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Russia's post-vote riddle: What is to be Done?
Russia's opposition has laid down the gauntlet to Vladimir Putin, vowing not to go away anytime soon. But the Kremlin strongman, fresh from a fraud-tainted win at the polls, shows few signs of being...
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Germany Faces Tough Choices on Russia
Germany’s Russia policy remains above all guided by economics and energy, and the substantial Russia lobby in the German business community is unlikely to be moved by events in Ukraine....
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Human Rights Buried Under $51 Billion Sochi Olympics
The principles of Olympism as captured in the current Olympic Charter clearly denote the primacy of human dignity, non-discrimination, and other basic human rights. WASHINGTON—In less than 30 days,...
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Sochi’s Other Games: Putin against the Terrorists
The recent bombings in Volgograd, Dagestan, and Pyatigorsk - the last less than 350 miles east of Sochi - have come as a shock, but not as a surprise, to the Russian public. WARSAW – The 2014 Winter...
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Why Turkey’s ‘Kasimpasa man’ can’t get tough with Putin
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is also known as the “Kasimpasa man” after the tough Istanbul neighborhood of his childhood. But when it comes to tough man of the region, Vladimir Putin, the...
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Why we got it wrong on Syria and Ukraine
As the Syrian conflict enters its fifth year, I can’t help noticing a common theme with the crisis in Ukraine. This week has no shortage of grim anniversaries in terms of the news. The Syrian conflict...
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