Geopoliticus March 16, 2018 After Russia’s Election, Expect Economy to Putter On as Before In the two months between Vladimir Putin’s virtually assured victory on March 18 and the presentation of the new... Read more »
Geopoliticus March 15, 2018 The Mixed Feelings of Russian Voters On March 18, a significant number of Russian voters will go to the polls with mixed feelings. On the... Read more »
Geopoliticus March 15, 2018 Putin’s Reelection Won’t Fix Poverty and Pensions Russians are growing frustrated with poor healthcare, underfunded schools, and increasing poverty, a recent poll shows. As President Vladimir... Read more »
Geopoliticus June 1, 2017 Effectiveness of Economic Sanctions on Russia’s Economy In early 2015, Western leaders thought they had Russia cornered. A year earlier they imposed on Russia economic sanctions,... Read more »
Geopoliticus March 6, 2017 Is Trump Russia’s Manchurian Candidate? No. Here’s Why “Is Trump a Manchurian Candidate?” The Trump as “Manchurian Candidate” scenario has been a constant query for my... Read more »
Geopoliticus August 9, 2016 Turkey: From “NATO’s Anchor” to What? On Monday, the Turkish newspaper Hürriyet Gazetesi published the backstory to President Recep Erdoğan’s meeting in St. Petersburg with... Read more »
Geopoliticus November 25, 2015 The West Needs to Stop Obsessing About Putin Whether the Western media views Russian President Vladimir Putin as losing or winning, as strong or weak, as having... Read more »
Geopoliticus October 13, 2015 Putin’s Hidden Victims It has been nearly three years since Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law banning American families from adopting... Read more »
Geopoliticus June 2, 2015 Georgia’s Former President Saakashvili appointed the New Governor of Odessa: Implications for Georgia and Ukraine President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has appointed Georgia’s former President Mikheil Saakashvili the new governor of Ukraine’s key Odessa... Read more »
Geopoliticus May 19, 2015 A weekend in the life of Ramzan Kadyrov on Instagram: his wisdom on marriage, anti-terrorism, and the conspiracy surrounding Tsarnaev’s sentencing. About a year ago my colleague Alex Fisher and I wrote about Russia’s homegrown terrorism problem. In our article... Read more »