Vladimir Putin

On the Trump-Putin Summit in Alaska

Callum Gaskell and Bulent Gokay • Aug 18 2025 • Articles

Russia cannot be entirely excluded from European security, and adopting a confrontational stance increases the chance of pushing Russia and China together.

Putin’s PR Win and Trump’s Strategic Misstep at the Alaska Summit

Jinghao Zhou • Aug 17 2025 • Articles

Despite Putin’s international isolation, the summit legitimized the Russian leader and provided him with an opportunity to solidify his territorial gains.

Putin’s Apologists Must Face a Sobering Reality

Björn Alexander Düben • May 8 2025 • Articles

Whoever believes that Ukraine is where the Kremlin’s geopolitical and territorial ambitions end has little understanding of Russian foreign policy.

Review Feature – The Drivers of Russian Imperialism and War Against Ukraine

Taras Kuzio • Mar 22 2025 • Features

The two books in this feature evaluate the drivers of the Russia-Ukraine war, whilst differing on the significance of history for contemporary analyses of the war.

Review – Memory Makers

Oleksa Drachewych • Mar 15 2025 • Features

McGlynn’s timely book expertly unpacks Putin’s use of history to shape narratives but offers limited post-2022 analysis and only briefly explores global parallels.

Review – Navalny

Martin Duffy • Sep 19 2024 • Features

This film provides an unfiltered view of Alexei Navalny as a Russian opposition leader, shedding important light on controversies and conspiracies in Russian politics.

Central Asia: The Last Stronghold of a Declining Russia?

Otabek Akromov • Aug 19 2024 • Articles

Moscow’s instruments of extracting political concessions in the region are gradually losing their effectiveness as the war in Ukraine continues.

The Frail Foundations of the China-Russia Friendship

Vincent K. L. Chang • Jun 8 2024 • Articles

History helps reveal strategic differences that state leaders seek to obscure.

Interview – Andreas Umland

E-International Relations • Jun 6 2024 • Features

Andreas Umland reflects on the Russia-Ukraine war, the long-term implications of Western sanctions against Russia, and a potential military deterrence against escalation.

Putin’s Test for the West

Steve Wood • May 16 2024 • Articles

The world is more complicated than it was a decade ago when scholars ruminated on the capacity of International Relations Theory to understand or reflect what was happening in it.

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