Massacre haunts divided Caucasus amid shaky ceasefire
Azerbaijan blames Armenia for a massacre of civilians in the South Caucasus. Armenia denies the charge. Meanwhile, lasting peace proves…
Can North Korea keep the coronavirus in check?
Wary of the coronavirus, North Korea has all but shut its borders, choking its economic lifelines. How grim a toll…
Russia faces blanket international sports ban
Russia mounted a cloak-and-dagger operation to hide doping at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Now it faces a possible ban from…
Kurds a pawn in Russia’s larger geopolitical aims
Russia has long treated relations with Kurds as a bargaining chip as it pursues broader objectives. Today in Syria, things…
Ukraine: Could a prisoner swap promote peace?
Ukraine and Russia have swapped prisoners, to the chagrin of investigators exploring the downing of a passenger jet. But will…
We need to keep disarmament treaties, not scrap them
In a world with nuclear weapons, every agreement counts. So the decision by the U.S. and Russia to scrap a…
Arms control may be out of fashion, but it still matters
The U.S. has pulled out of a major arms control treaty amid tensions between Washington and Moscow. Weapons treaties are…
Decoder: A key to understanding Russian suspicions of West
The Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies opposed the West for 36 years. After the Iron Curtain fell, NATO…
NATO turns 70. Does it have cause to celebrate?
NATO continues to grow in size but not necessarily in strength. Can the 70-year-old military alliance withstand forces weakening its…
Democracy is in crisis. Time to fight back.
Threatened by populists and "fake news," democracy is in crisis. But it remains better than alternatives -- and a holy…