President Trump’s admiration for President Vladimir Putin of Russia has been endlessly dissected, but the American leader’s policy shifts since taking office again could have profound effects.

Historians like to play a parlor game called periodization, in which they attempt to define an era, often by identifying it with the individual who most shaped the times: the Age of Jackson, the Age of Reagan. Usually, this exercise requires many decades of hindsight, but not so in the 21st century.

From where President Vladimir Putin is sitting, it looks like Russia is now winning a yearslong struggle with the United States and the West.

Recent troubling actions by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth—under former President Trump’s guidance—to halt active cybersecurity measures against Russia have brought this chilling scenario into sharp focus.

A series of American pivots under Trump has sent an unmistakable message to the Russian president, according to several Russia and geopolitical experts.

President Trump has turned the history of the Western world upside down by luring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky into the Oval Office and using the occasion to put the United States

Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Alexander Darchiev, a veteran diplomat known in the past for public denunciations of the West, as ambassador to the United States on Thursday to lead a rapprochement that has stunned Ukraine and European countries.

The President of the United States, Donald Trump, wrote on Friday on his social media platform, Truth Social, that he is considering imposing "large-scale" restrictions on Russia until a ceasefire and peace are achieved.

China has made it pretty clear this week that US President Donald Trump can do whatever he wants with Russia, but he’s not breaking up the Xi Jinping-Vladimir Putin bromance. In a call on Monday, Xi told Putin their relationship isn’t changing,

Trump has suspended all military aid to Ukraine in an apparent attempt to bring the country to the negotiating table. But does Russia need to negotiate?

Andrii Kovalenko, head of Ukraine's Center for Countering Disinformation, noted that Russia's Vladimir Putin started the war against Ukraine with the hope of a quick victory. According to him, this led to a major geopolitical defeat for Russia.