Russiagate Zealotry Continues to Endanger American National Security, by...
Now in its third year, Russiagate is the worst, most corrosive, and most fraudulent political scandal in modern American history. It rests on two related core allegations: that Russian President...
View ArticleHow Did Russiagate Begin?, by Stephen F. Cohen
It cannot be emphasized too often: Russiagate—allegations that the American president has been compromised by the Kremlin, which may even have helped to put him in the White House—is the worst and...
View ArticleWashington’s Dr. Strangeloves, by Stephen F. Cohen
Occasionally, a revelatory, and profoundly alarming, article passes almost unnoticed, even when published on the front page of The New York Times. Such was the case with
View ArticleWill US Elites Give Détente with Russia a Chance?, by Stephen F. Cohen
Despite determined attempts in Washington to sabotage such a “summit,” as
View ArticleWho’s Afraid of William Barr?, by Stephen F. Cohen
William Barr, a two-time attorney general who served at the CIA in the 1970s, would seem to be an ultimate Washington insider. According to
View ArticlePeace in Ukraine?, by Stephen F. Cohen
Ukraine, as I have often emphasized, is the epicenter of the new US-Russian Cold War, and its location directly on Russia’s border makes it much more dangerous than was Berlin during the preceding...
View ArticleRussia's Nuclear-Powered Fear of First Strike and Political Protest in...
Professor Stephen F. Cohen, a Nation contributing editor and professor emeritus of Russian studies at NYU and Princeton, discusses with the host of The John Batchelor Show the recent nuclear accident...
View ArticleWhat We Still Do Not Know About Russiagate, by Stephen F. Cohen
It must again be emphasized: It is hard, if not impossible, to think of a more toxic allegation in American presidential history than the one leveled against candidate, and then president, Donald Trump...
View ArticleUnasked Questions About US-Ukrainian Relations, by Stephen F. Cohen
The transcript of President Trump’s July 25 telephone conversation with Ukraine’s recently elected president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has ignited the usual anti-Trump bashing in American political-media...
View ArticleRussia, Ukraine, and Donald Trump, by Stephen F. Cohen
Cohen observes in his latest conversation with John Batchelor that the so-called Impeachment inquiry, whether formal or informal, will make the new Cold War even worse and more dangerous than it...
View ArticleInconvenient Truths, by Stephen F. Cohen
Almost daily for three years, Democrats and their media have told us very bad things about Donald Trump’s life, character, and presidency. Some of them are true. But in the process, we have also...
View ArticleWhy Are We in Ukraine?, by Stephen F. Cohen
For centuries and still today, Russia and large parts of Ukraine have had much in common—a long territorial border; a shared history; ethnic, linguistic, and other cultural affinities; intimate...
View ArticleWho Is Making US Foreign Policy?, by Stephen F. Cohen
President Trump campaigned and was elected on an anti-neocon platform: he promised to reduce direct US involvement in areas where, he believed, America had no vital strategic interest, including in...
View ArticleHow Impeachment Is Escalating the New US-Russian Cold War, by Stephen F. Cohen
Podcast of John Batchelor Show
View Article‘Nobody Ever Gets Points for Saying Anything Good About Russia’: Stephen...
US Congress heavyweights like Adam Schiff deeply misunderstand Russia but keep on bashing Moscow because it has become “politically advantageous” in Washington, Russia researcher Stephen Cohen said....
View ArticlePutin in Israel, by Stephen F. Cohen
As with its 40-year predecessor, the new US-Russian Cold War has characteristic features, including sharply conflicting historical memories. Some of them are absurdly inaccurate and politically...
View ArticleThe Kremlin Plans to Modernize Russia, Again, by Stephen F. Cohen
The US media’s three-year obsession with the mostly fictitious allegations of “Russiagate” has all but obscured, even deleted, important, potentially historic, developments inside that nation itself,...
View ArticleHow the Coronavirus Is Testing Putin’s Leadership—and the System He Created,...
Russia is on the front line of the coronavirus crisis in that it shares a very long territorial border with China/Asia. Nonetheless, many of its official reactions are similar to those in the United...
View ArticleEven a Vacuous Mueller Report Won’t End ‘Russiagate’, by Stephen F. Cohen
Russiagate allegations that the Kremlin has a subversive hold over President Trump, and even put him in the White House, have poisoned American political life for almost three years. Among other...
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