Russia

As a native Costa Rican and Professor of political science, Constantino Urcuyo Fournier has a unique perspective into Russia’s increasing involvement in Latin America.  As […] More

With global attention focused on Russia’s role in the Syria quagmire, the media is barely covering Vladimir Putin’s aggressive maneuvers in Ukraine, let alone his […] More

For years, I slept fitfully after a “friend” told me that it wasn’t the noisy mosquitos buzzing in my ears at night that were a […] More

Scott Kessler and Eric Rachner are the co-founders of Secure Senses Inc, which provides human intelligence-based cybersecurity services. In an interview with the Cipher Brief, […] More

The legacy of the Cold War has left many enduring images in the minds of most Americans, images that are usually associated with Russia and […] More

The Russian government is considered to be one of the most advanced cyber actors globally, with highly sophisticated cyber capabilities on par with the other […] More

President Vladimir Putin opened his marathon year-ender news conference in December with comments on the state of the Russian economy, and immediately began coughing. Some […] More

Less than a month after the deadly terrorist attacks in Paris, leaders from 150 nations have convened in the French capital to discuss ways to […] More

One of the critical adverse effects of climate change is the impact it will have on water in terms of both quantity and quality. Marcus […] More

World political leaders have gathered in Paris this week to negotiate a new universal climate change agreement. There is a need for unified commitment from […] More

In 2014, 19.3 million people were forced to leave their houses and were displaced within their countries due mostly to floods and storms but also […] More

The immediate aftermath of the heinous attacks on the French capital by the Islamic State Group has, perhaps, opened the possibility for a rapprochement between […] More

The Russian government accused Human Rights Center Memorial, the country’s leading human rights organization, of plotting against the regime. The brazen accusation came in mid-November […] More

There are several considerations to keep in mind when assessing the sustainability of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s leadership: his sense of paranoia, his nostalgia for […] More

To say the relationship is frosty would probably be an understatement.  Formal meetings between U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin are few […] More

Last month, our Network weighed in on the situation in Syria, making the case for increased American involvement in the conflict. One of our contributors, […] More

A fifty-year veteran of American intelligence recently told me how once, as a young officer, he had blurted out that a situation he had been […] More

A fifty-year veteran of American intelligence recently told me how once, as a young officer, he had blurted out that a situation he had been […] More