Who ate all the Minsk pies?

A few remarks on last month's terrorist attack in Moscow. The treatment of the four suspects is part of the brutalisation of Russia.

Russia's election had added significance against the backdrop of war. But why does Russia bother with such an obviously undemocratic vote?

Both Ukraine and Belarus have long-standing population worries, which the crises of recent years have exacerbated.

Vladimir Putin, warning NATO against deploying troops to Ukraine, says Russia is prepared for nuclear war. Is NATO ready?

A few notes on last weekend's elections in Belarus, and some Belarus-related events I've been involved in this past week.

Would a second Trump presidency actually be of much use to Putin? I'm not so sure that it would.

Tucker Carlson's interview with Vladimir Putin was a missed chance for us to learn something new.

Donald Trump is wrong to assert America's NATO allies 'free-ride'; his rhetoric damages the alliance more than inadequate spending.

Recent talk of a rift between Ukraine's president and the commander–in–chief of the armed forces was not scuttlebutt.

Claims that Boris Johnson scuppered a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine last year aren't new, and probably aren't true.

Thomas Graham's new book on the United States' Russia policy will rile many readers, but it's a well-informed appraisal. Here's my review.

Vladimir Putin appears confident the war in Ukraine is turning in his favour: he could yet be hoisted with his own petard, however.

The death of Henry Kissinger came at a watershed moment for political realism in the context of the Russia-Ukraine war.

Belarus hosted a CSTO summit in Minsk last week. Fractures between members of the military bloc are hard to paper over however.

If anyone doubts how far the Russia-Ukraine war has fallen down the agenda, look at the coverage of the Biden-Xi Jinping press conference.

A recent decree will make many Belarusians stateless. The opposition is trying to convince others its New Belarus passport is the solution.

Forty years ago this week the world came close to nuclear war. NATO's Able Archer exercise very nearly went very wrong.

An essay, of sorts, on war.

I've heard some pretty off-the-wall claims over the past week. The authors of this article think the fact that Hamas attacked Israelis on...

Open Democracy published a ‘rebuttal’ to my recent article for them. I knew that a response was coming and I welcome the challenge to the...