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Practicing Soft Power in a Volatile Region
by Andrey Makarychev 05-25-2013
This looked like an idyll: Armenians and Azeris, Russians and Georgians, add Turks and Armenians, for four days of discussion of such flammable issue as “Religion, Democracy, and Nation in the Southern Caucasus." This group met in Tbilisi for a seminar convened by professors Ansgar Joedinke (University of Freiburg) and Evert van der Zweerde (University of Nijmegen). Both t...
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Georgia Decides to Participate in the 2014 Sochi Olympics
by Nona Shahnazarian 05-17-2013
Is this a realpolitik achievement or a defeat for civil society? On his visit to Yerevan in January, Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili expressed enthusiastic approval for his Armenian colleagues’ policies of balance and complimentarism over the last two decades toward a wide range of international actors, including the United States, Russia, Georgia, Iran, and th...
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Sochi's Olympic Security Obstacles
by Sergei Markedonov 05-17-2013
(The National Interest) Sochi borders Abkhazia, a de facto breakaway region of Georgia, which is itself a major strategic partner of the United States, the European Union and NATO. Abkhazia’s statehood and national independence have both been recognized by Russia, making the athletic events at Sochi into a major geopolitical issue. The Georgian authorities have many times...
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Afghanistan after 2014: The Way Forward for Russia
by Ekaterina Stepanova 05-14-2013
(Ifri report) It may appear that Russia is equally dissatisfied with both Western security’s presence in and its departure from Afghanistan planned for 2014, but whether the Western withdrawal is seen as more of a gain a loss depends on how Moscow itself assesses and balances its own security concerns in the region: instability, extremism and narcotics. At the same time th...
In the News | В новостях
What Surkov’s Ousting Signifies About Russia’s Course in Syria
by Pavel Baev 05-14-2013
(Eurasia Daily Monitor) Russia has captured much political attention in the West in the last few days because of its allegedly central role in the deadlocked civil war in Syria. Yet, in the domestic debates—boiling hot despite the holiday season—Syria is barely present, while the major point of contention is the sacking of Deputy Prime Minister Vladislav Surkov. No direct...
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Is There Willful Misinterpretation of FARA in Russia?
by PONARS Eurasia 05-13-2013
PONARS Eurasia members discuss the Russian Duma's “foreign agent” NGO law and references to the U.S. Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA; 1938). The FARA database can be searched here: http://www.fara.gov/quick-search.html U.S. embassy overview about FARA and U.S. laws on NGO foreign funding: http://egypt.usembassy.gov/ngos.html Comments by PONARS Eurasia mem...
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Russia’s Recent Caucasus Military Maneuvers: Tempest in a Teapot or Purposeful Trend?
by Sergey Minasyan 05-13-2013
There has been a certain uptick of information in the Russian and western media about recent Russian military activities in the North and South Caucasus. Russia’s air force, Black Sea fleet, 102nd Russian regiment (based in Armenia), as well as its 4th (in South Ossetia) and 7th (in Abkhazia) held several simultaneous maneuvers. There has also been news that Russia's South...
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Europe Day: Diversity Instead of Unity?
by Andrey Makarychev 05-09-2013
May 9 is Victory Day for Russia and Europe Day for the EU. These continental celebrations, however, form an indicative illustration of how far away from each other Moscow and Brussels are – not only symbolically, but politically as well. While Russia celebrates its past military strength, Europe valorizes peace and unity. Apparently, this distinction is crucial for underst...

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