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Restoring the reputation of America’s most underrated foreign-policy president.

On our podcast: As Trump sits down with Putin, we look back at a summit in Reykjavik that helped end the Cold War.

Russia could have done something to prevent sexual exploitation of foreign women during the World Cup. It chose not to.

Trump’s summit with Putin risks tarnishing a legacy of Republican moral leadership.

Nixon and Reagan managed to negotiate with Mao and Gorbachev because they had personal chemistry, common goals, and control of their domestic politics.

Not every post-Soviet revolution is about the geopolitics of Russia.

Why Russia’s strongman economy can’t reform.

The Marshall Plan recognized the limits of U.S. power in Europe. To be successful, so must diplomacy with Moscow today.

As its rivals invest in new military hardware, Washington is stuck refurbishing obsolete equipment.

After eight years at Foreign Policy, here are the ten most popular Best Defense posts.

The recent Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on nuclear weapons introduced some unsettling possibilities.

The Russian president cloaks himself in nationalism, but that’s not where his heart is.

Imagination and fiction are essential elements of strategy.

Some striking similarities

An army of contractors and subcontractors in Eastern Europe is working to supply America’s sprawling — and legally questionable — anti-Islamic State campaign in Syria.

Just in time for the holiday break, FP returns to reviewing new and upcoming titles on all aspects of international affairs.

Helmut Kohl was an unlikely political heavyweight, but his relentless drive helped put East and West back together.

American presidents have generally been pretty good at botching things in the Middle East, but this one is winning at it.

The fall of the Soviet Union passes a prisoner by.

The Soviet story of a rich American whose Russian concierge has dirt on him.