John Lough

Opinion 2 weeks ago

How Russia Helped NATO Rediscover Itself

How Russia Helped NATO Rediscover Itself

Opinion 2 weeks ago

Deepening divisions in the European Union that came to a dramatic head with the Brexit vote have not found their way into NATO. Instead, the Alliance appears to have rediscovered the culture ...

Opinion 8 months ago

Gazprom Is Facing a Perfect Storm (Op-Ed)

Gazprom Is Facing a Perfect Storm (Op-Ed)

Opinion 8 months ago

A perfect storm has struck Gazprom: falling gas prices, increasing competition and a transformation in the way gas is sold internationally have coincided with fallout from Russia's damaged political relations with Europe.

Opinion 1 year ago

West Has Changed Its Thinking on Russia (Op-Ed)

West Has Changed Its Thinking on Russia (Op-Ed)

Opinion 1 year ago

The last 15 months have forced the West to change its thinking on Russia, writes columnist John Lough.

Opinion 1 year ago

Putin's Mixed Messages Show Loss of Control

Putin's Mixed Messages Show Loss of Control

Opinion 1 year ago

President Vladimir Putin's messages to his domestic and foreign audiences are escalating tensions with Western countries and forcing him to up the stakes for fear of appearing weak at home.

Opinion 1 year ago

West Must Stick to Its Guns in Ukraine

West Must Stick to Its Guns in Ukraine

Opinion 1 year ago

As they struggle to stop the fighting in Ukraine, Western leaders must not lose sight of President Vladimir Putin’s attempts to reshape the international order.

Opinion 1 year ago

Putin's Options Are Narrowing Down

Putin's Options Are Narrowing Down

Opinion 1 year ago

What made President Vladimir Putin decide to annex Crimea continues to defy easy analysis. It is still unclear why exactly he chose to take this radical step, particularly when Moscow retained powerful ...

Opinion 1 year ago

Honeymoon Is Over for Russia and Germany

Honeymoon Is Over for Russia and Germany

Opinion 1 year ago

Pressure for a re-evaluation of Germany's Russia policy has been growing since 2012.

Opinion 1 year ago

Yevtushenkov Is a Warning to Russian Business

Yevtushenkov Is a Warning to Russian Business

Opinion 1 year ago

The early September arrest of Vladimir Yevtushenkov, the majority owner of the industrial conglomerate Sistema and one of Russia's richest men, has inevitably invited comparisons with the arrest of Mikhail Khodorkovsky in ...

Opinion 1 year ago

Interfering in Ukraine Is Risky Business for Russia

Interfering in Ukraine Is Risky Business for Russia

Opinion 1 year ago

Friday Sept. 5 marked the start of a new era of division in Europe. The NATO summit in Wales declared that for the first time since the end of the Cold War, ...

Opinion 1 year ago

Putin Needs an 'Off-Ramp' for Ukraine's Crisis

Putin Needs an 'Off-Ramp' for Ukraine's Crisis

Opinion 1 year ago

If ever an "off-ramp" were needed for Putin, it is now.

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