Counterfire1d
How the Great Revolutions happened, Part 13: Russia, The February Revolution
In the latest in Dominic Alexander’s series on great revolutions, he looks at how Russia went from bloody imperialist war to ...
The Economist2d
Russia’s army is being subordinated to its security services
When Ukraine instead fought Russia to a standstill, reports circulated that Mr Beseda had been arrested. Yet on March 24th ...
Trump and Roosevelt’s common tie: The fatal vice of wishful thinking on Russia
Donald Trump’s telephone calls with Vladimir Putin hearken back to Franklin Roosevelt’s way of handling Joseph Stalin.
The National Interest2d
The Long History Behind Russia’s Attrition War in Ukraine
Today in Ukraine, the Russian military is pursuing a strategy remarkably similar to that of the past—using its overwhelming ...