Russia is ready to expand its “mutually beneficial” military cooperation with Iran, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad-Reza Ashtiani on ...

Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine has brought bilateral relations with the United States to their lowest point since the Cuban missile crisis. Yet Russia remains a global actor that holds immense ...

Join the Intelligence Project for a seminar with John J. Sullivan, Former Acting/Deputy Secretary of State, who served as U.S. Ambassador to Russia from 2020-2022. Ambassador Sullivan will provide his ...

Areas of expertise include: comparing Russian and Chinese political behavior in response to domestic and foreign policy challenges, politics of post-Communist states and issues of comparative politics ...

The Arctic is warming nearly four times faster than the rest of the world’s regions, changing both the geological and geopolitical landscape of the Arctic region. Meanwhile, China and Russia are ...

"Is the Russia-China relationship truly an alliance?" This pivotal question framed a recent seminar hosted by the Belfer Center and Russia Matters, entitled "Russia-China: A Long-Term Alliance?" as ...

This is a summary of an article originally published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace under the title "Personnel Stagnation to Splinter Putin Elite With Battle of Lost Generations." ...

The share of Russians who would like to leave Russia for permanent residence in another country has reached a record low, according to the results of a national poll conducted by Russia’s Levada ...

Elliott School of International Affairs 1957 E St NW 412Q Voesar Conference Room and online When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the West imposed a range of sanctions on ...

Two years after his full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin has once again been declared the winner in Russia’s sham presidential election. The vote extends his time in the Kremlin to at least ...

Full text of the 2013 Russian Foreign Policy Concept (in Russian) (non-governmental source). Full text of the 2013 Russian Foreign Policy Concept (in English).