USA and Russia Ready to Face Future
Fyodor A. Lukyanov, Christian Whiton, Mark Simon
As geopolitical tensions persist, the U.S. and Russia appear poised for a prolonged standoff—but could there be a path…

USA and Russia Ready to Face Future
Fyodor A. Lukyanov, Christian Whiton, Mark Simon
As geopolitical tensions persist, the U.S. and Russia appear poised for a prolonged standoff—but could there be a path…

Even invoking international law has become awkward. Institutions look increasingly irrelevant as political and economic processes unfold demonstrably outside them.
This reaction is understandable. The latest targets of actions that violate the UN Charter and other…

In the immediate aftermath of the Russian invasion on 24 February 2022, Ukraine and its allies turned to international adjudication with remarkable speed and intensity. This early legal mobilisation enabled Ukraine to seize the legal narrative surrounding the conflict, ‘using its smart-power…

The Special Military Operation, or more precisely – the next war imposed and waged by Europe (we have already begun pushing the US out of it), is entering its endgame. We hope that a ceasefire will come relatively soon. The problem of the hostility of the failing…

“What we are about to do here is a neighborly act. We are like a group of householders, living in the same locality, who decide to express their community of interests by entering into a formal association for their mutual self-protection.”
That was US President…

Federal and state governments have outlawed “revenge porn,” the nonconsensual online sharing of sexual images of individuals, often by former partners. Last year, South Carolina became the 50th state to enact such a law.
The recent rise of easy-to-use generative AI tools, however, has…

We can observe a trend toward adaptation, as leading powers adjust their approaches to the reality of North Korea’s de facto nuclear status. This shift also extends to the Trump administration.
In Russian diplomacy, the term “Korean Peninsula Nuclear Problem”…

US President Donald Trump has reportedly delivered an ultimatum to a group of European countries: accept the sale of Greenland to the United States, or face additional trade tariffs.
This is not the first ultimatum Trump has issued. In recent years there have been…

We are currently living in a world of immense risks. Never since the Second World War, the global geopolitical and military situation has been so dangerous.
The main source of instability, threats and aggression is well known. Yet it would be a mistake to attribute…

For citation, please use:
Bezrukov, A.O., 2026. A Great Redivision? Russia in Global Affairs, 24(2), pp. 10–21. DOI: 10.31278/1810-6374-2026-24-2-10-21
The fall of 2025 saw renewed discussion of an alleged impasse on the Ukrainian front, necessitating a…