But Russia’s efforts to control the country have ramped up in recent years, especially since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.

Many analysts watching the conflict in the Middle East have warned that the present fighting could escalate further. At the moment, such fears are concentrated on the prospect of a war between Iran ...

At the beginning of Putin’s rule, when today’s 20- and 30-year-olds were still at a tender age, Russia was benefiting from ...

To Break the Kremlin’s War Machine, the West Must Exploit the Grievances and Fears of Ordinary Russians ...

When it comes to Iran’s capacity and desire to develop nuclear weapons, conventional wisdom in the West has generally held ...

He could have used his network of proxies to launch an indirect attack against Israel or set off a wave of regional terrorism ...

Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden each attempted to steer U.S. foreign policy in new directions but met resistance from ...

KATHRYN PAIK is Senior Fellow with the Australia Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and previously ...

BERG is Director of the Americas Program and Head of the Future of Venezuela Initiative at the Center for Strategic and ...

Yet history shows that foreign policy is far from irrelevant to presidential campaigns. Even if voters attach limited ...

But over the last 15 years, WTO negotiations have frequently resulted in stalemate, evident most notably in the failed Doha ...

Great-power competition goes beyond a military contest. It is unfolding across geographies, as seen in China’s increasing ...