Gary J. Schmitt testifies before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on security issues in Europe and Asia.

Lithuanian mainstream media and think-tank analysts view the Paksas affair, and now the Prunskiene candidacy, in the context of Russian attempts to change Lithuania's -- and other ex-Soviet-ruled countries' -- western orientation by exploiting various internal economic or political vulnerabilities. In the case of Lithuania, this is almost certainly the lastchance for Moscow.

Vladimir Putin's and his advisors' tendency toward greater state control and recentralization in politics, legal systems, federalism, and the economy is fraught with medium and short term risks.

The Byzantine Empire’s long run — 1,100 years — may seem remote from the 21st century, but a reading of its history offers at least three timeless lessons.

Ongoing construction of a Russian dam aims to change the border with Ukraine.

The Bush administration would be well advised to devote more of its anti-AIDS energies into rousing these three governments to embrace HIV strategies of their own.

Detailed results for the article "The Future of AIDS" in Foreign Affairs.

HIV/AIDS pandemic in Eurasia is primed to do the most damage.