Nicholas Eberstadt will present an overview of his timely new book on the subject, Russia's Peacetime Demographic Crisis, followed by an expert panel discussion on the implications for Russia in the coming years.

The growth of Russia’s economy has been the success story of Vladimir Putin’s presidency. Since 2000, Russia’s GDP has increased by an average of 7 percent per year. Of late, however, the optimism about Russia’s economic future has been diminished by rising inflation, which has skyrocketed to over 11 percent...

The Russians and Brits, instead of reaching a greater understanding over climate policies, now seem further apart than ever before.

At a time when so many developing nations are struggling to provide decent lives for their citizens, Kyoto-style measures will prolong poverty.

Is the Kyoto Protocolmaking a comeback? Don't bet on it; it is difficult to see how the environmental treaty will survive the winter.

Opponents of mandatory emissions cuts would be mistaken if they become complacent with their successes of the past few years.

Vladimir Putin will likely run for president of Russia in 2012; Dmitri Medvedev faces a stark dilemma: be a Khrushchev or a Gorbachev?

While East–West security relations are no longer of concern, Iceland is still a useful location to bring the EU and USA together on thorny issues that might be leading to a transatlantic rift.