First and foremost, the Beijing-Moscow axis now rests on a more solid geopolitical foundation. Second, whereas Soviet ...

The Sino-Russian partnership is tighter than the Sino-Soviet one, with no reason for a split any time soon.

"How a Second Nuclear Disaster Was Avoided at Chernobyl in 2022," The Economist, 10.11.24. “Frightening Thought: Russia Sharing Military Technology with North Korea,” Malcom Davis, NI, 10.12.24. The ...

The Russia Program Annual Conference is a major gathering of rising and confirmed social scientists deeply invested in Russian Studies. It seeks to provide cutting-edge insights into the study of ...

Western policymakers have focused on the price cap’s economic damage to Russia. Yet from another perspective, the oil price ...

This is the inaugural entry in Tech and Tactics, a series of blog posts conceived by RM editor Ivan Arreguín-Toft on how military technology is being used in the war in Ukraine. I, too, think Putin’s ...

This is a working paper by the Negotiation Task Force (NTF). NTF is an advisory and R&D group that specializes in negotiation strategy in crisis environments. The NTF was incubated through the Scholar ...

Not a week seems to go by without Russian officials issuing some kind of nuclear warning. During a meeting with the Russian Security Council on Sept. 25, President Vladimir Putin described ...

Not a week seems to go by without Russian officials issuing some kind of nuclear warning. During a meeting with the Russian Security Council on Sept.

Western attempts to hit Russia's oil and gas industry in response to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine have saved China nearly $16 billion between March 2022 and June 2024 by purchasing Russia’s oil and ...