Russia

Russia's restrictive laws do not solve its shrinking and aging population

Russia TA | AP Insight - October 25, 2025.

For a quarter century, President Vladimir Putin has faced the specter of Russia's shrinking and aging population. In 1999, a year before he came to power,...

Has Putin run out of options?

Russia Carl Bildt - October 17, 2025.

The outcome of Russia’s war on Ukraine matters not just for those countries’ future, but for all of Europe. The root cause of the conflict is...

Putin’s Polycrisis

Russia Sergei Guriev - October 7, 2025.

As the war in Ukraine drags on, the economic-policy debate in Russia has shifted from celebrating war-driven growth to arguing over whether the economy is...

Is Russia helping China prepare for a potential invasion of Taiwan?

Russia TA | AP Insight - September 26, 2025.

Russia is selling military equipment and technology to China that could help Beijing prepare an airborne invasion of Taiwan, according to an analysis of leaked...

Russia’s Hybrid Invasion of Europe

Russia Iuliia Mendel, TA Kyiv - September 23, 2025.

We're witnessing growing alarm over a potential Russian invasion of NATO countries. In June, Germany’s Chief of Defence, General Carsten Breuer, warned that Russia could...

Putin’s Lies Hide Weakness

Russia John Sipher - September 19, 2025.

For half a millennium, Russia has projected itself as a great power, but its history is less one of enduring strength than of perpetual weakness...

Russia shows off conventional and nuclear military might in drills — and raises tensions with NATO

Russia TA | AP Insight - September 16, 2025.

A swarm of Russian drones flies into Poland in what officials there regard as a deliberate provocation. NATO responds by bolstering the alliance’s air defenses on...

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