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.
By the time you read this, the fast-moving events in Russia may have outpaced this column . . . and Vladimir Putin. The latest reports say that the Wagner Group’s charismatic chief, Yevgeny Prigozhin has announced he is “turning his…
“That little son of a bitch.” That was how President Harry Truman referred to Joseph Stalin. Truman was right on two counts — that is, on Stalin’s height and his character. “Stalin was only five foot four inches tall, thin,…
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…
