My thoughts in KyivPost on what #Putin said about Syria during his December 19 press conference: kyivpost.com/opinion/44314

My thoughts on the dangers of making an agreement about Ukraine without Ukraine: kyivpost.com/opinion/47276

This is prfoundly sad news.

"Just because Kim helps Putin does not mean that Putin will help Kim to the same degree - no matter what the Russia-North Korea defence agreement says."

Diverging European and US Foreign Policy Interests Aren’t Just about Ukraine▶kyivpost.com/opinion/50648

Can Trump and Tehran come to terms? I address this question in a piece published by Gulf Int'l Forum: gulfif.org/can-trump-and-…

My latest Amwaj.media article analyzes #Russia’s perspective on the nuclear talks between the #UnitedStates and #Iran. This piece quotes three leading experts on #Moscow’s foreign policy in the #MiddleEast: Ghoncheh Tazmini, Mark N. Katz, and Samuel Ramani. amwaj.media/en/article/how…

📣 Upcoming Webinar Forging Peace in Ukraine: U.S. Strategy, Russian Calculus, and Türkiye’s Role As the war in Ukraine enters its fourth year, the push for peace is colliding with hard political realities. Can President Trump’s call for an immediate deal succeed when Russia

We once studied Soviet ideology & structures. Now we just watch the man. Victory Day 2025 made it official: Putin doesn’t run Russia—he is Russia Kremlinology is dead. Welcome to the cult of Putinology. With Kremlinologist Dr Mark N. Katz, for KyivPost kyivpost.com/analysis/52380

Pleased to have contributed a paper on "Russia, the Black Sea, and the Middle East" to the Transatlantic Leadership Network project on "Russian Intentions and Actions in the Black Sea": transatlantic.org/wp-content/upl…

Looking forward to this discussion on May 13:

My piece, "Russia: Not Weak, but Not So Strong Either," was just published in Int'l Affairs Forum (pp. 6-7): ia-forum.org/Files/IA%20For…

I had the pleasure of interviewing Professor Mark N. Katz on Ukraine war & Russia’s geopolitical ambitions. Link to full conversation: youtu.be/uEu-dnH5-Qw?si… For anyone with an interest in global geopolitics and Russia’s foreign policy.

In this article, I discuss how various theories of revolution as well as analogies with previous revolutions can provide suggestive, even if not definitive, answers about whether and to what extent the Trump phenomenon can be considered a revolution. e-ir.info/2025/06/08/can…

Russia is not coming to Iran’s rescue: atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atla…

11. Could this war benefit or harm Russia, and how is Moscow navigating both sides? Russia could potentially benefit from the Israel-Iran conflict, by US attention and support being redirected from Ukraine to Israel, and by the rise in oil prices which provide Moscow with

Interviewed by Deiniol Brown for the Durham University Forum on a Multipolar World: open.substack.com/pub/duforumona…

"As more Global South governments that cooperate with the West join BRICS, it will be harder for Russia to orchestrate an anti-Western consensus within an expanded BRICS." nationalinterest.org/feature/why-ru…

Risks and Rewards for Russia in the Israel-Iran Conflict gulfif.org/risks-and-rewa…

With Israel’s war against Iran, Middle East Policy announces The Israel-Iran War, featuring new and archival analyses by Thomas Juneau Emir Hadzikadunic Trita Parsi Shibley Telhami Mark N. Katz Annie Tracy Samuel and many others. tinyurl.com/Israel-Iran-Sp…