Since well before President Donald Trump’s second term, the idea that the world should have three spheres of influence—an Asia dominated by China, a Europe dominated by Russia, and a Western Hemisphere dominated by the United States—has been kicking around the internet in a desultory way,

It’s strange: So many years later, here in the United States of America, I feel like I’m living in a country threatening to become like Vladimir Putin’s Russia, which I spent years experiencing earlier in this century. Let me tell you a little ...

We may already be on a superhighway to the sort of class- and race-stratified autocracy that it took Russia so many years to become after the Soviet Union collapsed. This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay on top of important articles ...

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A PECULIAR NEW American-Russian plan to end the war in Ukraine has been presented to President Volodymyr Zelensky, just as he is grappling with a corruption scandal that marks his gravest crisis since the invasion. The plan, drafted without Ukraine’s ...

Washington’s analysts constantly judge the Su-57 through an F-22 or F-35 lens. Russia doesn’t fight that way. Their defense strategy—as seen in Ukraine thus far—is fundamentally one of attrition: using old, simple technology that can be reliably ...

October 19 marks Father's Day in Russia. American IT consultant Jozef Schutzman, who moved to Russia with his family, is celebrating the holiday alongside Russians October 19 marks Father's Day in Russia. American IT consultant Jozef Schutzman, who moved ...