Eight experts share their perspectives on what to expect and hope for from the U.S.-Russia summit.

With the World Cup winding down, Putin has a far more difficult task ahead: selling the public on deeply unpopular retirement reforms.

No matter how fulsome the spirit of bonhomie in Helsinki might be, fundamental differences in U.S. and Russian interests and perspectives sharply limit the possibilities of finding common ground. Nevertheless, an emerging disconnect in Russian and Iranian interests in Syria might conceivably create an opening for a limited Russian-American understanding there.

Will U.S. and European officials start seeing eye to eye about NATO obligations, or will this summit mark the beginning of the end?

For Washington, European integration has always been a means to an end—but today there is little nuanced debate about what kind of Europe would benefit America most.

A recent ruling by the EU’s supreme court simultaneously undermines the single market, deprives its states access to investment flows, and threatens the bloc’s security. It also helps the Brits.

New revelations from Panama expose the inner workings of Russia’s kleptocracy—and the hollow underpinnings of Putin’s regime.

Absent a coordinated Western position toward Russia’s neighbors, Trump’s hand with Putin will be seriously weakened.

Donald Trump, the great scourge of multilateralism and the Liberal World Order, might actually provide the impetus for remedying the advanced case of dry rot afflicting Euroatlantic security arrangements.

The Masterpiece Cakeshop case and the ascent of theory over prudence in American political life.