Russia

A year after the country decriminalized domestic violence, women feel the consequences.

Analysts are increasingly using artificial intelligence to track Russian disinformation campaigns.

A tougher stance from the United Nations would put pressure on Assad and Putin while improving the lives of ordinary Syrians.

The Caucasus is a complex ethnic and religious patchwork, and only a shared identity can help Georgians push back against Putin.

The Kremlin can expect more sanctions and more investigations from a Democratic House.

Privatization and automation have left global shipping fatally exposed.

Gains in congressional midterm elections give Democrats crucial subpoena power.

Russian news sites portray the U.S. presidential election as a prelude to civil war.

The White House wants to leave the INF Treaty. New START could be next. The death of these agreements would fuel a new arms race.

The deputy head of the OSCE’s observer mission in Ukraine describes the challenges and frustrations of monitoring the war.

To be worth keeping, a treaty that bans nuclear missiles needs to include all nuclear powers.

The only reason to pull out of the INF Treaty is to give a middle finger to the world.

Junk enough arms control treaties, and the Cold War balance of terror will reign once again—this time with China in the mix.

Leaving the agreement clears the way for the U.S. to boost its conventional forces in the Pacific.

The country’s new government wants to root out corruption—but the ancien régime isn't giving up without a fight.

Mike Pence’s equation of Beijing’s influence with Moscow’s hacking was misleading and dangerous

Dodik campaigned on independence for Republika Srpska. Will Putin help him get his way?

The question of a permanent U.S. military presence in Poland is complicated. The White House shouldn’t treat it as a vanity project.

Financial institutions and the governments that regulate them aren’t doing nearly enough to prevent money laundering.  

Warsaw may be turning away from the European Union, but that doesn’t mean that it is turning toward Moscow instead.