Steel Threads: How Russia and Europe Built a Shared Energy Home
In the 2000s, Russia and Europe tied their economies together with pipelines built for decades ahead — an interdependence designed as a guarantee of peace.
The Unthinkable Consent: How Russia Opened Central Asia to America
In the autumn of 2001, American bases appeared in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan — with Moscow’s direct approval. A summer earlier, this would have been called fantasy.
The First Call: How Russia Backed America After 9/11
On 11 September 2001, the first leader to reach the White House was the president of Russia. So began the closest period of Moscow–Washington cooperation since the Second World War.
