Russia

Jun 10, 2026

When sanctions become personal: Russia targets Bill Browder’s 17-year-old son

Dec 8, 2025

Europe must establish a new anti-corruption strategy to counter Russia

Nov 20, 2025

Ending Russia’s war against Ukraine needs only one point

Oct 22, 2025

Updates on Russia’s war in Ukraine

Video · Oct 3, 2025

Russia’s role in journalism in Africa

Sep 10, 2025

Belarus’ Lukashenka is no friend of ours

Aug 19, 2025

Why the U.S. should adopt a peace-through-strength strategy to end the war in Ukraine

Video · Aug 19, 2025

Bush Institute's David J. Kramer joins PBS News Hour to discuss war in Ukraine

Jun 6, 2025

As the North Korea-Russia alliance continues to strengthen, the U.S. must act

Jun 4, 2025

Never underestimate Ukraine

May 9, 2025

Russia continues to be a risky investment for businesses

Apr 22, 2025

Cutting State Department funding would hurt America and help our adversaries

Apr 21, 2025

Faith in the face of Russian repression: Ukrainian pastor Mykhailo Brytsyn

Mar 21, 2025

Ukraine’s conundrum: Some lessons from history

Mar 12, 2025

U.S.-Ukraine talks in Jeddah put onus for the war back on Russia – where it belongs

Mar 6, 2025

Defining dictators clearly advances American interests

Feb 25, 2025

Europe must seize Russian assets

Video · Feb 24, 2025

Two Minute Take: The third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine

Today marks three years since Russia's unprovoked and barbaric invasion of Ukraine. Executive Director of the George W. Bush Institute David J. Kramer discusses why the United States must continue to boldly stand with Ukraine

Dec 11, 2024

The fall of the Assad regime in Syria is a strategic loss for Russia

Nov 20, 2024

1,000 days of Russia’s war against Ukraine

Video · Oct 24, 2024

Two-Minute Take: North Korean troops in Russia reveal Putin's desperation

Executive Director of the George W. Bush Institute David J. Kramer discusses reports of North Korean troops being sent to fight in Russia's unprovoked war in Ukraine.

Sep 27, 2024

How to address the Russia-China challenge

Sep 18, 2024

Five things to know about global disinformation in 2024

Video · Aug 20, 2024

Two-Minute Take: Ukraine exposes Russian weakness in the Kursk region

Jul 18, 2024

Echoes of the MH17 tragedy 10 years ago still reverberate in Ukraine today

Jul 9, 2024

Congress must reprioritize the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act

Jun 18, 2024

The G7 Summit: Holding Russia accountable for its brutality in Ukraine

Mar 5, 2024

Academy Award nominee 20 Days in Mariupol dispels Russian propaganda

Feb 20, 2024

Ornate facades can't mask Putin's murderous system

A government that imprisons or kills its critics isn’t to be admired; it’s cowardly and stands opposed to American democratic values.

Feb 16, 2024

Putin's latest victim: Aleksei Navalny

Feb 13, 2024

Ukraine needs our help

Support for additional, much-needed U.S. assistance to Ukraine could mean the difference between Ukrainian victory and defeat in the war that Russia started.

Oct 3, 2023

Beijing and Moscow share responsibility for many of North Korea’s human rights violations

Video · Sep 22, 2023

‘Regime survival is the main goal of President Putin’: Igor Khrestin discusses Ukraine, Russia, and U.S. foreign policy at the Texas Tribune Festival

Video · Sep 13, 2023

Two-Minute Take: Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin meet in Russia

Jul 28, 2023

Russia-Africa Summit: Moscow’s expanding influence across the continent

This week, Russia is holding the second ever Russia-Africa Summit, playing host to 17 African leaders in St. Petersburg.

Jul 27, 2023

Americans can still tell the good guys from the bad guys

Jul 11, 2023

The U.S. can increase economic pressure on Moscow – here’s how

Report · Jul 7, 2023

The Russo-Ukrainian war: implications for Taiwan

The ongoing war in Ukraine is now easily the deadliest conflict on the European continent since the Second World War, and has shattered assumptions about the looming possibility of future great power conflicts, whether they might occur in Europe or in Asia.

Video · Jul 5, 2023

David J. Kramer joins the Atlantic Council for a conversation: After Prigozhin, what's next for Belarus?

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko claims to have played a vital role in stopping Yevginy Prigozhin's attempted coup in Russia.

Video · Jun 27, 2023

Two-Minute Take: How has Wagner’s attempted coup impacted morale in Russia?

Jun 26, 2023

In Russia, more questions than answers

Jun 16, 2023

Russia creates a humanitarian catastrophe as the Ukrainian counteroffensive begins

Jun 7, 2023

The Struggle for Freedom: The vlogger imprisoned for reporting on Russian repression after the 2014 annexation of Crimea

Video · May 3, 2023

The West must help Vladimir Kara-Murza achieve freedom

Vladimir Kara-Murza was recently sentenced to 25 years in a Russian penal colony for his criticism of Russia’s war in Ukraine. The Bush Institute continues to speak out against Kara-Murza's unjust detention and advocate for his freedom.

Apr 28, 2023

Xi calls Zelensky: What does it mean for the Russia-Ukraine War?

Apr 18, 2023

The Struggle for Freedom: Update on Vladimir Kara-Murza

Apr 10, 2023

Democracy organizations demand the release of Vladimir Kara-Murza one year into arbitrary arrest and detention

Video · Apr 4, 2023

David J. Kramer joins the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation for a discussion on Russian war crimes