Putin’s ultimate goal isn’t recreating empire or seeking war with NATO—it’s staying in power. In pressing for greater ...

Many assume this Trump tough talk is his signature bluster, which he uses to threaten allies to do what he wants. When he ...

U.S.-led sanctions have hit Russian oil exports. Moscow has accused Ukraine of trying to strike its last gas pipeline into ...

Russia’s war of depopulation is worsening Ukraine’s demographic crisis; the population has fallen from 52 million in 1991 to ...

Boris Johnson has called Vladimir Putin a “f------ idiot” and told the Russian leader: “No more empire.” The former prime ...

World War I had a catastrophic impact on Russia, forcing its withdrawal before the conflict ended, resulting in significant ...

The Russians in the occupied territories are conducting very active Russification campaigns, which have intensified over the ...

Photographer Michael Robinson Chávez visits a city in Ukraine that was partly famous as a site for Russian travelers and ...

Empires are costly and inefficient, and imperialism is costly and counterproductive, with both combining to generate the very ...

If Ukraine falls, it will be hard to spin as anything but a debacle for the United States, and for its president.