Russia scholar Stephen Kotkin and China scholar Orville Schell, in a fascinating interview on Foreign Affairs, identify the collapse of the Soviet Union as the seminal event that motivates both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in…
Since President Joe Biden took office, the media have made it a policy to ignore his failing mental health. That may be changing very gradually because some in the media who fear a Republican victory next year want to see…
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…
“Don’t Be a Kiev Chicken, Putin,” editorial cartoon by Shaomin Li for The American Spectator, June 25, 2023.
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…
Over the last day or so Vladimir Putin’s one-time close friend Yevgeny Prigozhin has embarked on what reports say is an attempted coup against the Russian leader. President Vladimir Putin is not given to melodramatic statements. His actions — especially…
WASHINGTON — I have not seen Russian President Vladimir Putin passing through the Russian outback with his shirt off lately. Have you? He used to ride around the countryside shirtless and on horseback. I am told he would brag about…
