Russia's population will find its access to food diminished by deep depreciation of the ruble, unemployment, and inflation.

Leaders of former Soviet states may not be able to withstand the authoritarian temptation long enough for democracy to take firm root, but citizens will push forward until they live in freedom.

To understand Vladimir Putin, we must understand his view of Russian history.

The recent history of Poland is one of many dangers, external threats exerted by insatiable expansionist powers, Germany and the Soviet Union, and of bewildering lies that disoriented two generations that lived under Communism. Poland was the first to...

The post-Cold War era has produced something new in world history: an abundance of poor democracies.

Today’s struggling democracies must reconcile the conflicting goals of democracy and capitalism.