By CELSO FREDERICO: The First Congress of Soviet Writers echoed as a paradox: a song of artistic freedom under the shadow of socialist realism. Bukharin, with his advocacy of plurality, and Gorky, with his revolutionary romanticism, symbolized the tension between
By DMITRI TRENIN: This will be a long war, and the US, with or without Donald Trump, will remain Moscow's adversary. For the Russians, what is at stake in this fight is not Ukraine's status, but its very existence.
By CARLOS EDUARDO MARTINS: The Primakov Doctrine discarded the idea of superpowers and stated that the development and integration of the world economy made the international system a complex space that could only be managed in a multipolar way, implying the reconstruction
By CELSO FREDERICO: Under Stalin, Soviet literature underwent a metamorphosis, where artistic creation was directed to serve the construction of socialism, resulting in a literary production marked by monotony and political propaganda.
By EMMANUEL TODD: What is emerging in the US and Europe is not a monolithic populism, but an archipelago of national revolts — each shaped by its own traumas and collective illusions. If the 20th century was the age of
By CLAUDIO KATZ: The expansion of the BRICS reveals its strength and its fragility: it attracts countries tired of Western domination, but dilutes cohesion amid divergent interests. While China and Russia push for de-dollarization, Brazil and India insist on
By ALICE ITANI: War is present in Russian culture. And it can be understood by reading the many periods of invasion, conflicts and wars experienced throughout history, whether for territory or for ambition over natural resources.
By JOÃO QUARTIM DE MORAES: While NATO fuels the escalation of war, history warns: the lessons of 1812 and 1941 echo as a warning to Europe submissive to the interests of the Pentagon
By EMMANUEL TODD: French historian reveals how he predicted “Russian comeback” in 2002 based on falling infant mortality (1993-1999) and knowledge of communal family structure that survived communism as a “stable cultural backdrop”
By ANDREW KORYBKO: The entry of Russian forces into Dnipropetrovsk marks an irreversible turning point in the Ukrainian conflict. Putin's circumvention strategy has turned the battle for Pokrovsk into a geopolitical trap that could precipitate the collapse of the lines
By RUBEN BAUER NAVEIRA: Putin declared the US a “state sponsor of terrorism,” and now two nuclear superpowers dance on the edge of the abyss while Trump still sees himself as a peacemaker
By Scott Knight: Ukraine's Operation Spiderweb has crossed the threshold of triggering a Russian nuclear response. How Russia and the United States respond could determine the fate of the world.
By ANDREW KORYBKO: Either Donald Trump is being maliciously misinformed about the conflict or he is manipulatively creating the pretext for US escalation
By ANDREW KORYBKO: Behind pipelines and railways, the 'Three Seas Initiative' militarizes Central Europe: a Russophobic alliance financed by Washington, with Poland as a key player in the new East-West confrontation
By WAGNER MICAH DAMASCEN: The victory over Nazism was achieved by the heroism of the Soviet people, not by Stalin – who, an initial ally of Hitler, facilitated the war and cost millions of lives
By RICARDO SEQUEIRA BECHELLI: The war in Ukraine shows that history, geopolitics and power disprove the thesis that conflicts are reduced to cultural and religious differences
By ALEX VERSHININ: Wear and tear, drones and despair. Ukraine loses the war of numbers and Russia prepares the geopolitical checkmate
By ANDREW KORYBKO: Russia can expect nothing in return if Vladimir Putin allows EU aircraft troops to be deployed and patrol Western Ukraine
By SAMUEL KILSZTAJN: Europe continues to struggle with the Russian ghost that defeated Napoleon and never embraced the French Revolution and Western democracy. Russia's political organization and institutions are a mystery and a challenge for
By CELSO FREDERICO: The First Congress of Soviet Writers echoed as a paradox: a song of artistic freedom under the shadow of socialist realism. Bukharin, with his advocacy of plurality, and Gorky, with his revolutionary romanticism, symbolized the tension between
By DMITRI TRENIN: This will be a long war, and the US, with or without Donald Trump, will remain Moscow's adversary. For the Russians, what is at stake in this fight is not Ukraine's status, but its very existence.
By CARLOS EDUARDO MARTINS: The Primakov Doctrine discarded the idea of superpowers and stated that the development and integration of the world economy made the international system a complex space that could only be managed in a multipolar way, implying the reconstruction
By CELSO FREDERICO: Under Stalin, Soviet literature underwent a metamorphosis, where artistic creation was directed to serve the construction of socialism, resulting in a literary production marked by monotony and political propaganda.
By EMMANUEL TODD: What is emerging in the US and Europe is not a monolithic populism, but an archipelago of national revolts — each shaped by its own traumas and collective illusions. If the 20th century was the age of
By CLAUDIO KATZ: The expansion of the BRICS reveals its strength and its fragility: it attracts countries tired of Western domination, but dilutes cohesion amid divergent interests. While China and Russia push for de-dollarization, Brazil and India insist on
By ALICE ITANI: War is present in Russian culture. And it can be understood by reading the many periods of invasion, conflicts and wars experienced throughout history, whether for territory or for ambition over natural resources.
By JOÃO QUARTIM DE MORAES: While NATO fuels the escalation of war, history warns: the lessons of 1812 and 1941 echo as a warning to Europe submissive to the interests of the Pentagon
By EMMANUEL TODD: French historian reveals how he predicted “Russian comeback” in 2002 based on falling infant mortality (1993-1999) and knowledge of communal family structure that survived communism as a “stable cultural backdrop”
By ANDREW KORYBKO: The entry of Russian forces into Dnipropetrovsk marks an irreversible turning point in the Ukrainian conflict. Putin's circumvention strategy has turned the battle for Pokrovsk into a geopolitical trap that could precipitate the collapse of the lines
By RUBEN BAUER NAVEIRA: Putin declared the US a “state sponsor of terrorism,” and now two nuclear superpowers dance on the edge of the abyss while Trump still sees himself as a peacemaker
By Scott Knight: Ukraine's Operation Spiderweb has crossed the threshold of triggering a Russian nuclear response. How Russia and the United States respond could determine the fate of the world.
By ANDREW KORYBKO: Either Donald Trump is being maliciously misinformed about the conflict or he is manipulatively creating the pretext for US escalation
By ANDREW KORYBKO: Behind pipelines and railways, the 'Three Seas Initiative' militarizes Central Europe: a Russophobic alliance financed by Washington, with Poland as a key player in the new East-West confrontation
By WAGNER MICAH DAMASCEN: The victory over Nazism was achieved by the heroism of the Soviet people, not by Stalin – who, an initial ally of Hitler, facilitated the war and cost millions of lives
By RICARDO SEQUEIRA BECHELLI: The war in Ukraine shows that history, geopolitics and power disprove the thesis that conflicts are reduced to cultural and religious differences
By ALEX VERSHININ: Wear and tear, drones and despair. Ukraine loses the war of numbers and Russia prepares the geopolitical checkmate
By ANDREW KORYBKO: Russia can expect nothing in return if Vladimir Putin allows EU aircraft troops to be deployed and patrol Western Ukraine
By SAMUEL KILSZTAJN: Europe continues to struggle with the Russian ghost that defeated Napoleon and never embraced the French Revolution and Western democracy. Russia's political organization and institutions are a mystery and a challenge for
