…
A World of Trouble for Obama
Public support for the president’s foreign policy is waning—and he’s losing Democratic lawmakers by William A. Galston • Wall Street Journal In March my Brookings colleague…
Russia’s Leader Is Neither A Realist Nor A Nationalist
To understand Vladimir Putin’s wars, the key is to understand the final two decades of the Soviet Union, not the first two decades of the new Russia. by Tom Nichols…
Putin’s Dream Clouds the Approach of a Nightmare
by Larry Franklin Vladimir Putin has succeeded in portraying himself as a leader of a resurgent Russia. The three-term President of the Russian Federation has proven to be a skilled manipulator…
Russia Violated a Nuclear Treaty. What the U.S. Must Do.
by Michaela Dodge • Daily Signal Russian violations of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty come as a surprise to only those who have not been paying…