Robert McMahon

Vladimir Putin’s government continues to call Russia’s February 24 invasion of Ukraine a “special military operation” and has instituted harsh punishments for media outlets that do not hew to the state line. However, some foreign-based media have bypassed Russian censorship in various ways, providing Russian citizens vital access to facts about the war. Are Russian media able to report on the war in Ukraine? More From Our Experts It is nearly impossible.

Author: Marshall I. Goldman November/December 2004 Foreign Affairs Share Summary: The jailing of Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has revealed the fault lines running through the post-Soviet political economy. The reforms and privatization of the 1990s were so flawed and unfair as to make them unstable. A backlash was inevitable. Given Vladimir Putin's authoritarian tendencies, that backlash has proved equally flawed and unfair-and perhaps equally unstable. Marshall I. Goldman is Kathryn W.

President Joe Biden’s nomination of Linda Thomas-Greenfield, a veteran Black diplomat, as UN envoy at a cabinet-level rank marks the administration’s first major ambassadorial appointment. The administration has pledged to make institutions “reflect the American public they represent” at home and abroad, raising hopes among many foreign policy experts of more diverse representation at diplomatic posts worldwide.