Critics of U.S. support for Ukraine can be found on both the left and the right, but, despite their opposing perspectives, most of them agree on one thing: The war in Ukraine, in their view, has become a proxy war…
Russia has changed little over the past 400 years. Yes, Russians now drive cars instead of oxcarts, but from a political, cultural, military, and geopolitical standpoint, Russia and how it behaves has changed remarkably little. In fact, the run-up to…
Aug. 15, 2023 — Another day, another cosmic horror courtesy of the so-called “Russian world.” The setting this time is Velikiye Luki, the second-largest town in Pskov Oblast, where a solemn ceremony is being held on the sprawling grounds of…
According to reports coming in from Russia, Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of Russia’s Wagner Group, who just weeks ago dramatically challenged Vladimir Putin, threatening to march to the Kremlin to remove the Russian leader, is dead in a plane crash just…
As melting ice opens up trade routes in the Arctic Ocean, the Far North is becoming another geopolitical battlefield between the United States and its adversaries. The U.S. Coast Guard has fewer ships able to puncture through the frozen sea…
As unbelievable and unforeseen events unfold right in front of our eyes in Russia, more people begin to ask: What’s the end game? How will this bloodiest war in Europe since World War II end? What will the future of…
In the days since Yevgeny Prigozhin called off his “coup” and turned his column of Wagner Group fighters back from the road to Moscow, the experts have worked overtime to offer their explanations of the event and its baffling denouement:…
Vladimir Putin was right when he said that the Wagner Group mutiny was akin to the 1917 mutiny of the Russian army — part of the revolution that ended the rule of the czars — but it is not clear…
Russia is a state led by a gangster whose criminal enterprise engages in genocide, murder, corruption, massive theft, and blackmail. Its kingpin is called “president” and is aided by capos with titles like “prime minister,” “defense minister,” “foreign minister,” and…
Wars, especially unpopular wars, breed revolutions. And revolutions are unpredictable. News reports indicate that the Wagner Group mercenaries under the leadership of Yevgeny Prigozhin took control of military headquarters in Voronezh and Rostov-on-Don, and are headed toward Moscow in an…