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January 16, 2025
The Dispatch

Hot ’n Cold Wars

By Jonah Goldberg | Hal Brands
Event
January 08, 2025

Russia’s Difficult Road to Freedom: A Conversation with Vladimir Kara-Murza

By Leon Aron
Op-Ed
Russian President Vladimir Putin during a press conference on the results of a broad meeting of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Astana. Credit: Dmitry Azarov/Kommersant Photo/Sipa USA(Sipa via AP Images)
December 05, 2024
The Atlantic

Putin Decides That Stalin’s Victims Were Guilty After All

By Leon Aron
Article
Russian President Vladimir Putin greets North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. (Mikhail Tereshchenko, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
November 05, 2024
Foreign Policy

North Korea Joining Russia’s War Is a Sign of Weakness

By Kori Schake
Op-Ed
October 07, 2024
The Spectator

Putin’s Cannon Fodder: An Anthem for Russia’s Doomed Youth

By Leon Aron
Speech
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of the Russian Presidential Council for Development of Civil Society and Human Rights, via a video link at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia December 9, 2021.
May 16, 2024
Russia Matters

Post-Putin Russia: What Comes Next?

By Leon Aron
Podcast
May 03, 2024

In the Wake of Terror: Moscow’s Regional Relations (with Paul Goble)

By Dalibor Rohac | Giselle Donnelly | Iulia Joja | Paul Goble
Op-Ed
Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, right, and Russian Security Council chairman Nikolai Patrushev visit the VolleyGrad Beach Sports Centre in Anapa, South Russia, Friday, Aug. 16, 2019. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
April 29, 2024
The Atlantic

What Putin’s No. 2 Believes About the West

By Leon Aron
Event
Close up of a Russian coin with the Kremlin in the background
May 02, 2024

Stress Test: The Toll of the War in Ukraine on the Kremlin

By Leon Aron | Robert Doar | Chris Miller | Dalibor Rohac
Op-Ed
Vladimir Putin addresses the Federal Assembly, including the State Duma parliamentarians, members of the Federation Council, regional governors and other high-ranking officials, in Moscow, Russia February 20, 2019.
March 27, 2024
The Wall Street Journal

Vladimir Putin Wants a Tax Hike

By Leon Aron
Post
February 20, 2024
AEIdeas

The Murder of Alexei Navalny

By Leon Aron
Press
February 20, 2024

Discussing the death of Alexei Navalny and Putin’s Russia: Aron on SiriusXM Radio

By Leon Aron
Op-Ed
December 07, 2023
The Atlantic

The Sanctions Against Russia Are Starting to Work

By Leon Aron
Op-Ed
Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a video conference with a group of award-winning teachers
November 25, 2023
The Telegraph

The West Must Derail Putin’s Sham Elections

By Dalibor Rohac | Ivana Stradner
Press
November 15, 2023

Discussing Putin’s turn to anti-Semitism: Aron on Fox News’ ‘Rundown’ podcast

By Leon Aron
Article
Vladimir Putin attends a parade marking Navy Day in Saint Petersburg, Russia July 31, 2022. REUTERS/Maxim Shemeto
November 13, 2023
National Review

The House That Putin Built

By Leon Aron
Op-Ed
Vladimir Putin speaks at the Victory Day parade in the Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday May 9, 2023, that underscored just how much weaponry his army has lost in Ukraine.
November 13, 2023
The Washington Post

Putin Has Decided It’s Okay to Be Antisemitic

By Leon Aron
Press
October 25, 2023

Discussing Putin’s View of Israel-Hamas War and the Invasion of Ukraine: Aron on MSNBC’s “Way Too Early”

By Leon Aron
Press
September 26, 2023

Discussing Putin’s militarization of Russia and the invasion of Ukraine: Aron on the Faithful Politics Podcast

By Leon Aron
Op-Ed
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with government members via a video link in Moscow, Russia March 10, 2022. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS
September 24, 2023
The Atlantic

Putin Is Worried, so He Turned to Anti-Semitism

By Leon Aron
Event
October 23, 2023

Vladimir Putin’s Russia: A Conversation with Leon Aron and Kori Schake

By Leon Aron | Kori Schake
Press
August 26, 2023

Discussing the future of Wagner and Russia’s military: Kagan on Times Radio

By Frederick W. Kagan
Post
July 11, 2023
AEIdeas

For Putin’s Kremlin, There Is No Cavalry Coming over the Hill

By Wes Culp
Press
June 28, 2023

Discussing Putin’s grip on power after Wagner’s mutiny: Aron on KSL News Radio

By Leon Aron