Headlines 29 March 2022 0 How Putin and NATO Could Get Pulled Into a Disaster in Ukraine Ukraine is no Syria, and Putin’s miscalculations are astonishing—but the West still faces grave risks…
Headlines 24 March 2021 0 Putin Prioritizes Syria. Biden Should Too. Moscow has intensified its military deployments in sensitive areas and continued its counterproductive diplomatic track,…
Headlines 20 March 2021 0 Is Russia Trying to Play Kingmaker in Lebanon? For Moscow, Lebanon, a strategic country on the Mediterranean, is an important extension of Putin’s…
Headlines 17 February 2021 0 Don’t Expect Russia to Help Save the Iran Deal In seeking to salvage the JCPOA, Biden should not assume cooperation from Moscow, but instead…
Features 19 July 2016 0 How the failed Turkish coup helps Putin The coup attempted in Turkey this past weekend against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan mattered for Russia,…
Commentary 21 March 2016 0 Does Russia’s Faux Withdrawal Mean a New Crisis Is Coming? Forbes Putin’s regime is less stable than meets the eye, and Russia’s future remains uncertain.…
Features 17 February 2016 0 Countering Russian and Assad Regime Responses to Safe Zones For such zones to succeed, they must be backed with militarily enforced no-fly zones and…
Commentary 12 November 2015 0 Russia’s Syria Propaganda News about Syria has quickly replaced news about Ukraine in the Russian media, thanks to…
Features 8 September 2015 0 Russia in Syria (Part 1): Declining Military Capabilities Won’t Hold Moscow Back Although the reported intervention in Syria may spread Russia’s armed forces too thin, the Kremlin…