Vladimir Putin cannot win the war in Ukraine because his defeat is the only chance to build a new, democratic Russia. The ...

The phrase “apartment bombings” in Russia evokes a series of terrorist attacks that happened in 1999. In two weeks, ...

We need to learn from those past mistakes, from those past lessons, to make sure we do not repeat these failures the next ...

Western governments and civil society should encourage the creative potential of Russian exiles, from the social scientists ...

"While Putin is alive, the war will continue. The only way to dismantle the war is to dismantle Putinism." Drawing historical parallels, he cautioned against appeasement, likening Putin to Hitler ...

This Strategic Update from Philippe Roman Chair Anne Applebaum analyses them. In a state where authority is still vested in personalities, not in institutions, the Russian president’s vision of his ...

The deep Ukrainian offensive into Russia's Kursk Oblast is becoming a watershed and opening a new page in Europe's largest ...

A fascist nation is on the march in Europe, bringing industrial warfare and destruction on a scale not seen since World War ...

To many, the siege of Beslan offered crucial early lessons in Putinism, including that he would spare nothing and no one to crush those who challenged him. It took 20 years for Mr Putin to visit ...

The devastating new measures taken against Cuba's private sector are a repetition of mistakes made previously, and the regime ...

Georgia’s hopes of joining the European Union are hanging by a thread, the leader of the country’s largest opposition party has warned, after the government on Wednesday vowed to outlaw her faction if ...

The retrenchment scenario (a Khrushchev-type successor) In a retrenchment scenario, a less militant yet still autocratic leader comes to power and pursues a “Putinism without Putin” approach.