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Why Has Putin Spared Ekho Moskvy?

(The Moscow Times) (Co-authored with S. Zhemukhov) Why hasn't President Vladimir Putin shut down Ekho Moskvy, often described as the "last bastion of free media in Russia?" And more importantly, will he do it? The riddle…

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Putin’s Choices: Explaining Russian Foreign Policy and Intervention in Ukraine

(The Washington Quarterly) Russian President Vladimir Putin’s evolving policies toward Ukraine have continued to surprise almost everyone. It was clear from the start that he considered the February 2014 ouster…

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New Policy Memo: Post-Succession Scenarios in Central Asia

The first generation of Central Asian presidents will not be around forever. It is only a matter of time before the region experiences several successions stemming, most likely, from the…

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We Are Losing Hearts and Minds in the Former Soviet Empire

(Newsweek) (Co-author: J. Zavisca) The United States has a major public relations problem in former Soviet countries. Not only in Russia, but in Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and even Ukraine, ordinary people see…

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New Memo: New Silk Route or Classic Developmental Cul-de-Sac? The Prospects/Challenges of China’s OBOR

In September 2013, at a speech at Nazarbayev University in Astana, Chinese Premier Xi Jinping announced plans to promote a “Silk Road Economic Belt” across neighboring Eurasian states. Over the…

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New Memo: The Sochi Syndrome Afoot in Central Asia: Spectacle and Speculative Building in Baku, Astana, and Ashgabat

(Co-authored with Anar Valiyev) “Urban boosterism” is defined as the active promotion of a city, and it typically involves large-scale urban development schemes, including constructing iconic new buildings, revamping local…

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New Policy Memo: Lessons (Half) Learned: Comparing the 1998 and 2014 Ruble Crises

In December 2014, Russia experienced the most significant drop in the ruble’s value since the financial crisis of August 1998—an event that proved devastating to then-president Boris Yeltsin’s government and…

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New Policy Memo: From “Hybrid War” to “Hybrid Peace”: One More “Frozen Conflict?”

(Co-author: Petro Burkovsky) Since the Minsk II negotiations of February 2015, Ukraine and the Euro-Atlantic community have leaned toward freezing the conflict in the Donbas as a possible “exit strategy” and…

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The Air Tragedy That Condemned Putin’s Russia

(EDM) It was a year ago last Friday (July 17) that the Boeing 777 Malaysian Airlines Flight 17, flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was shot down by a missile…

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New Policy Memo: Why Central Asia is More Stable than Eastern Europe: The Domestic Impact of Geopolitics

In the early 1990s, scholars, journalists, and political observers predicted that the new Central Asian states would descend into chaos and break apart. More than 20 years later, Central Asia’s…

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New Policy Memo: Reassembling Lands or Reconnecting People? Geopolitics and Biopower in Russia’s Neighborhood Policy

Post-Soviet states tend to view Russian policies toward them through a geopolitical lens, interpreting the approaches as that of a regional power competing for the control of nearby lands. This,…

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Armata – Russia’s Future Main Battle Tank

This is an Oxford Analytica brief that was originally published on April 14, 2015. I've restored a few cuts made for space reasons. SIGNIFICANCE: Russia's military is currently undergoing a 700…

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Commentary | Комментарии

Why Has Putin Spared Ekho Moskvy?

Putin’s Choices: Explaining Russian Foreign Policy and Intervention in Ukraine

New Policy Memo: Post-Succession Scenarios in Central Asia

We Are Losing Hearts and Minds in the Former Soviet Empire

New Memo: New Silk Route or Classic Developmental Cul-de-Sac? The Prospects/Challenges of China’s OBOR

New Memo: The Sochi Syndrome Afoot in Central Asia: Spectacle and Speculative Building in Baku, Astana, and Ashgabat

New Policy Memo: Lessons (Half) Learned: Comparing the 1998 and 2014 Ruble Crises

New Policy Memo: From “Hybrid War” to “Hybrid Peace”: One More “Frozen Conflict?”

The Air Tragedy That Condemned Putin’s Russia

New Policy Memo: Why Central Asia is More Stable than Eastern Europe: The Domestic Impact of Geopolitics

New Policy Memo: Reassembling Lands or Reconnecting People? Geopolitics and Biopower in Russia’s Neighborhood Policy

Armata – Russia’s Future Main Battle Tank