We must look at how the war has reshaped Moscow’s concept of international relations and global power projection if we are to appreciate Russia’s changing geopolitical strategy in the post-Ukraine war era. Since the beginning of the war with Ukraine, Russia’s strategic thought has radically changed, as Russian policymakers realized …

The attire may have been unusual. But the message was unmistakable. When Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov showed up last week at the Alaska Summit between President Trump and Vladimir Putin, there was no shortage of double takes when onlookers noticed he was wearing a grey sweatshirt with the letters …

For almost everyone involved, the diplomacy around ending the war in Ukraine seems to be an exercise in faking it till they make it. Russian President Vladimir Putin is pretending he wants peace. U.S. President Donald Trump is riding along with him, pretending (or perhaps truly thinking) that Putin is …