Asked in December 2025 what the biggest sticking point was in negotiating peace in Ukraine, U.S. President Donald Trump got ...

Three years. 10 months. 18 days.As of January 12, that’s the amount of time that’s elapsed since Russia launched its all-out ...

In this epic but sprightly history, journalist and critic Pinkham (Black Square) explores the central role forests have played in the Russian cultural imagination. Noting that “long after western ...

Though Donald Trump has pursued a US acquisition of Greenland more aggressively than any of his predecessors, the idea dates ...

Russia shares land borders with more countries than any nation on Earth. Its vast size, history and location across two ...

In a Jan. 4, 2026 Substack essay that has been circulating quietly but intensely among defense analysts and policymakers here in Washington, geopolitical writer Shanaka Anslem Perera distilled what ...

Ivan Fedorov, governor of the Zaporizhia region, says it has been under threat since Russia’s full-scale invasion nearly four ...

As the Earth warms, new shipping routes from one side of the globe to the other are opening around Greenland, making the vast ...

Russia has launched an Oreshnik missile into Ukraine for the second time since the full-scale war began 2022, in a strike Kyiv’s allies say is meant as a warning for the West. Here’s what we know.

Distinguished Fellow Jill Dougherty says that Moscow has gleefully misinterpreted the National Security Strategy as an invitation to carve the world into distinct spheres of imperial influence.

The attack was just the second time that Moscow had launched the nuclear-capable intermediate-range ballistic weapon.

Ukraine has hit 10 critical infrastructure sites in Russia this week after conducting numerous drone and missile strikes.