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January 7, 2025 | Peter Doran |

Vladimir Putin’s wobbly empire gives US a path to stifle Russia’s threats

This week marked 25 years of Vladimir Putin’s rule, a milestone the Russian dictator celebrated in a televised address. Boasting of past achievements, he assured Russians, “We can...

September 13, 2024 | |

Iranian Minister Urges Anti-Western BRICS Bloc to Create ‘Security Structure’

The Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Ali Akbar Ahmadian, called for the BRICS bloc of states (named after original founders Brazil, Russia, India, China,...

February 26, 2024 | |

Russia to Host Palestinian Unity Talks

The Russian government will welcome multiple Palestinian factions to Moscow from February 29 through March 2 for “inter-Palestinian talks” about resolving the Gaza war. Russian...

July 27, 2023 | Ivana Stradner |

Putin has opened a sinister new front in his war against Britain

If London hopes to defuse the Kremlin’s information operations, it must start by giving Moscow a taste of its own medicine

July 5, 2023 | Clifford D. May |

The rise and fall of Putin’s warlord

Yevgeny Prigozhin sought more than wealth and power

February 1, 2023 | Clifford D. May |

Soldiers of Misfortune

The Wagner Group isn’t playing

November 8, 2022 | Ivana Stradner, Jack Sullivan

Russia seeking to poison American political discourse leading up to midterm elections

Right now, the eyes of the world are focused on Russian aggression in Ukraine and escalating threats from Vladimir Putin. But Russia’s playbook goes well beyond Ukraine, including retaliation against...

July 6, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

Shaping the future of the world

Either we do it or our enemies do it

April 3, 2017 | Boris Zilberman |

Russia’s Charm Offensive in North Africa

With the world’s attention focused on the question of Russian influence in the United States and the European Union, the Kremlin is quietly making inroads in anot...

January 31, 2017 | Aykan Erdemir |

Erdogan’s Newfound Partners: Russia and Iran

Russian officials announced Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin would meet with his T...

August 10, 2016 | Aykan Erdemir, Boris Zilberman

The Turkey-Russia reset

The failed coup in Turkey pushed Recep Tayyip Erdoğa...

July 22, 2015 |

Heading Toward An EMP Catastrophe

For over a decade now, since the Congressional EMP Commission delivered its first report to Congress eleven years ago in July of 2004, various Senate and House committees have heard from numerous scie...

December 30, 2014 | Boris Zilberman FDD Policy Brief |

Putin’s Lower Vodka Prices Won’t Offset Russian Economic Woes in 2015

Russian President Vladimir Putin lowered vodka prices last week for the first time since the Kremlin adopted pricing standards in 2010...

March 10, 2014 | |

The Amazing Coincidences of Iran’s Javad Zarif

On Wednesday, in the Red Sea, Israeli commandos intercepted a freighter carrying a secret cargo of munitions loaded in Iran and hidden under bags of cement. The weaponry included dozens of Syrian...

March 6, 2012 | Claudia Rosett Forbes |

Russia’s Chariot Calls at Iran

It’s time for the next installment in the adventures of the Chariot, a Russian-operated freighter that made headlines in January for delivering tons of Russian munitions to Syria. The Chari...

March 22, 2011 | Michael Ledeen Pajamas Media

The Wimp Goes to War

I was right to worry about what the president might do to demonstrate his virility on the international stage, and the confusion surrounding just about everything having to do with the Libya thin...

July 12, 2010 | Agota Kuperman Faster, Please! |

Revolution, Iranian and Otherwise

Tell the truth: you don’t really know what a revolution looks like, do you? Chances are that if anybody asked you, you’d conjure up some picture including the storming of the B...

October 15, 2009 |

Peace Porridge

President Barack Obama's premature Nobel Peace Prize has catalyzed a useful debate, in which the real question is less the timing of the award than what, exactly, he has won. How are we to r...

May 31, 2006 | MERIA Journal |

Putin and Russia’s Middle Eastern Policy

Auhtored by Ilya Bourtman Russian President Vladimir Putin is currently pursuing a two track policy towards the Middle East, allowing Russia to develop friendly ties with Israel...