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Russia

Even expert Russia-watchers aren’t sure what changed when Vladimir Putin ordered the country’s “deterrence forces” to be put on a “special regime

Let me begin with an admission. So many times, I’ve thought: “Putin would never do this.” Then he goes and does it.

Nuclear experts are trained to think the unthinkable. So, here is an unthinkable scenario that might actually happen in real life: The

When Gen. Mark Milley emerged from six hours of tense talks with his Russian counterpart in Helsinki last September, the Joint Chiefs

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said it is obvious Russian President Vladimir Putin has goals beyond Ukraine and may have other countries

The DEFCON Warning System is currently monitoring the growing crisis in the Ukraine theatre and the tensions between Russia and NATO. However,

Russia is a sending an unspecified number of troops from the country’s far east to Belarus for major war games, officials said

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping oversaw an ambitious joint military exercise in China this summer, which along with

President Biden may have his alliance of democracies, but as a video summit on Wednesday underscored, Russia and China still have each

Russia on Friday spelled out its demands for sweeping new security guarantees from the United States and NATO, seeking pledges that would

The news media is beginning to catch up to what a lot of people know already: Tensions are getting hot over there

Tensions have been rising again along the Russian-Ukrainian border, with Kyiv and Washington raising the alarm at what they say is an