Russia’s Attack on the European Security Order: Germany Must Act

Desk Russie publishes the Open Letter by 73 German Experts on Eastern Europe and International Security…
How the West Should Treat a “Bad Guy”

Russian-American relations are looking more and more like a high-school rivalry between a dumb-ass bully…
The Liquidation of Memorial and the Destruction of the Universal Consciousness of Crime

The “liquidation” of Memorial by the so-called Russian “justice” is an attack on the universal conscience.
Russian “new Weapons”: from Deterrence to Coercion?

Against the backdrop of a serious crisis in the eastern confines of Ukraine, where the sound of boots on the ground…
Putin’s use of Force in Distant Central Asia Will Have Consequences in Europe

The dispatch of troops to Kazakhstan from the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization is a game-changer for the entire Soviet space…
Russia can be Checked by a Regional Response in Europe

Russia is posing an essentially 19th century challenge to Europe — a threat to the sovereignty of nations…
Kazakhstan: Voices of Russian Opponents

The Free Russia Forum was created in 2016 by a group of politicians, scholars, journalists, and cultural figures from the ex-USSR…
Reshaping Ukraine’s Western Integration

There is widespread fear of an escalation of the current Russian-Ukrainian armed conflict into a large and prolonged inter-state war in Europe.
What Does the Russian Ultimatum to the West Mean?

On December 17, the Russian Foreign Ministry unveiled two draft texts — a “Treaty between the United States…
The West under the Gun: how to Deal with a Blackmailer

The video-meeting between Biden and Putin on December 7 has given rise to much speculation in the small world of experts.