The reception in Moscow to U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul during his first few months on the job has been unusual, if not downright hostile, a lot more Cold War than Russian Reset.

The satisfaction from the show of bipartisanship on the Eisen confirmation lasted a good five minutes.

On March 2, 2008, Russians will vote for their next president. Although there are four candidates, no one doubts the victory of Vladimir Putin’s designated successor, Dmitri Medvedev. The remaining contenders represent political parties best known for rubberstamping the Kremlin’s agenda (Vladimir Zhirinovsky’s Liberal Democratic Party and Gennady Zyuganov’s Communist...

On February 24, George W. Bush will travel to Slovakia for a summit with Russian president Vladimir Putin. Although President Bush forged a strong personal relationship with Putin during his first term, many critics now charge that Washington faces an increasingly erratic and unstable counterpart in the Kremlin that is...

With the upcoming Duma elections this December and the presidential contest in March 2008, the Kremlin appears to be both confident and worried. President Vladimir Putin continues to enjoy high approval ratings and faces no genuine political rivals, yet authoritarian tendencies have risen sharply. Political groups failing to adhere to...

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Off to a New Start?George W. Bush Goes to Europe: A New Atlantic Initiative Briefing11:00 a.m.–noon

Officials in Washington and European capitals...

The Obama administration is attempting to affect the Iranian regime's behavior through sanctions, but Iranian officials' responses to the recent U.S. Nuclear Posture Review suggest they will not change their behavior.

As we approach the March 26 Russian elections, Russia is at a crossroads again. After the eight revolutionary and tumultuous years of Boris Yeltsin's presidency, will Russia continue to cope with the dizzying change without sacrificing political and personal liberties, or will the yearning for stability again lead to...