The unfortunate fact, says Stephen Sestanovich, is that “the bad guys have a lot of advantages in Russian politics. Any good guy in a position to do so has to make sure, next time around, that the institutional framework that has helped the bad guys is changed.”

The new piece by Dipali Mukhopadhyay of the Saltzman Institute discusses the Taliban.

Faculty members recount their memories of alumna Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve as U.S. secretary of state.

Ian Bremmer looks at how the invasion of Ukraine is shifting the tectonic plates of economics and politics around the world.

“If Russian President Vladimir Putin gets away with his aggression in Ukraine – securing concessions without paying a heavy economic price – Japan will be motivated to take more radical action to ensure its own security,” Takatoshi Ito writes.

“Russia was always a very reliable supplier and adapted its commercial terms to the changing European market, ensuring the competitiveness of its gas,” Pierre Noël, global research scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy, comments.

Stephen Biddle said it’s difficult to decipher Moscow’s intent from Friday’s statement.

“I think what frustrates me the most is the world has moved oceans to support Ukraine and no one is thinking about the other marginalized communities in Ukraine that need support,” Maciré Aribot MIA ’23 says.