Russian Active Measures and the 2016 Election Hack
They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Funny, that. The Soviet and Russian […] More
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View: Russia Trapped in Syria
The military withdrawal from Syria that President Vladimir Putin touts is less than it seems. The stakes are high because leaders in Moscow see the […] More
What Scares Putin? Democracy.
Speaking to the Russian Federal Assembly in March 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin defended his country’s annexation of Crimea and forcefully presented his national security strategy […] More
Putin Scores Win in U.S.-Russia Deal on Syria
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday announced their commitment to defeating the so-called Islamic State, or ISIS, in Syria and agreed […] More
What About Election Meddling by U.S. Intelligence?
In an otherwise forgettable February 2017 interview, Fox News’s Bill O’Reilly asked Donald Trump how he could respect Russian President Vladimir Putin, who O’Reilly labeled […] More
Putin Could Pretend to be Peacemaker in Afghan Conflict
Over the last few months, Taliban orchestrated attacks have wreaked havoc across Afghanistan on a near-daily basis, leading to mounting deaths tolls for Afghan and […] More
Did Trump Really “Strongly Press” Putin on Election Meddling?
A Trump administration “cover up” is underway. I am not talking about the concealing of activities related to the criminal investigation into possible coordination between […] More
G20 Summit a Mixed Bag for Trump
Leaders of the world’s 20 most powerful economies met for the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, last week to discuss a wide range […] More
Did Trump and Putin Hear it Differently?
After U.S. President Donald Trump’s lengthy meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the G20 in Hamburg, Germany, U.S. Secretary of State […] More
President Trump is Done Complaining to the Russians
In his readout of the two hour and 15 minute meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. Secretary of State […] More
Trump and Putin: Can the U.S. Forgive and Forget?
After weeks of anticipation, U.S. President Donald Trump finally met face-to-face with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit in Hamburg, […] More
Network Take: No Surprises from the Trump and Putin Meeting
President Donald Trump immediately brought up the issue of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election during his first face-to-face meeting with Russian President Vladimir […] More
Vladimir Putin and the Art of Intelligence
Russians are fond of their aphorism, v chuzhoi monastir so svoim ustavom, ne khodyat – “No-one goes to another monastery with their own charter,” the Russian equivalent […] More
Will Trump Fall Prey to the Putin Trap?
It was good to see President Donald Trump acknowledge on Twitter recently that the Russians did indeed conduct cyber attacks and influence operations against the […] More
State of Play: A Paean to Putin: The Oliver Stone Interviews
Showtime claimed its four-part documentary of Oliver Stone interviews with Vladimir Putin provided “unparalleled access” to the Russian ruler and “intimate insight into his personal […] More
Trump says U.S.-Russia Relations at an All-time Low
Donald Trump entered the presidency committed to improving U.S. ties with Russia, but less than three months into his term, the President says the relationship […] More
The Russian B Team
The Russian effort to influence the 2016 election will remain front-and-center as the House and Senate Intelligence Committee continue their probe and the FBI moves […] More
Putin vs. The Unknown
An explosion in the St. Petersburg metro on Monday tore open a subway car, killing at least 14 people and leaving dozens injured. Russian Prime […] More