The first component of wisdom is a precise assessment of the balance of power. It is indispensable in war, revolution, or a coup d’état. The balance of power is an almost inescapable consideration ...

While the Russian president’s frequent meetings with Iranian officials have become an indicator of the development of ...

Ms. McKay is a war and humanitarian-focused international correspondent and author of 'Only Cry for the Living: Memos from ...

A deepening spat between Russia and Azerbaijan shows Vladimir Putin's waning influence in the South Caucasus, analysts have ...

Moscow’s failures will resound beyond the Middle East. Whether the result of Putin’s conscious decision not to intervene or ...

President Trump suggested Sunday afternoon that Iranians may push for a regime change after the U.S. bombing of its key nuclear sites. “It’s not politically correct to use the term, ‘Regime ...

At Moscow’s central Taganskaya metro station, commuters stream past a newly-restored monument to a former ruler whose reputation is undergoing a dramatic revision in Russia: Joseph Stalin.

Since Ukraine’s audacious Operation Spiderweb drone attack on multiple airbases inside Russia in early June, the Russian army ...

MICHAEL KIMMAGE is Professor of History at the Catholic University of America. He is the author of Collisions: The Origins of ...

Ukraine has been at war for more than a decade. The task of rebuilding the country and healing its people is likely to take ...

Western aspirations for regime change in Russia are a “dangerous delusion” that ignores the lessons of past interventions in Iraq and Libya. -Such efforts are not only unrealistic, given Russia’s ...

With a recent wave of arrests and expropriations, as well as possible assassinations, Putin appears to be turning on more of Russia's rich and powerful. The post Russian Oligarchs Are Back in ...