Kang Shen and the CCP from an IR Perspective
June 28, 2016 7 min. read

Kang Sheng was part of the first generation of international relations specialists in communist China and the designer of the “China–USSR Grand Debate”.

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Netanyahu’s Rendezvous with the Kremlin
June 23, 2016 4 min. read

The Israeli-Russian rapprochement is not a Netanyahu’s preference but rather a tribute to the new reality faced by Israel.

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Media Freedom and Plurality is Struggling in Central & Eastern Europe
November 16, 2015 5 min. read

The European Union must do more to tackle endemic corruption and the lack of media pluralism in central and eastern Europe.

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Why RT ❤’s Ferguson
December 2, 2014 6 min. read

For Russian state media, chaos and tensions in the U.S. are a propaganda goldmine.

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Olympic Torch Burns Brightly for Some On Top of the World
November 11, 2013 5 min. read

The Olympic torch for the upcoming Winter Games in Sochi, Russia has made quite the journey so far. It’s only a little over a month into its 123-day, 65,000 kilometer relay, but already, the torch has made it to the frigid north and even outer space. This past week, cosmonauts carried the torch during the […]

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FPA’s Must Reads (May 17-24)
May 24, 2013 3 min. read

  Russian Spy Games By Edward Lucas Foreign Affairs The Cold War may have officially ended and the rest may be the new policy, but Russia and the U.S. are still adversaries, says Lucas. While Ryan Fogle’s, the 29-year-old third secretary at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, gamble may seem absurd, the extraordinary thing about […]

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Medvedev establishes environmental buffer zone around Wrangel Island
January 5, 2013 5 min. read

On December 27, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree creating a new buffer zone around Wrangel Island in the Arctic. Wrangel Island and nearby Herald Island have enjoyed environmental protection since 1976, when the USSR declared them to be state nature reserves (zapovednik, in Russian). Wrangel and Herald Islands are the only parts […]

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