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Russia
Posted inAmerica and the World
The Narrow Path to Averting War Over Ukraine
Hawks on both sides need to back off. The resolution of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis is a useful analogy.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Nord Stream Pipeline Snarled in the U.S.-Russia ‘Fossil Energy War’
Discarded sanctions over Nord Stream were attempted protectionism for U.S. gas producers.
Posted inAmerica and the World
The Kremlin’s Hack Attacks
Wired reporter Andy Greenberg discusses the next wave of Russian cyber crimes in his new book.
Posted inPolitics
Why Putin Wants Trump to Win
Every day Trump’s in office undermines the institutional foundations of American democracy.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Was Putin Inevitable?
How policy blunders under Bill Clinton and George W. Bush helped bring about a post-communist Russia hostile to democracy, free markets, and the West
Posted inImpeachment
Doubt Is Their Product
The strategy behind the GOP’s embrace of Russian propaganda on Ukraine
Posted inAmerica and the World
Russia, America, and Creeping Authoritarianism
Anastasia Edel, author of ‘Russia: Putin’s Playground: Empire, Revolution, and the New Tsar,’ has critiqued the Trump administration’s inhumane immigration policies and warns that Americans should be on guard against what could come next.
Posted inImpeachment
Fiona Hill Versus the Conspiracy Theorists
The ‘debunked’ Ukraine narrative, which Devin Nunes and other right-wing buffoons have advanced, is the handiwork of a serious adversary.
Posted inPolitics
William Barr and the Corruption of the Justice Department
The attorney general is using the full resources of his office in pursuit of preposterous conspiracy theories.
