Putin’s predecessor, Boris Yeltsin, had become a walking punch line.​​ Russia was still reeling from the humiliation of ...

It has become quite clear that the co-equal balance of power, of our three branches of government, is under attack by our recently elected President. The Legislative Branch (at least ...

When my university, Columbia, recently capitulated to President Donald Trump’s $400 million ultimatum, I felt a creeping ...

Two letter writers call out the Trump administration for it's attempts to silence critics and muzzle the free press in ...

Autocratic regimes, despite ideological differences, allied together to resist democratic values. For example, countries like China, Iran and Russia have common goals. Russia is a nationalist ...

Gessen wrote a book about what lessons Americans could learn from countries like Russia and Hungary. The book, called “Surviving Autocracy,” draws on Gessen’s own experiences growing up in ...

A new textbook soon to be taught in Russian schools leans on the works of a 16th-century monk. It fits a pattern of ‘political neomedievalism’ by the Kremlin.

He is currently writing a book about his seven years living in Russia—including more than a year in prison on fabricated espionage charges—and the country's slide toward autocracy. Before ...