Then they were swept off the streets. Call it Putinism. It appears to be rising, while the New World Order of Bush I, the “global hegemony” of the neocons, and the democracy crusade of Bush II ...

Similarly, if Russia were to attack Poland, Finland or the Baltic republics (as the Soviet Union did under Stalin between ...

This Strategic Update from Philippe Roman Chair Anne Applebaum analyses them. In a state where authority is still vested in personalities, not in institutions, the Russian president’s vision of his ...

It's doubtful that the apparent abuse of the judicial system will win any voters in the middle. America's own Putinism is still just half-baked.

A peace agreement that makes territorial concessions contingent on NATO membership for Ukraine would draw a bright red line ...

If it chooses the former, as Putin has done, what is the end-game? Where does Putinism lead in ten or twenty years? Semi-permanent isolation from the West? Boundless corruption? Dependence on China?

From terrorist attacks to submarine disasters, Russia’s longtime leader has shown to be vulnerable in the face of crises.