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Siberia: Russia’s Neglected Heartland

A wiser Russian leadership could transform Siberia from a region known for penal colonies and poverty into one of prosperity and connectivity.

Robert C. Thornett

11 Jul 2024 · 9 min read

A portrait of Natan, a Caucasian man in his 60–70s, bald, with blue eyes.

A Conversation with Natan Sharansky

Former Israeli politician and refusenik, Natan Sharansky, speaks about his correspondence with Alexei Navalny and his nine years in USSR prisons.

Pamela Paresky

1 Jul 2024 · 19 min read

Drew Pavlou surrounded by Putin, Xi Jing Ping, Khameini and a "triggered" woke woman meme. Linked In/Wikimedia Commons/Canva.

Defending Democracy with Drew Pavlou: Quillette Cetera Episode 34

The student activist discusses the risks that Iran, China, and Russia, and their Western sympathisers, pose to liberal democracies.

Zoe Booth

27 Apr 2024 · 1 min read

People gathered at the grave of Romania's late communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.

Nostalgia for Confinement

Why are some in Russia and Eastern Europe pining for the communist system that once oppressed them?

John Lloyd

18 Apr 2024 · 8 min read

Unilateral Illiberalism

Tucker Carlson’s fawning interview with Vladimir Putin shows that he will never pose a threat to despotism.

Brian Stewart

7 Mar 2024 · 8 min read

Ukraine Goes to Court

Ukraine has therefore pursued multiple legal avenues in response to the aggression.

Emiliano Polo

29 Feb 2024 · 9 min read

Alexei Navalny 1976–2024

The life and death of a complex and courageous dissident.

John Lloyd

23 Feb 2024 · 14 min read

The Return of Terror’s Architect

The restoration of a statue of Felix Dzerzhinsky in Moscow illuminates the gulf that now divides Russian society.

John Lloyd

15 Nov 2023 · 9 min read

Unrealistic Realism on Ukraine

Moral relativism, and its equally dubious corollary of moral equivalence, too often mars contemporary Realists’ conceptions of political realities.

Borys M. Kowalsky

14 Nov 2023 · 13 min read

A Country in the Making

Sean Penn’s surprising new documentary explores “extreme history” in war-torn Ukraine.

Brian Stewart

29 Sep 2023 · 6 min read

Eight Hundred Years of Russian Despotism: An Interview with Orlando Figes

In a new book, the historian traces modern Russian aggression to an apocalyptic mythology rooted deep in the nation’s past.

Jonathan Kay

7 Jul 2023 · 10 min read

The Retreat from Moscow

Prigozhin’s coup attempt raises a number of questions to which there are no reassuring answers.

John Lloyd

27 Jun 2023 · 8 min read

World War Z

A new book by historian Ian Garner investigates how the war in Ukraine is transforming Russia into a fascist society.

John Lloyd

10 May 2023 · 10 min read

The Ukrainian Year

Ukraine has been instrumental in restoring a focus on what matters to the people and elected leaders of the West.

Jesse Inman

26 Feb 2023 · 5 min read

Ukraine’s Verdun

It is not just Western officials who worry that Zelensky’s determination to defend Bakhmut at all costs will cripple his army’s effectiveness.

Robert Zaretsky

17 Feb 2023 · 5 min read