Russia: +28,437 square miles. 12% of Ukraine. (Area roughly equivalent to half the size of the U.S. state of Iowa). Total area of all Ukrainian territory Russia presently controls, including Crimea ...

Russia: +27,838 square miles. 12% of Ukraine. (Area roughly equivalent to half the size of the U.S. state of New York). 2 Total area of all Ukrainian territory Russia presently controls, including ...

On Sept. 22, Vladimir Putin said that Russia is ready to continue limiting its number of deployed nuclear warheads and launchers per the New START treaty for one more year, if the U.S. does the same.

Military and security aspects of the Ukraine conflict and their impacts: "These Charts Show How Putin Is Defying Trump by Escalating Airstrikes on Ukraine," Jane Lytvynenko, Ming Li and Emma Brown, ...

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Analysts continue to debate what confluence of factors has shaped Vladimir Putin’s decision to order the so-called “special military operation” in Ukraine. Some heavyweights in the world of policy ...

In the age of attention deficit disorder politics, this week’s flare-up of hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan has ensured that great powers have turned their attention to the South Caucasus.

Zbigniew Brzezinski, who died last week at the age of 89, served as national security advisor to U.S. President Jimmy Carter from 1977 until 1981. This evolving compilation of his observations and ...

This compilation of observations and policy ideas related to Russia by John Mearsheimer is part of Russia Matters’ “Competing Views” rubric, where we share prominent American thinkers’ takes on issues ...

This is a working draft and the author welcomes comments and suggestions. 1 Thirty years ago this month the Berlin Wall fell, marking the symbolic end of the Cold War. As former Eastern bloc countries ...

When the simmering conflict between Russia and Ukraine turned into a full-scale war in February, a flurry of media articles followed, anticipating a large influx of foreign fighters on Ukrainian ...