Forty-five years after the attempt on John Paul II’s life, the Kremlin has yet to be officially blamed.
Soviet Union
Posted inBooks
The Price of a Lost Russia: A Correspondent’s Eulogy
More than three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the promise of a democratic Russia has given way to something much darker—and far more durable.
Posted inBooks
How Khrushchev Underestimated Kennedy
A veteran correspondent’s memoir reveals the humanity and misjudgment of the Soviet leader who sparked the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Posted inPolitics
As Ukraine Fights, Echoes of Historic Meetings in Yalta and Helsinki Abound
Some 80 years ago, Roosevelt and Churchill were at their meeting with Stalin. Thirty years later, the Helsinki Accords helped doom the Iron Curtain. Here’s what we can learn on their anniversaries.
Posted inPolitics
No, Russia’s Ukraine Invasion Isn’t “Our Fault”
Russia’s aggression stems from its history and political culture, not NATO expansion or the post–Cold War settlement.
Posted inPolitics
Memo to Democrats: Tie Putin to Trump
The carnage in Ukraine must be laid at the former president’s doorstep.
Posted inPolitics
How to Make Russia Bleed
Vladimir Putin must pay a heavy price for his invasion of Ukraine. Here’s how we did that to the Soviets in the 1980s.
Posted inBooks, Featured
Russia’s Founding Father
A new, definitive biography of Mikhail Gorbachev tells the story of the man most responsible for ending the Cold War.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Americans Struggle With Nuance, Especially on Russia
We seem caught in the Cold War mentality of defining the relationship in terms of good and evil.
Posted inJune 1981
Reagan’s Dr. Strange Love
Every so often a certain kind of person involved in public affairs arouses within those who disagree an emotional response so strong, so angry, that you get a little curious about what it is that causes all the snorts and sighs when his name comes up. One of those people in Washington right now is […]
