Since the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war in 2014, one Russian phrase has haunted me. It translates to “They [Ukrainians] ...

The Decembrists were Russia’s first revolutionaries, challenging autocracy in the early 19th century. This series explores ...

A newly declassified analysis argued against “shock therapy” for the former Soviet Union. The warning wasn’t heeded.

THE WORD “HUBRIS” HAS COME UP frequently since Russia launched its full-scale war against Ukraine. The most straightforward ...

The idea of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics (USSR) as a colonial power remains a contentious issue. During the Cold ...

By Andrew J. Williams The UN Charter was not an innocent document that has now been violated by all concerned as we might decide to listen ...

The British Overseas Territories (BOTs) have long been seen as tax havens. But in recent years, their related role as global money laundering hubs has come under scrutiny. Like the Conservative ...

From this brief mandate, Syria inherited a parliamentary system modeled after France’s, but political parties were little ...

Col Tej K Tikoo In our 35 years of trials and tribulations, the displaced Kashmiri Pandit community has seen little ...

James Pogue is a contributing writer at New York Times Opinion, and he’s been covering the New Right at Vanity Fair. Over the past few years he has published great piece after piece on the MAGA ...

First, the Russian state became an empire long before the Russian people consolidated as a nation, leaving more open than elsewhere the boundaries–both physical and psychological–of Russian ...