“President Vladimir Putin has concluded that military escalation is the best way to force Ukraine into talks on his terms and that Donald Trump is unlikely to do much to bolster Kyiv’s defenses, ...

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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The share of Russians who favor peace talks on resolving the Russian-Ukrainian war over continuing the hostilities has crept up to a record level: 65.9%, according to the Levada Center’s August poll.

Russia: +28,318 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 ...

In a recent editorial by The Wall Street Journal’s Editorial Board, entitled “Russian Drone Parts, Made in China,” the editors make the point that “Trump hasn’t been able to stop Xi Jinping’s support ...

Claim in July 2025: “In the battle for Ukraine, the front line is increasingly at a standstill.” Incorrect: Russian troops continued to make territorial gains in June 2025, according to data provided ...

Please join the Belfer Center’s Russia Matters for a discussion. From the top levels of Washington to the general public, polarization has become an inescapable fact of life in the U.S. During this ...

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The gap between Russians who describe the relationship between their country and the U.S. in negative terms and those who describe it in positive terms has been narrowing, according to data Russia ...

Few members of the top tier of America’s political establishment have been as criticized for their views on Russia in recent years as U.S. President Donald Trump's Director of National Intelligence, ...

This is a repost of the full text of an interview published with permission, by Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. When I first started thinking about an issue of the Bulletin focused on the changes ...