Yes, the Russian leader is an authoritarian aggressor. But different decisions at key points by the U.S. might have made him less so.

The CIA’s abrupt turnabout on the issue of imaginary microwave ray guns left a lot of lawmakers without a favorite political prop.

Largely confined to the White House due to Covid, and kept away from the press by an overprotective staff, the president broke free for almost two hours on Wednesday.

That’s what some foreign policy pundits would have us believe, as Biden and Putin spar over Russia’s mounting threats to its neighbor.

Joe Biden can’t let the U.S. get sucked into a possible Russia-Ukraine conflict. What he can do is help all sides save face.

Evidence-free accounts of spooky weapons bedeviling American diplomats have lawmakers jumping at shadows—and talking of war.

The idea that Joe Biden squandered American credibility in the Afghan withdrawal is seductive, but it connects the wrong dots.

Biden is convening a Summit for Democracy among friendly nations in December. It will only make China and Russia more hostile.

A book about Vladimir Putin has prompted several lawsuits by his billionaire cronies, including Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich. It’s part of a worrying trend.

Biden’s upcoming meeting with the Russian president is the perfect opportunity to shrink Russia’s outsize significance in American politics.

The president’s domestic agenda is surprisingly ambitious and progressive. So why is he proposing conventional, outdated solutions to the world’s crises?

What happens when online investigators and detectives-for-hire take on intelligence work?

Has Russia been zapping American embassies with a secret weapon?

With Putinism under assault, the president can forge a new path by rejecting regime change and heavy-handed democracy promotion in favor of interconnected diplomacy.

Hackers, likely working for Russia, broke into federal agencies’ networks starting in the spring. The next breach could be even more damaging. Is it time for a truce?

Wolfgang Kaleck is using the justice system to do what nation-states will not or cannot.

Big Tech has had four years to prepare for an onslaught of election interference. It still isn’t ready.

How the president has used William Barr and other officials to turn the government into his personal fiefdom

The race for a cure has put a spotlight on corporate control over medical research. Under a Democratic administration, it doesn’t have to be that way.