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The dangers of Putin’s unhealthy reliance on Russian intelligence.

It is hard for the country to move West with Russia on its back.

Attempts to blame Russia for the EU’s mess will only get in the way of addressing the union’s real problems.

The Israeli leader is vying for a fifth term amid corruption allegations.

First he came for Georgia, then for Ukraine. Vladimir Putin’s next target is likely to be a non-NATO nation in the EU.

Moscow’s missile capabilities in the Baltic Sea region are not nearly as dangerous as they seem.

Life may be getting harder in Russia, but Putin doesn’t care.

The Russian president was a man of the common people—until the common people started making demands.

The U.S. president might be too hemmed in by the Russia probe to attempt a successor to the INF or START treaties.

Russia never sought to be a small-time fixer in the Middle East. Its goal was to reclaim its status as a global power broker.

It has already empowered Russia and Iran while undermining the Kurds.

The Russian president’s visit to Serbia was a lovefest—but beyond the odes to Orthodox brotherhood, the two authoritarian leaders are using one another to advance a geopolitical agenda.

Even if Trump is impeached, U.S. investigators are unlikely to find the Russian president’s fingerprints.

With larger powers in retreat, small countries and civil society groups have stepped up—and they have won some significant victories.

Tensions between Moscow and Minsk have sparked worries over another Russian annexation.

The Kremlin is going after Russian rappers, but the government can't control a culture it doesn't understand.

From the Kremlin’s pro-Trump meddling in 2016 to its threats to Ukraine, Georgia and other border states, nearly everything has gone its way.

Whatever the Russian president is doing in Ukraine, it isn’t because of his falling poll numbers.

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

Washington thinks punitive measures will change Moscow’s calculus, but the Russian economy is doing just fine.