PUTIN LIKES HIS WORST OPTION IN UKRAINE / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Putin Likes His Worst Option in Ukraine Faced with a quagmire in eastern Ukraine and escalating Ukrainian attacks within Russia, Vladimir Pu...

PUTIN IS RUNNING OUT OF OPTIONS / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

Putin is running out of options The Russian leader may want to escalate his war — but that is harder than it sounds Gideon Rachman © James F...

PUTIN`S SYSTEM IS IN A STATE OF SLOW IMPLOSION / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

Putin’s system is in a state of slow implosion Look to the erosion of fiscal discipline to see where the problems lie Alexandra Prokopenko P...

THE RUSSIAN RECKONING / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL OP EDITORIAL

The Russian Reckoning The Ukraine war, less oil revenue and restive ex-Soviet republics all shrink Moscow’s sway. By Walter Russell Mead Rus...

PUTIN COULD PAY A PERSONAL PRICE FOR FAILURE IN UKRAINE / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

Putin could pay a personal price for failure in Ukraine History suggests that military defeat often leads to radical political change in Mos...

PUTIN AND TRUMP DON`T HAVE THE CARDS / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

Putin and Trump don’t have the cards The wars Russia and America have waged in Ukraine and Iran are case studies in geopolitical self-harm E...

THE WEEK THE NEW GLOBAL REALITY SHOWED ITSELF / GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES

The Week the New Global Reality Showed Itself by George Friedman  Last week, I wrote about the phone call Russian President Vladimir Putin m...

VLADIMIR PUTIN IS LOSING HIS GRIP ON RUSSIA / THE ECONOMIST

A bleak view from Moscow Vladimir Putin is losing his grip on Russia His every move to preserve power accelerates decay, writes a former sen...

WHEN FOOLS GO TO WAR / PROJECT SYNDICATE

When Fools Go to War One need only look past the moral and strategic differences between Iran and Ukraine to see that both are facing simila...

WILL INVESTING IN RUSSIA REALLY BRING AMERICA A $12TRN BONANZA? / THE ECONOMIST

Chequebook diplomacy Will investing in Russia really bring America a $12trn bonanza? The Kremlin is making big promises to Donald Trump’s ad...