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Alexander J. Motyl, Opinion ContributorThe Hill |
The intellectual roots of the West’s mistakes predate the Soviet Union’s collapse.
Ukrainians are asking an indelicate question.
The junior senator from Ohio would be well advised to do some homework before expressing his opinions on a topic he obviously doesn’t fully...
American policymakers are placing their own personal ambitions above the physical survival of 40 million people and the likelihood that Putin will...
Millions will get a rare look at the total solar eclipse on Monday as parts of North America will go dark for the first time in seven years. The rare...
NATO countries talk about the Russian threat, but their dilly-dallying, their insufficient support of Ukraine and their unwillingness to impose truly...
Russian Orthodoxy has become a central component of the Kremlin’s propaganda.
There is no easy answer to the problem of Russian imperialism.
Putin would have been far better off retiring to his bunkers and leaving the Russian mess to someone else.
Putin has little other than coercion to rely on to elicit societal compliance.
Putin’s Russia is somewhere between full-fledged fascist and full-fledged Nazi, probably closer to the latter than to the former.
Russia’s war against Ukraine provides several instructive examples of mediocrities acting according to script — but also of how someone can break...
Someone forgot to tell the Ukrainians that they can’t win the war against Russia.
Is Donald Trump man enough to accept a diminutive ex-comedian’s invitation to visit the frontlines in Ukraine?
Ironically, in stoking Ukrainian hatred of Russia, Putin has effectively promoted Ukrainian national identity and statehood as well as guaranteed that...
Basing his platform on opposition to the war against Ukraine, Nadezhdin was the only real alternative to Putin.
Rigging elections too much can be risky.
Delusions of grandeur drive Russian policy, both at home and abroad.
The “Proposed Plan for Victory in Ukraine” may be one of the most important documents to come out of Washington in the last two years.
Opening its doors to Russia is a clear indication of Pyongyang’s belief that it’s dealing with a kindred state.
It’s not at all clear from a correct reading of his comments that Putin thinks of the West as an enemy with whom he should negotiate Ukraine’s...
Ukrainians remain bullish about their country’s future. To be sure, not quite as bullish as a year ago, but bullish nonetheless.
Little has changed on the frontline since the summer, when optimism reigned. But now the talk is all of stalemate, deadlock and stalled offensives.
The war and genocide Putin unleashed won’t stop in Ukraine.
There’s no way to avoid the sad conclusion that MAGA Republicans are effectively supporting Ukraine’s destruction for the sake of ridding...
When three-quarters or more of a population endorse war and genocide, we are in a realm that goes beyond public opinion surveys and involves culture.
The irony of two war criminals duking it out will be both delicious and obvious, at least to people with a sense of humor.
According to a 2008 study, Ukraine suffered close to 15 million “excess deaths” between 1914 and 1948.
Russia continues to send poorly trained and poorly armed recruits in waves, opening them up to staggering losses.
Is Vladimir Putin dead? According to a mysterious Russian Telegram channel and a prominent Russian political analyst, the answer is yes.
Putin, clearly, has no idea what he is talking about when he talks about civilization.
A usually astute Russian democratic analyst named Valery Solovey predicts that Putin is deathly ill and won’t make it past the fall of this year.
When realist theorists of foreign policy start talking about morality, it may be worth heading for the hills — or scratching your head and paying...
Russian spies would overrun the country, fifth columns would be organized, Ukrainian institutions would be infiltrated, and Russian capital would flow...
Ukraine is roughly in the same neighborhood as Romania, Bulgaria, and Hungary — all of which have long been members of the EU.
Contrary to the image that he propagates at home and abroad, the supposedly sage dictator is a serial bumbler who committed a plethora of pushing...