The new allies agreed to carve up Europe, splitting Poland down the middle.
Russia
March 14, 2022
11:19AM
The Czech Republic has the highest per-capita GDP among former eastern bloc countries.
January 14, 2022
3:30AM
Revolt in Kazakhstan threatens Russia and could spill over the border.
August 4, 2015
3:12PM
Today, democracies share hardly any values with a revanchist Russia and the emergent hegemon in China, and no values with radical Islamists.
May 29, 2015
9:00AM
With the eruption of ISIS in the Middle East and the ongoing autocracies in Russia and China, pause for a moment and think back to the last century and compare the challenges back then to now.
March 29, 2014
3:00AM
Napoleon famously cautioned against interfering with an enemy making a mistake. So why is the West interfering with Vladimir Putins massive mistake in Crimea? More puzzling is the Wests unstated goal of legitimizing Putins Crimea grab.
Putins mistake? Some in the media are lionizing Putin as a strategic genius, running circles around the West. Yet, Putin could have gotten Crimea with a please-and-thank-you and looked like a humanitarian hero. Instead, hes viewed as a threatening thug, with long-term negative consequences for Russia.
