Nikolas Gvosdev is a professor of national security studies at the U.S. Naval War College who focuses in part on Russia and U.S. foreign policy. In a recent interview with Vazha Tavberidze of RFE/RL's ...

The stage is set for controversial talks that could reshape the endgame of Russia’s war—and the balance of power far beyond Ukraine’s borders. On February 18, 2025, U.S. and Russian officials convened ...

Nikolas Gvosdev faults U.S. policymakers for refusing to rule out policy options that will never be used: This tendency is also visible in U.S. policy toward the Ukraine crisis. No American politician ...

In the December 4, 2002 issue of In the National Interest, Nikolas Gvosdev observed, “In an effort to avert a crisis over Cypriot accession to the European Union, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has ...

President Bush says the spread of democracy is a major foreign policy objective. Now comes Hamas. Debbie Elliott speaks with Reuel Marc Gerecht of the American Enterprise Institute and Nikolas Gvosdev ...

To learn more about what to expect next from pirates, Renee Montagne talks with Nikolas Gvosdev. He teaches national security studies at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. And now we ...