As his aircraft exploded around him, the last thought that probably went through Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mind was, “Well, this is no surprise.” Prigozhin, once one of Vladimir Putin’s closest allies, was the creator and commander of the mercenary Wagner Group…
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…
Politicians and pundits want to declaim the lessons we should learn from Russia’s war against Ukraine despite the fact that the war — now eighteen months old — may not yet have reached its halfway point. Russian President Putin, as…
In the 16 months since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, it has become clear that President Vladimir Putin’s aim to install a Russian-subservient government or to annex much of the country’s territory is unlikely to succeed at costs anywhere near…
WASHINGTON — There was a curious report in the Washington Post late last month. I saw it in no other newspaper. It began thus: “When Yevgeniy Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner mercenary group, launched his attempted mutiny on the…
Adm. John Aquilino is a warrior who intuitively understands global geopolitics. A 1984 graduate of the Naval Academy with a degree in physics, Aquilino is a naval flyer who was deployed in support of Operation Deny Flight, Deliberate Force, Southern…
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…
Friday’s announcement that the United States would send $345 million in military equipment to Taiwan from existing US stockpiles under President Biden’s “presidential drawdown authority” was pretty much ignored by the media. It shouldn’t have been. It should have gained…
A former member of the Obama State Department’s Policy Planning Staff, writing in Foreign Affairs, has called for President Joe Biden to offer Russia what Woodrow Wilson offered Germany after World War I. Max Bergmann, currently at the Center for…
