Insights

In the coming months, we can expect Biden to unveil his own brand of sanctions.

Chernobyl/Chornobyl is a place out of time. Or is it?

During a negotiation, one of your counterparts makes an untrue statement. How should you respond?

The mass monitoring of citizens is no longer just science fiction. It’s a reality in our own country today.

An opposition party is elected to lead the government of a party to a new agreement you've just negotiated, and they pledge to withdraw from it. How do you salvage the deal?

A complex negotiation between teams becomes a fight for human survival between a nuclear-armed AI and one man’s mouse.

We used to like to say that Bishkek was not the end of the world—but you could see it from there.

Take a virtual excursion through late imperial Russia. Buy gingerbread. Climb Elbrus. Take a koumiss cure.

Much diplomatic work gets done—and information gathered—in social settings, especially when some alcohol is involved.