Vladimir Frolov

Opinion 1 week ago

How Terror Attacks Gift Russia Foreign Policy Opportunity

How Terror Attacks Gift Russia Foreign Policy Opportunity

Opinion 1 week ago

Russia has waged a war on terror at home and abroad. But when Moscow calls for joining forces with the West to combat global terrorism, it inevitably pursues a hidden political agenda.

Opinion 3 weeks ago

A Modest Deal: Vladimir Putin’s New Détente

A Modest Deal: Vladimir Putin’s New Détente

Opinion 3 weeks ago

Moscow has been taking stock of its forceful policies to reassert Russia’s status as a great global power and to roll back the expansion of Western institutions into the former Soviet space ...

Opinion 3 months ago

Russia Looks On as Ukraine Hangs in the Balance (Op-Ed)

Russia Looks On as Ukraine Hangs in the Balance (Op-Ed)

Opinion 3 months ago

The horse-trading that accompanied the resignation of Ukrainian Prime Minister Yatsenyuk on April 10 may seem surprising to many post-Soviet leaders, unburdened by the need for political compromise.

Opinion 3 months ago

The Spy Game: What Moscow Really Wants From Savchenko Exchange

The Spy Game: What Moscow Really Wants From Savchenko Exchange

Opinion 3 months ago

Few should be surprised that the Kremlin has floated a proposal to exchange Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, recently sentenced to 22 years in prison, for several Russian nationals in U.S. custody.

Opinion 4 months ago

Mission Incomplete: Syria Has Not Achieved Bipolar World for Russia

Mission Incomplete: Syria Has Not Achieved Bipolar World for Russia

Opinion 4 months ago

Perhaps the best way to describe the results of Russia’s military intervention in Syria after President Vladimir Putin’s surprise announcement that he was winding it down after 167 days of intense air ...

Opinion 5 months ago

Russia Loses Its Trump Card

Russia Loses Its Trump Card

Opinion 5 months ago

Republican voters in Iowa may have thwarted Russian President Vladimir Putin's wish to see the "doubtlessly talented" Donald Trump as the next U.S. president.

Opinion 6 months ago

Bogged Down in the Middle East, Russia Loses Honest Broker Image

Bogged Down in the Middle East, Russia Loses Honest Broker Image

Opinion 6 months ago

Saudi Arabia cut off diplomatic and trade ties with Iran in retaliation for the provocative ransacking of the Saudi Embassy in Tehran by what appeared to be a government-directed mob.

Opinion 8 months ago

Putin Seeks Entente Cordiale With the West (Op-Ed)

Putin Seeks Entente Cordiale With the West (Op-Ed)

Opinion 8 months ago

Russian President Vladimir Putin is not the type of leader who wastes a geopolitical opportunity. This is his way of making foreign policy.

Opinion 9 months ago

Putin Is Angling for a Quick Exit From Syria

Putin Is Angling for a Quick Exit From Syria

Opinion 9 months ago

Russian President Vladimir Putin is pivoting to diplomacy on Syria to capitalize on the perception of Russia's military success after four weeks of air strikes.

Opinion 9 months ago

Syria Is Further Souring U.S.-Russian Relations

Syria Is Further Souring U.S.-Russian Relations

Opinion 9 months ago

The U.S.-Russia relationship has been in the doldrums since early 2014 over Russia's shenanigans in Ukraine, but Moscow's dive into Syria's civil war is really pushing it off the cliff.

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