"Russia is Miscast in The Georgian Tragedy," OpEdNews.com, November 13, 2009.

"What the Tagliavini Report Fails to Consider," OpEdNews.com, October 4, 2009.

"Patriarch Kirill's Visit to Ukraine," a radio interview with Fr. Chris Metropulos on the Orthodox Christian Network, September 1, 2009.

Letter to the Editor of The Christian Science Monitor (unpublished) regarding "Western Media Bias," August 23, 2009

"War in South Ossetia, One Year on - Interview," RIA Novosti, August 11, 2009 (in Chinese).

"Mired in a Yawning Divide," Moscow Times, July 13, 2009.

"Inside Putin's Russia House," an hour long radio interview with Webster Brooks III of the Brooks Sunday Global Review, February 22, 2009.

"The Newly Elected Patriarch Kirill," a radio interview with Fr. Chris Metropulos on the Orthodox Christian Network, February 9, 2009 (download MP3 file).

"Recasting Ukraine's Identity?" OpenDemocracy.net, January 28, 2009.

"Dr. Strangelove in the Caucasus; Or, How Saak Goes his War Game On," speech at the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society at the University of Virginia, September 26, 2008 (poor audio first six minutes).

"Prisoners of the Caucasus Unite," The International Herald Tribune, August 20, 2008 (en español; em Português; ελληνικά).

"Mr. Levy and the Magic Media," OpEdNews.com, June 13, 2008.

"Should Moscow Root for Obama?" Russian Profile, March 21, 2008.

"Russian Elections--Affirming Democracy or Confirming Autocracy?" Russia Profile, March 7, 2008.

"The Medvedev Moment," OpenDemocracy.net, February 28, 2008 (in Italiano; in Chinese).

"Our Man in Moscow," Quadangles (the University of Rhode Island alumni magazine), February 2008.

"Letter From Russia," A&S Online (the University of VIrginia's college alumni monthly), February  2008.

"Why Russian Liberals Lose," The International Herald Tribune, December 4, 2007 and The Boston Globe, December 10 (in Italiano; em Português; На български; Magyar, ελληνικά). See also my comments on the Russian elections posted at National Interest Online and Russia Profile.

“An Orthodox Balm for Europe,” The Christian Science Monitor, October 11, 2007. A  radio interview with me on this topic aired on the Orthodox Christian Network on November 9, 2007.

After my return from the fourth annual Valdai Discussion Club meetings, The Discovery Institute of Seattle, Washington compiled several items about my trip from various news sources, under the heading "Russia at the Crossroads,"  September 21, 2007.

"Surkov's Vision for Russia," Russia Profile, June 29, 2007.

"Russia's New Cyberwarriors," OpEdNews.com, June 24, 2007.

"Putin's Proposal: A Deal Too Good to Pass Up," Russia Profile, June 15, 2007.

"Needed: Better Western Coverage of Russia," OpEdNews.com, June 2, 2007.

"Russian rights and Estonian wrongs," The Providence Journal, May 9, 2007. On this same topic, see also "Make a day for apologies in Estonia," The Providence Journal, May 27, 2007.

"Russia as friend, not foe," Asia Times Online, February 17, 2007. (in Italiano)

"The Media's Litvinenko Morality Play," The National Interest Online, December 8, 2006.

"Sticking it up Vladimir the Impaler," Asia Times Online, October 31, 2006. (en español)

"Russia is Part of the West. Honest," Asia Times Online, June 8, 2006.

"Avoiding a New Cold War," The Providence Journal, June 8, 2006.

A debate on OpenDemocracy.net, including my "Russia through the looking-glass" (February 11, 2006); "Inside the looking glass: a Reply by Mischa Gabowitsch" (February 17, 2006); and "Russian democracy: a reply to Mischa Gabowitsch" (February 24, 2006).

"A Market Transition Plan Gone Wrong," The Providence Journal, January 10, 2006.

"Russian NGO Legislation is a Step in the Right Direction," Russia Profile, December 9, 2005.

"Russia Turns the Corner in Chechnya," www.IntheNationalInterest.com (published by the National Interest magazine and the Nixon Center), Washington, D.C., December 8, 2005.

"Spinning Putin," Johnson's Russia List, April 27, 2005 (re:Putin's alleged remarks about the American press).

"Truly Orthodox," www.AmericanEnterprise.org (a reply to Zeyno Baran and Emmet Tuohy's "An Unorthodox Orthodoxy," National Review Online, April 15, 2005).

"Yukos Founder's Brilliant Defense," The Providence Journal, April 13, 2005.

"Impressions of Russian Television," Intelligent.Ru, April 3, 2005.

"The Orthodox are Coming!" New Europe Review, vol. 2, No. 1, 2005. 

Continuing our discussion in Current History ("Russia and the West: An Exchange," November 2004), on February 4, 2005 Michael McFaul and I discussed "Vladimir Putin and Russia's Course" at the Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, D.C.

"Outside View: Open Letter to NATO, EU," United Press International, October 14, 2004.

"What is at Stake in Chechnya," www.IntheNationalInterest.com, October 2, 2004. 

"Democracy and Media Double Standards," The Providence Journal, January 20, 2004.

"Bush's Misguided Crusade," www.IntheNationalInterest.com, Washington, D.C. vol. 2, issue 45, November 19, 2003.

"Russia's Doing Just Fine," The Providence Journal, October 30, 2003.