A New Phase in the War
The notion that Ukraine is a hopeless cause has been dramatically refuted by the audacious incursion into the Kursk Oblast.
Brian Stewart
· 7 min read
Russia
A collection of 83 posts
The Return of History: Liberal Values and Global Realities
Only when we understand the fragility of liberal democracy will we be properly motivated to defend it.
Zak Schneider
· 9 min read
A Devil of a Deal
Putin will rejoice at this prisoner exchange, secure in the knowledge that hostage-taking has not yet reached the point of diminishing returns.
Brian Stewart
· 6 min read
Trouble in Outer Manchuria
As Moscow’s dependence on Beijing grows, the CCP has set its sights on the Russian Far East.
Aaron Sarin
· 9 min read
Siberia: Russia’s Neglected Heartland
A wiser Russian leadership could transform Siberia from a region known for penal colonies and poverty into one of prosperity and connectivity.
Robert C. Thornett
· 9 min read
Natan Sharansky Reflects on Navalny's Fight Against Oppression
Former Israeli politician and refusenik, Natan Sharansky, speaks about his correspondence with Alexei Navalny and his nine years in USSR prisons.
Pamela Paresky
· 19 min read
Defending Democracy with Drew Pavlou: Quillette Cetera Episode 34
The student activist discusses the risks that Iran, China, and Russia, and their Western sympathisers, pose to liberal democracies.
Zoe Sankey
· 1 min read
Nostalgia for Confinement
Why are some in Russia and Eastern Europe pining for the communist system that once oppressed them?
John Lloyd
· 8 min read
Unilateral Illiberalism
Tucker Carlson’s fawning interview with Vladimir Putin shows that he will never pose a threat to despotism.
Brian Stewart
· 8 min read
Ukraine Goes to Court
Ukraine has therefore pursued multiple legal avenues in response to the aggression.
Emiliano Polo
· 9 min read
Alexei Navalny 1976–2024
The life and death of a complex and courageous dissident.
John Lloyd
· 14 min read
Zionism and Cancel Culture in the Adult Entertainment Industry
Adult-film stars have turned on Michael Lucas—effectively taking sides with a Hamas regime that regards homosexuality as a capital crime.
Pamela Paresky
· 6 min read
The Return of Terror’s Architect
The restoration of a statue of Felix Dzerzhinsky in Moscow illuminates the gulf that now divides Russian society.
John Lloyd
· 9 min read
Unrealistic Realism on Ukraine
Moral relativism, and its equally dubious corollary of moral equivalence, too often mars contemporary Realists’ conceptions of political realities.
Borys M. Kowalsky
· 13 min read
A Country in the Making
Sean Penn’s surprising new documentary explores “extreme history” in war-torn Ukraine.
Brian Stewart
· 6 min read