In the fifth century B.C., Chinese philosopher Shan Yan developed a new form of propaganda based on the following notion: When a powerful nation goes...

We all know the rules of buying and selling in Russia's "bazaar economy." Today Ivanov sells Petrov counterfeit French cologne. One week later, Petrov...

The Russian parliament and U.S. Senate both ratified the New START treaty, which reduces and sets limits to the number of strategic nuclear warheads...

Twenty years ago, there were no political scientists in this country, and political science as a discipline did not yet exist. Now, almost every television...

In the late 1960s, I attended a university in Singapore. My dormitory roommate was a 19-year-old American student. He hung pictures of Che Guevara and...

Russian political scientists like to speak of the centuries-old clash between Russian and Western civilizations. One of their theories is that the West...

Ever since the global economic crisis shook the world in 2008, we have been hearing dire warnings about the imminent end of capitalism. In Russia, these...

Some of my friends and colleagues are still talking about Russia’s “shame” when it decided to allow troops from NATO-member countries to take part...

Now, 20 years after the end of the Cold War, what is hindering a close partnership between Russia and the West? A professor with the Foreign Ministry's...

Russia has more than enough internal problems that it needs to solve without having to worry about conflicts with China. This is why a long-term U.S.-Russian...