If you’re looking at a list of America’s top 10 experts on Russia, chances are, Andrew S. Weiss will be on that list. His inclusion is a consequence of his significant work in both government and the ...

As of May 13, 2025, Russian forces occupied 112,757 square kilometers (43,536 square miles), which constituted 18.7% of the Ukrainian territory and which is roughly equivalent to the state of Virginia ...

Ukrainian troops have received orders to fire only in response to Russian attacks during the three-day ceasefire unilaterally declared by Putin, Suspilne reports, citing soldiers from three Ukrainian ...

Areas of expertise include: Russian political economics; contract theory; corporate governance; economics of development and transition.

The election of U.S. President Donald Trump changed U.S. policy toward Ukraine from “as long as it takes” to seeking a negotiated peace settlement. These negotiations will be driven by the battlefield ...

The U.S. proposal for Russian-Ukrainianpeace discussed by the high-ranking U.S., European and Ukrainian officials on April 17 in Paris. The European-Ukrainian proposal for Russian-Ukrainian peace ...

On April 23, Russia Matters’ student associates Chris Conway and Dasha Zhukauskaite interviewed Ian Bremmer, president and founder of Eurasia Group, and currently a senior fellow at the Belfer Center ...

Trump’s special envoy Witkoff said Putin is open to a “permanent peace” deal with Ukraine, but did not indicate whether any of the Kremlin leader’s previous demands for a ceasefire in Ukraine had ...

In this month's People, Politics, and Prose, FPRI's Robert Hamilton joins Ron Granieri to discuss his latest book The China Russia Relationship: The Dance of the Dragon and the Bear (Springer, 2025).

The Kennan Institute seeks applicants for the George F. Kennan Fellowship from diverse, policy-oriented sectors such as media, business, local government, law, civil society, and academia to examine ...