Moscow’s military power after Ukraine.

For nearly two decades, this strategy produced meaningful cooperation as Russia and the United States cooperated in outer space, counterterrorism, and nuclear energy. This progress unraveled amid Vlad...

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To explore Chernobyl’s enduring legacy, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace invites you for a panel discussion with Adam Higginbotham, Mariana Budjeryn, and Corey Hinderstein, moderated by ...

How Ukraine is driving doctrinal change in modern warfare.

To mark the launch of The Future of Russian Power intiative, Carnegie’s Michael Kofman, Dara Massicot, Alexandra Prokopenko, and Eugene Rumer will join moderator David E. Hoffman, former Washington Post editor and foreign correspondent, for a wide-ranging conversation on where Russia stands and what comes next.

Putin’s blunder has created new and enduring security challenges for Russia and Europe.

The full-scale invasion cemented Ukraine’s determination to sever its ties with Russia; reimagining the Poland-Ukraine partnership can accelerate Kyiv’s westward alignment and improve the security of ...

Ukraine’s asymmetric approach has rendered Russia’s Black Sea Fleet functionally useless. But a long-term commitment will be needed to maintain this balance of power.

Strategy and force design are key to solving Kyiv’s persistent manning and readiness problems.

A would-be Kremlin partner helping kill a Kremlin ally feeds the Russian leader’s paranoia.

Mike talks with Oscar Jonsson and Maria Engqvist about Russian thinking on the future of war. They discuss how Russian military thinkers view the lessons...

If the regime in Tehran survives, it could be obliged to hand Moscow significant political influence in exchange for supplies of weapons and humanitarian aid.

Two experts discuss how drone technology is shaping yet another conflict and what the United States can learn from Ukraine.

As Moscow looks for opportunities to build inroads on the continent, governments in West and Southern Africa are identifying new ways to promote their goals—and facing new risks.

On the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Carnegie experts discuss the war’s impacts and what might come next.

Four years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Mike is joined by Dara Massicot to reassess the war and the debates that have defined it....

Eight thinkers on the lasting impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The fight for advantage in the conflict’s fifth year.

John Maynard Keynes once wrote, “The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones”: an apt depiction of the current discourse

For a real example of political forces engaged in the militarization of society, the Russian leadership might consider looking closer to home.

For Putin, upgrading Russia’s nuclear forces was a secondary goal. The main aim was to gain an advantage over the West, including by strengthening the nuclear threat on all fronts. That made growth in...

President Trump says he wants a Ukraine peace deal by June. But Daria Massicot, a Russia analyst at the Carnegie Endowment, says she sees little sign the Kremlin is engaging in good faith negotiation.

How a coalition of the willing can rearm Kyiv without Washington.

Dara Massicot, a senior fellow in Carnegie’s Russia and Eurasia Program, will sit down with William C. Greenwalt, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), for a discussion moderated...

Regional disparities in investment, labor markets, and government transparency mean that regional development will be a key feature of Ukraine’s postwar future.

An official peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan cannot by itself resolve decades of mistrust. The durability of peace will depend on healing trauma, reframing identities, diversifying narra...

By negotiating directly with the Kremlin, the Trump administration has broken the taboo on diplomatic contacts with Russia. With Ukrainian and European security at stake, is it time for Brussels to op...

Central Asia’s warmer ties with the United States could force the region to face a difficult choice between incurring the wrath of its traditional allies Russia and China, and disappointing Trump and ...

The White House wants to take advantage of Kyiv’s mounting problems—on and off the battlefield—to impose a peace agreement more favorable to Russia.

Tehran’s most urgent task is to reduce the risk of further Israeli and U.S. airstrikes. Russia’s role as a deterrent in this respect is more multifaceted than simply supplying weapons, whose real impa...

Is the United States abandoning Ukraine?

Syria’s new leadership faces no shortage of immediate problems, not least holding onto power and restoring order. As long as Moscow is willing to assist it in those tasks, more delicate issues such as...

Mehdiyev appears to have fallen victim to a combination of circumstances: a clan war, the ongoing consolidation of power, and the Azerbaijani leadership’s attempts to establish a strict monopoly on di...

The main audience for all these proposals from the Russian elite is not in fact Trump, but Putin, who still seeks a landmark agreement with Washington.

Ultimately, the adoption of some sort of scheme to appropriate the assets seems almost inevitable. Otherwise, it will not just be Ukraine that is at risk, but the very raison d’être of the EU.

“American Prestige” takes a comprehensive look at U.S. foreign policy and int'l affairs, providing listeners with everything they need to know about what's going on in the world.

While martial law has suspended formal democratic processes, it has not erased Ukraine’s track record of competitive politics and media freedom.

The USURIF has the potential to help integrate Ukraine into Western critical minerals supply chains. But the United States needs to expand the fund so it can help Ukraine address its urgent security a...