Commentary: Putin’s Empire, Interrupted
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ISW’s George Barros: Ukraine Has Seized the Advantage in War — but Russia Will Adapt
Ukraine and Russia are now in a new phase of war — the first such change ...
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Former CIA Executive: Putin Should Fear His Own Elites
Former CIA senior executive Glenn Corn says Russian President Vladimir Putin's biggest threat may be from ...
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Former CIA Official in Russia: Putin Should Fear Elites Who’ve Had Enough of Ukraine War
Russian President Vladimir Putin is coming under increased pressure as Russia fails to gain ground in ...
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Will Armenia’s Pivot West Hold at the Ballot Box?
Ten days before Armenia's June 7 parliamentary elections, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received a high-profile ...
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Why a Georgian MMA Fighter Went to War for Ukraine
For the past two years, a 35-year-old Georgian has appeared on a Russian website that publicly ...
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A Ukrainian Soldier Learns to Taste Life Again After Year in Captivity
A Ukrainian soldier, head shaven, body emaciated, steps out of a van and is handed an ...
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Michael Carpenter: Moscow Is Losing Influence in the South Caucasus
Russia’s war against Ukraine is weakening Moscow’s influence across the South Caucasus and reshaping the region’s ...
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Ukraine’s Army Reforms Aim to Fix Its Biggest Vulnerability
More than four years since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, officials say Kyiv has one challenge ...
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Inside the Effort to Prosecute Russia’s Ukraine War Crimes
As the Trump administration stepped in to broker peace negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow more than ...
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