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opinion Michele A. Berdy

Getting Stronger Every Day in Every Way

Here's a little something to keep your strength up in dark times.
Oliver Stuenkel

The War in Ukraine and Latin America

The fallout from the Russia invasion could be the straw that breaks the camel’s back in Latin America.
Dmitry Nekrasov

Why Sanctioning Oligarchs is a Gift to Russia

Sanctioning Russia's super-rich and seizing their property does not foment revolution against Putin.
Andrei Kolesnikov

When Culture Reaches for a Gun

Hermitage Museum director Mikhail Piotrovsky has become just another Putin supporter.
Michele A. Berdy

Thinking Outside the Box the Russian Way

How to shell a nut without a nutcracker and other acts of national ingenuity.
James Pearce

When Vladimir Took Kyiv and the Misuse of History

If Moscow were the true successor to Kyiv, the world might look very different.
Boris Minaev

Gennady Burbulis: Conducting the Orchestra of Revolution

Gennady Burbulis had two careers: a short one in government and a long one behind the scenes.
Tatiana Stanovaya

Life After Putin: What Happens if the President Dies?

The legal procedure for the succession is clear, but the political context is far more complicated.
Nigel Gould-Davies

Asia and the War in Ukraine

Europe loomed large during Asia’s premier defense summit, the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue.
Michele A. Berdy

Russian Gaffes, Goofs, and Assorted Blunders

Do Russians have a word for when you mess up, misstep, blunder or put your foot in it? Of course!
Daniela Kalkandjieva

Why Did Hungary's Viktor Orban Support Russia's Patriarch Kirill?

Hungarian autocephaly has the potential to provoke religious, political, and social conflicts in Europe.
Roman Badanin

Why Gazprom Corruption is Bad For The World, Not Just Russia

Vladimir Putin and his cronies have stolen billions that rightly belonged to the Russian people.
Joshua R. Kroeker

Russia's Attack on Ukrainian Identity Echoes Soviet Persecution of Germans

To move forward, Russia must finally come to terms with its past and and seek historical reconciliation.
Sergei Guriev

Why Europe Must Cap Prices on Russian Energy Imports

If Europe doesn't put a price cap on Russian energy imports, Russia will enjoy sharply higher oil prices.
Michele A. Berdy

How to Fail Spectacularly in Russian

How to flop, bomb, fail, go down the tubes, go belly up and fall flat on your face. In Russian, of course.
Andrei Soldatov

Bad News for Me Is Good News for Russia

An investigative journalist investigates the legal case against him.
Alexander Etkind

The Future Defederation of Russia

The collapse of the Russian Federation will take place solely due to its leaders in Moscow.
Nigel Gould-Davies

We Are All Ukrainians Now

The case for the West helping Ukraine defeat Russia is not only ethical but impeccably self-interested.
Lucian Kim

Russia Isolated in Its Postimperial Phantasm

From a strategic point of view, Putin’s attack on Ukraine has thrown back Russia to its weakest position since World War II.
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