In January, Ukraine’s Orthodox church won independence following 332 years of Russian control – a powerful blow to Russia’s ability to exert influence in Ukraine and across the Orthodox world.
Russia has traditionally viewed itself as the direct successor to Byzantium—a great Eurasian empire linking the West and the East. Control of Eurasia’s continental heartland is one of the main…
Russia’s lack of a free press imperils the ability of domestic actors to protect human rights in the country, undermines the legitimacy of the political system, and makes it hard to…
On April 4, the Brookings Center on the United States and Europe welcomed Vladimir Kara-Murza as part of a panel to discuss how Russian President Vladimir Putin will define his…
Following an event at Georgetown University with the Center for Professionals in Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Affairs, Five Minutes with an Expert sat down with CNA Research Scientist Michael…
When President Obama first came into office in January 2009, his administration announced that it wanted to improve Russian-American relations, which it believed had deteriorated due to the unilateral and…
Shop the Entire Current Issue- The Future of Energy || Return to The Future of Energy index “Oil and gas revenues fuel Russia’s current economic revival;…
Georgetown Professor and expert on policy-making and energy politics in the former Soviet Union Thane Gustafson recently sat down with the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs to provide more historical context to…
“Russia is now a police state.” We heard those words from civil society activists in late September during our Moscow visit on behalf of the U.S. Commission on International Religious…
New START, which entered into force in February 2011, is an arms control treaty between the United States and Russia that limits both countries’ strategic nuclear forces, representing an important…
