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Rethinking Putin: A Talk by Professor Stephen Cohen
In this brief talk, originally delivered on 2 December 2017 aboard "The Nation"'s annual cruise, Professor Cohen tries to revise popular perceptions of Vladimir Putin as a leader by putting...
Why We Must Return to the US-Russian Parity Principle
We are in a new Cold War with Russia today, and specifically over the Ukrainian confrontation, largely because Washington nullified the parity principle. Indeed, we know when, why, and how...
The Silence of American Hawks About Kiev’s Atrocities
Among the crucial questions rarely discussed in the US political-media establishment: What is the role of the “neo-fascist” factor in Kiev’s “anti-terrorist” ideology and military operations?
Cold War Again: Who’s Responsible?
The East-West confrontation over Ukraine, which led to Moscow’s annexation of Crimea but long predated it, is potentially the worst international crisis in more than fifty years—and the most fateful....
Distorting Russia: How the US Media Misrepresent Sochi, Putin, and Ukraine
American media on Russia today are less objective, less balanced, more conformist and scarcely less ideological than when they covered Soviet Russia during the Cold War.
Twenty-Seven Questions for Stephen F. Cohen from Russia’s Leading Opposition Newspaper
People who know me personally or my writings know that I never judge or lecture Russia, but these three inter-related features are objective, not my subjective opinion: the excessive concentration...
Syria: The Alternative to War
By claiming for weeks that “doing nothing” is the only alternative to a “limited” military response to the Assad regime’s reported use of chemical weapons in Syria—plainly stated, an illegal...
How Obama can avert another Cold War
Why is another Cold War possible two decades after the Soviet Union ended?
America's New Cold War With Russia
With the full support of a feckless policy elite and an uncritical media establishment, Washington is slipping, if not plunging, into a new cold war with Moscow.