Generation Putin

Biden and Putin both place a ‘high priority’ on cybersecurity, says presidential adviser after Geneva summit

June 16, 2021

Despite tensions in the summit lead-up, the two leaders were overly cordial in their remarks after the meeting. Rose Gottemoeller, lead US negotiator for the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), joined The World's host Marco Werman to offer insight.

Conflict & Justice

Russia's vote at UN could cut off humanitarian aid to northwest Syria

The World

June 15, 2021

Millions of people could be cut off from assistance if the Bab al-Hawa crossing, along the border between Turkey and Syria, closes. Basma Alloush, policy and advocacy adviser for the Norwegian Refugee Council, spoke with The World's Marco Werman about what's at stake.

Politics

How Joe Biden could increase pressure on Vladimir Putin if their June 16 meeting fails to deter Russia's 'harmful' behavior

The Conversation

June 11, 2021

When announcing financial penalties on Russia earlier this year, Biden hinted at the prospect of further sanctions. An energy scholar explains what Biden may have meant.

Top of The World

Contentious Keystone XL pipeline project canceled

The World

June 10, 2021

Canadian company TC Energy withdraws from Keystone XL crude oil pipeline project after President Biden canceled its permit earlier this year. And, the number of undocumented migrants reaching the US-Mexico border hits its highest level in more than 20 years. Also, Moscow court labels organization of President Putin’s political foe, Alexei Navalny, as an “extremist” group.

Top of The World

El Salvador becomes the first country in the world to make bitcoin legal tender

The World

June 09, 2021

El Salvador becomes first country to approve bitcoin as a legal currency. And, US President Joe Biden begins the first overseas trip of his term in the UK, hoping to repair relations with Europe. Also, Nicaragua's National Police continues arrests of potential challengers for the upcoming November presidential elections.

Global Politics

Belarus plane hijacking snarls Biden's hopes to repair strained US-Russia relationship

The Conversation

June 03, 2021

Some tension was inevitable during the June 16 US-Russia summit. But Vladimir Putin's defiant support for Belarus's rogue regime now pits him harder against the West.

Hong Kong politics

In Hong Kong, lighting a candle for Tiananmen victims is now a crime

The World

June 03, 2021

Wearing black, or being in or around Victoria Park on the anniversary, could also land someone a one-year sentence in jail.

Global Politics

'Fighting corruption in Russia is now being called extremism,' says Alexei Navalny's top strategist

The World

April 30, 2021

Leonid Volkov joins The World from Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital, to give an update on Alexei Navalny's health status and the future of their political opposition movement in Russia, after being designated as "extremists."

Education

What Russian college students learn about US elections, history and race relations

The World

November 02, 2020

A political science professor in St. Petersburg, Russia, tells The World what his students are discussing in class this week.

2020 US presidential election

Explainer: How Russia benefits from disrupting the US election, again

The World

October 16, 2020

Moscow meddled in the 2016 election, but hasn’t entirely done well with the Trump administration. Yet a Biden presidency could be much worse for the Kremlin.

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