But the war also changed Russia itself far more than most outsiders grasp. No cease-fire, not even one brokered by a U.S.

BY the terms of the armistice with Germany and Italy which came into effect on June 25, 1940, the Pétain government laid down ...

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The move, which followed steps taken in the first Trump administration to curtail China’s access to cutting-edge ...

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EDWARD FISHMAN is a Senior Research Scholar at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP). He is the author ...

Nothing in recent history has so strikingly emphasized the need for international coöperation in the economic field as the ...

How to turn maximum pressure into personal diplomacy.

DANA STROUL is Director of Research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and served as U.S. Deputy Assistant ...

MICHAEL KIMMAGE is Professor of History at the Catholic University of America and the author of The Abandonment of the West: ...

JEROME DREVON is Senior Analyst in Jihad and Modern Conflict at the International Crisis Group. He is the author of From ...