NATO’s failure to clearly communicate its plans for multinational battalions in Poland and the Baltics is doing nothing to counter Russian claims that they are unnecessary...
Nikolay Kozhanov Academy Associate In early August, Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in a trilateral summit with his Azerbaijani and Iranian counterparts in Baku. Though...
Vladimir Putin (centre) unexpectedly replaces his close ally and powerful chief of staff Sergei Ivanov (left) with Anton Vaino (right), an ex-diplomat who served as Ivanov's...
Membership of an organization comes with rules. If those rules are broken, generally, there are consequences, writes James Nixey. Not so in international relations. If you...
Theresa May (pictured), the new British prime minister, faces a central challenge in deciding the UK’s next steps towards the EU. On the one hand, a...
John Lough Associate Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme The Kremlin today will be struggling to reconcile conflicting messages from the West. Deepening divisions in the European...
James Nixey Head, Russia and Eurasia Programme, Chatham House For all its pretences toward the primacy of sovereignty, the Russian leadership is rarely shy about venting...