If you’re looking at a list of America’s top 10 experts on Russia, chances are, Andrew S. Weiss will be on that list. His inclusion is a consequence of his significant work in both government and the ...

As of May 13, 2025, Russian forces occupied 112,757 square kilometers (43,536 square miles), which constituted 18.7% of the Ukrainian territory and which is roughly equivalent to the state of Virginia ...

As President Donald Trump’s administration neared the 100 day mark, former U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan, now inaugural Kissinger Professor of the Practice of Statecraft and World Order ...

Full text of the 2024 Strategy for Countering Extremism in the Russian Federation (in Russian.) 2024 Basic Principles of State Policy of the Russian Federation on Nuclear Deterrence Full text of the ...

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Ukrainian troops have received orders to fire only in response to Russian attacks during the three-day ceasefire unilaterally declared by Putin, Suspilne reports, citing soldiers from three Ukrainian ...

"The Other Nuclear Race," Juzel Lloyd, Foreign Affairs, 04.28.25. “Developing nations may ... decide to source nuclear energy technologies from China and Russia. But they need to be able to make a ...

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