Eastern Europe

Time for Kerry to Face Facts

As America's top diplomat heads to Moscow, here are some tough questions he needs to answer about the Obama administration's flawed nuclear treaty.

BY ROBERT JOSEPH, ERIC EDELMAN | MAY 6, 2013

Russia's Energy Bully Takes a Fall

Just a few years ago, Gazprom had Europe eating out of its hand. But now, the energy giant -- and Putin's power base -- looks set for hard times.

BY ALEXANDROS PETERSEN | MAY 6, 2013

Outfoxing the Oligarchs in Latvia

How a tiny Baltic republic succeeded in taking its oligarchs down a peg.

BY GABRIEL KURIS | MAY 6, 2013

Minister No

Sergei Lavrov and the blunt logic of Russian power.

BY SUSAN B. GLASSER | MAY/JUNE 2013

What China and Russia Don't Get About Soft Power

Beijing and Moscow are trying their hands at attraction, and failing -- miserably.

BY JOSEPH S. NYE | APRIL 29, 2013

'The Law of Politics' According to Sergei Lavrov

An exclusive interview with Russia's top diplomat.

INTERVIEW BY SUSAN B. GLASSER | MAY/JUNE 2013

They Were 'Gentle, Loving, and Tender, Like Girls'

A conversation with the mother of the Tsarnaevs.

BY ANNA NEMTSOVA | APRIL 26, 2013

Think Again: Austerity

The big spenders are wrong: Maintaining sustainable budgets is essential to economic growth.

BY ANDERS ASLUND | APRIL 23, 2013

From Bishkek to Boston

A brief history of the Chechen diaspora, Islamic radicalism, and the possible link to the Boston bombing suspects.

BY EUGENE HUSKEY | APRIL 19, 2013

The Invisible War

Russians weren't paying much attention to their own war on terror. But that was before the attacks in Boston.

BY ANNA NEMTSOVA | APRIL 19, 2013

Boston Common

Can the marathon bombing resuscitate U.S.-Russian counterterror efforts?

BY DMITRI TRENIN | APRIL 19, 2013

Thatcher's Foreign Policy 'Failure'

She wanted Gorbachev to stop the reunification of Germany.

BY TOM BLANTON, SVETLANA SAVRANSKAYA | APRIL 9, 2013

Russia’s Digital Underground

How the Kremlin is waging war on information freedom.

BY ANDREI SOLDATOV, IRINA BOROGAN | APRIL 5, 2013

Gay in the USSR

The forgotten history of gay cruising in Moscow.  

BY NORA FITZGERALD | MARCH 26, 2013

The Wheeler-Dealer

Boris Berezovsky and Russia’s roaring 1990s.

BY DAVID E. HOFFMAN | MARCH 25, 2013

Xi Pivots to Moscow

What message is China's new leader sending with his first overseas trip?

BY JOHN GARNAUT | MARCH 14, 2013

Phasing Out

Time for Obama to scuttle the plan to shoot down non-existent Iranian ICBMs.

BY TOM Z. COLLINA | MARCH 14, 2013

Armenia's California Dream

The unlikely candidate shaking up the country's political establishment.

BY EMIL SANAMYAN | MARCH 4, 2013

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

Democracy is in retreat. And there's a surprising culprit.

BY JOSHUA KURLANTZICK | MARCH 4, 2013

Pilgrims and Idiots

How celebrities should handle visits to authoritarian countries in today's world.

BY ARCH PUDDINGTON | MARCH 1, 2013

The KGB Oscars

In Putin's Russia, it's the spies that are handing out the awards for the year's best movies.

BY SIMON SHUSTER | FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Nuclear Deference

How Obama can convince Moscow he's not out to ruin Russia.

BY DMITRI TRENIN | FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Putin Personality Disorder

Russia's president may like to look tough, but he's weaker than you think.

BY FIONA HILL, CLIFFORD G. GADDY | FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Obama Embraces Big Nuke Cuts

Obama and his advisors agree the U.S. needs fewer weapons.

BY R. JEFFREY SMITH, THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY | FEBRUARY 8, 2013

White Russia

Pictures of Moscow's snowiest winter in a century.

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Europe's Hezbollah Problem

In the wake of the Bulgarian bombing investigation, will the European Union finally designate Hezbollah a terrorist group?

BY BENJAMIN WEINTHAL | FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Martyrs of the Revolution

If history is any guide, today’s assassination in Tunisia could set off a dangerous revolutionary dynamic.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Capitol Indifference

Washington ignores Russia's obsession with America at its own peril.

BY DMITRI TRENIN | FEBRUARY 1, 2013

The First Lab Results Are In

Democracy Lab is celebrating its first anniversary. Here are some of the things we've learned over the past year -- and where we're headed in year two.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JANUARY 31, 2013

What I Learned from Gérard Depardieu

The French actor's case is the exception that proves the rule: Citizenship still matters.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JANUARY 16, 2013