Is This the ‘Worst Moment in American-Russian Relations’ Since the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Staff / Truthdig Apr 15, 2017 Stephen Cohen (pictured, left), professor emeritus of Russian studies and politics and contributing editor at The Nation, analyzes the relationship between the U.S. and Russia. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

On the Poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko

By Katrina vanden Heuvel Apr 7, 2017 The “poetician, not politician” always seemed conscious of the Russian adage that a great writer is more than a writer—he is a second government (Yevtushenko is pictured here with Katrina vanden Heuvel) The “poetician, not politician” always seemed conscious of the Russian adage that a great writer is more than a writer—he is a second government). Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The Sovietization of the American Political-Media Establishment? (Audio)

By Stephen F. Cohen / The Nation Apr 4, 2017 The hunt for Donald Trump’s “Kremlin connections” indulges in practices reminiscent of the Soviet Kremlin and its media. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Russia Expert Stephen Cohen: New York Times Stokes a New McCarthyism Against Critics of U.S. Policy

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 15, 2016 “We have a new accepted practice of labeling anyone who dissents from American policy toward Russia as a Kremlin apologist,” Cohen says. “And I know very serious people who have become afraid to speak out now.” Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Armchair War-Gaming Isn’t Helping Syrians

By Stanley Heller Oct 28, 2015 Leading lights of the left say we should be prodding great powers to force compromise on Syria. This is not our job. Our duty is solidarity with the oppressed and the tortured. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

The West Is Responsible for Unraveling Ukraine

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 1, 2014 Nation magazine editor Katrina vanden Heuvel writes in The Washington Post that the U.S. government and mainstream media have arrogantly and self-servingly portrayed the calamity Western powers wrought in Ukraine as a false "morality tale" about democracy-loving protesters and alleged Russian aggression. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘We Are Not Beginning a New Cold War, We Are Well Into It’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 17, 2014 Negotiations over the Ukraine crisis are beginning in Geneva. Pro-Russian protesters are killed, President Vladimir Putin accuses authorities in Kiev of plunging the country into an "abyss," and NATO outlines plans to reinforce itself in Eastern Europe. Russian scholar Stephen Cohen tells "Democracy Now!" that " 'hot war' is imaginable now" and "something has to be done about it." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Unidentified Leaker of State Department Call

BLANK Feb 23, 2014 Someone -- maybe the Russians -- leaked an audio recording of a high-ranking State Department official and the American ambassador in Kiev seeming to plot a coup d'etat against the elected government of Ukraine. Someone—maybe the Russians—leaked a recording of a high-ranking State Department official and the American ambassador in Kiev seeming to plot a coup against the elected government of Ukraine. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )