So-called "petrostates" become aggressive and start conflicts when oil prices soar, writes columnist Maria Snegovaya.

It's no wonder that Russia's 'soft power' is so unattractive to the rest of the world, writes columnist Maria Snegovaya.

Entropy is on the rise in the geopolitical world. Major countries and regions are now experiencing a "global crisis of national identity" according...

U.S. diplomat Charles Hill was a senior adviser to former U.S. secretaries of state George Shultz and Henry Kissinger, and to Boutros Boutros-Ghali...

More than month has passed since the death of Boris Nemtsov and investigators are no closer to solving the case. The public still does not know who...

Apologists for political freedom are sounding the alarm: Democracy is in decline around the world. This was especially clear from the latest report...

The Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine is an attempt to stop the spread of Kiev's revolutionary ideology, not defend against NATO, writes Maria Snegovaya...

Despite the West's pessimistic estimates, Russia's 140 million citizens should be capable of replacing their president with someone more competent, writes...

Many Western analysts believe that too much power in too few hands is the main problem of the post-Soviet space. To protect more authoritarian "Russias"...

Ukraine's election results show that its many regions are finally merging into one unified, pro-Europe nation, writes Maria Snegovaya.

The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank found themselves in an eerie ambience when they met in Washington last week. Along with a mass...