Stephen F. Cohen
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Past articles by Stephen:
How the Coronavirus Is Testing Putin’s Leadership—and the System He Created
Many of Russia’s official reactions are similar to those in the United States. → Read More
The Kremlin Plans to Modernize Russia, Again
Putin’s quest for a transformed nation and his own legacy. → Read More
Will Russia Be Driven from the West?
American opponents of readmitting Moscow to the former G8 fail to understand the consequences. → Read More
What We Still Do Not Know About Russiagate
Vital questions about perhaps the worst alleged presidential scandal in US history remain unanswered. → Read More
Peace in Ukraine?
The friends and foes of a Kiev-Moscow settlement. → Read More
Who’s Afraid of William Barr?
Liberals and other Democrats seem to want to cover up the CIA’s role in Russiagate. → Read More
Will US Elites Give Détente With Russia a Chance?
The Trump-Putin meeting in Japan is crucial for both leaders—and for the world. → Read More
Washington’s Dr. Strangeloves
Is plunging Russia into darkness really a good idea? → Read More
How Did Russiagate Begin?
Why Barr’s investigation is important and should be encouraged. → Read More
Russiagate Zealotry Continues to Endanger American National Security
If Venezuela becomes a Cuban Missile–like crisis, will Trump be free to resolve it peacefully? → Read More
Mueller’s Own Mysteries
Little-noted aspects of the first volume of the Mueller report. → Read More
Will the Mueller Report Make the New Cold War Even Worse?
How the long-anticipated report addresses—or ignores—Russiagate allegations will be vital for US-Russian relations. → Read More
The Fictitious ‘Russian Attack’ vs. the Real Imperative to ‘Cooperate With Russia’
The Kremlin did not “attack America” in 2016, but the myth could lead to war between the nuclear superpowers. → Read More
The Real Costs of Russiagate
Its perpetrators, not Putin or Trump, “attacked American democracy.” → Read More
The Cold War Ides of March
US Cold Warriors escalate toward actual war with Russia. → Read More
Even a Vacuous Mueller Report Won’t End ‘Russiagate’
Too many reputations and other interests are vested in the legend for it to vanish from American politics anytime soon. → Read More
The Long History of US-Russian “Meddling”
The two governments have repeatedly interfered in each other’s domestic politics during the past 100 years—and it’s not all bad. → Read More
How the Russiagate Investigation Is Sovietizing American Politics
“Collusion,” “contacts,” selective prosecutions, coup plotting, and media taboos recall repressive Soviet practices. → Read More
Trump’s Withdrawals from Afghanistan and Syria Are Hardly ‘A Gift to Putin’
Why would Moscow want to fight terrorists without the US? It doesn’t. → Read More
The End of Russia’s ‘Democratic Illusions’ About America
How Russiagate has impacted a vital struggle in Russia. → Read More