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The Necessity of a Trump-Putin Summit The Necessity of a Trump-Putin Summit
Ten ways the new US-Russian Cold War is increasingly becoming more dangerous than the one we survived.
Jun 6, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
![Putin Annual Address](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/PutinAnnualAddress-ap-img.jpg)
Debasing US Policy Discourse About Russia Debasing US Policy Discourse About Russia
Is Putin really a “pariah” and Russia “isolated from the international community”?
May 30, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
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Democrats Are Missing the Opportunity to Offer an Alternative to Endless War Democrats Are Missing the Opportunity to Offer an Alternative to Endless War
The Democrats’ failure to advance a bold progressive alternative to President Trump’s belligerent policies and bloated defense budgets is a huge missed opportunity.
May 29, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
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Intel ‘Informants’ and ‘Suspicious Contacts’ Echo Dark Pasts Intel ‘Informants’ and ‘Suspicious Contacts’ Echo Dark Pasts
McCarthyism and firsthand recollections of Soviet surveillance practices.
May 23, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
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How Did the United States Abandon Diplomacy? How Did the United States Abandon Diplomacy?
Trump’s disregard for internationalism is destroying the American diplomatic tradition.
May 22, 2018 / Alfred McCoy
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Who Is Responsible for the New US-Russian Cold War? Who Is Responsible for the New US-Russian Cold War?
A discussion of the Stephen F. Cohen–Michael McFaul debate.
May 16, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
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In West Texas, the US-Mexico Border Disappeared for a Day In West Texas, the US-Mexico Border Disappeared for a Day
Hundreds of people from sides of the border gathered to celebrate in the Rio Grande—in defiance of the international boundary that divides the community.
May 16, 2018 / Sasha von Oldershausen
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Actually, Guns Do Kill People Actually, Guns Do Kill People
The research is now clear: Right-to-carry laws increase the rate of violent crime.
Apr 27, 2018 / Mike Konczal
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Forgotten Truths: On the Imperative of Cooperating With—Not Criminalizing—Russia Forgotten Truths: On the Imperative of Cooperating With—Not Criminalizing—Russia
Cooperation with Moscow remains vital for American national security, but “Russiagate” allegations, now codified in a DNC lawsuit, are making that decades-long pursuit a crime.
Apr 25, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
![Red Square in Moscow](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/moscow-kremlin-ap-img.jpg)
‘Russiagate’ Allegations Continue to Escalate the Danger of War With Russia ‘Russiagate’ Allegations Continue to Escalate the Danger of War With Russia
Incessant Kremlin-baiting of President Trump is risking a Cuban missile–like crisis that he, unlike JFK in 1962, may not be permitted to resolve peacefully.
Apr 18, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen