Here are a few highlights from the conversation we had with Karen Pierce in her office over — what else — a cup of tea.

The Russia-Ukraine crisis is one of the most consequential and unsettling crises of the 21st century, woven into a typical ...

The Nordic country has a network of underground shelters unmatched in the West and the largest number of reservists in the ...

It was March 1994, more than two years after the Soviet Union disintegrated, and the debates within the US Embassy in Moscow were heated. Diplomats in the economic section, backed by the Treasury ...