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Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin on September 11, 2018 in Vladivostok, Russia. (Getty)

Are Russia and China Really Forming an Alliance?

In March of 1969, Chinese troops ambushed and killed a Soviet border patrol on an island near the Chinese-Russian border. Fighting on and near the island lasted for months and ended with hundreds of…

Leon Aron 13 April 2019
General view of the anti-state internet control rally took place in the Russian Capital. Thousands of demonstrators took to the street of Moscow in a rally to protest against the tightening state control over internet in Russia. (Getty)

Why Russia Might Shut Off the Internet

On the morning ofSunday, March 10, thousands of people gathered in the center ofMoscowto protest proposed new legislation cracking down on Internet freedom. They waved placards saying “Save the…

Andrei Soldatov 05 April 2019
A clear symbol in one of Donetsk's park of DPR's inclination toward Russia. The War in Donbass region of eastern Ukraine has caused at least at least 10,000 deaths and 1.4 million people displaced from the home since the start of the conflict in March 2014. (Getty)

Is the Risk of Ethnic Conflict Growing in Ukraine?

The Ukrainian presidential election is only weeks away, and its outcome is highly uncertain. PresidentPetro Poroshenkois lagging in the polls behindVolodymyr Zelensky, a television actor whose only…

Elise Giuliano 01 April 2019
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (C) reviews a military honour guard with Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) during a welcoming ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 8, 2018. (Getty)

Why Russia and China Are Strengthening Security Ties

Early last week, Russia concluded Vostok-2018, its largest military exercise since the fall of the Soviet Union. It wasn’t just their size, however, that made the recent war games so groundbreaking…

Alexander Gabuev 28 September 2018
An undated photo obtained on September 18, 2018 shows a Russian IL-20M (Ilyushin 20m) aircraft landing at an unknown location.  Russia blamed Israel on September 18, 2018 for the loss of a military IL-20M jet to Syrian fire, which killed all 15 servicemen on board, and threatened a response. (Getty)

The Assad Regime and its Iranian Patron Are No Prize for Russia

Russia has made itself the arbiter of events in Syria. Its military intervention and use of intensive bombing allowed it to change the balance of forces on the ground and save the Assad regime. But…

Dennis Ross 28 September 2018
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