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Another Russia Is Possible

The Kremlin Will Eventually Tire of Its Reliance on China

As Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine drags on and realigns global geopolitics, the United States needs to review and revise its long-term strategy toward Russia. The primary focus of this strategy, not unlike the original Cold War–era strategy of containment articulated by George Kennan in this magazine 75 years ago, must once again be a “patient but firm and vigilant containment of Russian expansive tendencies.”

Ukraine launches counteroffensive, breaks through Russian front line in Kherson

Ukraine launched a long-awaited counteroffensive in the Russian-occupied Kherson region Monday, breaking through Russia’s front line in the southeastern Ukraine oblast, its military said in a statement Monday.

“Ukraine has a brilliant chance to reclaim its territories,” the Ukraine military’s Operational Command South said in a statement Monday.

The World Putin Wants

How Distortions About the Past Feed Delusions About the Future

Vladimir Putin is determined to shape the future to look like his version of the past. Russia’s president invaded Ukraine not because he felt threatened by NATO expansion or by Western “provocations.” He ordered his “special military operation” because he believes that it is Russia’s divine right to rule Ukraine, to wipe out the country’s national identity, and to integrate its people into a Greater Russia.

Syrian foreign policy in the Caucasus and Ukraine: An unbalanced, Russia-centered approach

Prior to the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in early 2011, Damascus consciously sought to pursue a relatively balanced foreign policy toward most of its neighbors. Its challenges with Israel notwithstanding, Syria tried to maintain diversified and even-handed relations with Iran, Turkey, and the Arab world regionally and with Russia, the European Union, and the United States on the global level. However, when the Arab Spring uprisings brought political crisis home to Syria, the government’s sharp domestic crackdown gradually changed these conditions, resulting in Syria’s expulsion from the Arab League and the escalation of tensions with Turkey and the Western world. This threw Syrian foreign policy out of its traditional balance, compelling the country to rely overwhelmingly on support from Iran and Russia. The constricted room for maneuver on the regional and international stage has had numerous and varied consequences for Syria foreign policy over the past 11 years. But some of the most illustrative about-turns caused by the swing toward Russia could be observed in Syria’s relations with neighbors in the post-Soviet space: namely, Armenia, Georgia, and Ukraine.

Операция «Пономарев»

Существует ли Национальная Республиканская армия, которая якобы убила Дарью Дугину?

Вчера вечером экс-депутат Госдумы РФ, а ныне киевлянин Илья Пономарев рассказал на своем канале «Утро февраля», что хорошие русские есть, даже «отличные русские есть», и «вчера они двинули собой». Что несколько месяцев назад он завел телеграм-бот «Роспартизан» для связи с внутрироссийским сопротивлением, и ему по этому боту написала некая Национальная Республиканская армия (НРА), которая под бело-сине-белым флагом будет убивать путинских чиновников, и он с ними переписывался, и они уже осуществляли акции «прямого действия», он даже кого-то вывез, а несколько человек было убито (!) в Волгоградской области. И вот они ему написали, что убьют Дугина и его дочку («они нам говорили, что это будут Дарья и Александр Дугин»), и выполнили обещание, а в машине людей было двое — а чью смерть вместо Дугина скрывают, он, Пономарев, представить не может.

Volunteer battalions: From offense to (territorial) defense?

The high degree of personalization of the Russian regime, coupled with the vast size and diversity of the country, precludes the possibility of a systematic approach to solving complex problems. When everything goes wrong, the authorities begin to frantically rush about and plug holes.

Foreign Fighters in Ukraine: What Concerns Should Really Be on the Agenda?

When the simmering conflict between Russia and Ukraine turned into a full-scale war in February, a flurry of media articles followed, anticipating a large influx of foreign fighters on Ukrainian battlefields and debating their potential dangers. A solid body of research had already explored the global rise in violent extremism and radicalization after battle-hardened fighters had returned home from the Middle East. Initially, there were concerns about similar cases radiating out from Ukraine, with a shade of right-wing extremism.

Zamach na córkę ideologa wojny w Ukrainie. Kim była Daria Dugina?

Daria Płatonowa Dugina nie była przypadkową ofiarą nie tylko przez pokrewieństwo z naczelnym ideologiem Kremla. Od wczesnej młodości angażowała się w działalność organizacji swego ojca.

20 sierpnia o godz. 21:30 niedaleko wsi Bolszoje Wiazjomy, 20 km od Moskwy, rozległ się wybuch tak głośny, że z okien okolicznych domów wyleciały szyby. Ładunek wysadził w powietrze samochód terenowy Toyota Land Cruiser, który po eksplozji uderzył jeszcze w płot i stanął w płomieniach. Za kierownicą siedziała 30-letnia Daria Płatonowa Dugina. Zginęła na miejscu.