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 ...

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

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 ...

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

Since the war began, Putin has allowed many major pillars of the Russian state—the army, Federal Security Service, ...

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

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

A year has passed since Hamas’s October 7 assault on Israel sparked a brutal war in Gaza—one that is now spreading north into Lebanon and threatening to reel in bigger powers, including the United ...

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

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