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Why Ukraine’s Yanukovych Fell… Though Many Predicted He Wouldn’t

This weekend marked the remarkable downfall of Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovych at the hands of protesters in Kiev. It was an outcome that almost no one predicted when demonstrations began…

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Russia Ready to Give the Falling Ukraine a Push—and Might Follow Suit

The long telephone conversation between United States President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin in the earliest hours of last Saturday was remarkable in its surrealistic detachment from the…

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Resolving the Ukraine Crisis

February 21, 2014

“As church bells ring tonight amidst the smoke in the streets of Kyiv, the United States stands with the people of Ukraine.” U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry made this…

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Who are the Protesters in Ukraine?

(Co-authored with Lucan Way) For over two months, anti-government protesters have camped out in the center of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. Coverage in the media has presented vastly different…

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How to Understand Russia’s Arctic Strategy

During most of the late 20th century, the Arctic region was primarily a zone of military interests, used by both NATO and Soviet strategic forces as bases for their nuclear…

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A Crisis of U.S.-Russian Arms Control?

(Carnegie Moscow Center) In the run-up to the Munich Security Conference, new details of the dispute between Moscow and Washington about Russia's new missile allegedly breaching the Intermediate Nuclear Forces…

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Localized Revolution and the Fragmentation of Ukraine’s State

The escalation of violence during the first week of continuous clashes between protesters and riot police in the Ukrainian capital has triggered the mobilization of protest activity at the local level.…

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Russian Military Preparations for Central Asian Instability

The most recent issue of the Moscow Defense Brief has an interesting article by Maksim Shepovalenko on "Russian Preparations for Reduced Foreign Military Presence in Afghanstan." It starts with the…

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Kyrgyzstan – New Mayors Elected in Bishkek and Osh

This is a brief note on the mayoral elections in Bishkek and Osh. Both cities now have new mayors. Replaced were Bishkek’s hugely unpopular Isa Omurkukov and Osh’s enormously problematic…

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Три российских мифа об Иране

Гарантией безопасности могла бы стать формула «ненападение на Иран в обмен на его ненападение на Израиль либо же союзников США в Персидском заливе». В то же время данный вид гарантий…

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The Release of Mikhail Khodorvovsky: Insights from Three German Experts

Here are three comments on the key political surprise of this fall: the release from jail of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his move to Germany. Efforts behind the scenes have continued…

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Russia Admits Manufacturing Weaknesses

The Russian government promulgated an interesting decree recently. It prohibits the import of foreign goods or work by foreigners for the Russian defense and security sectors, except in cases where…

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Commentary | Комментарии

Why Ukraine’s Yanukovych Fell… Though Many Predicted He Wouldn’t

Russia Ready to Give the Falling Ukraine a Push—and Might Follow Suit

Resolving the Ukraine Crisis

Who are the Protesters in Ukraine?

How to Understand Russia’s Arctic Strategy

A Crisis of U.S.-Russian Arms Control?

Localized Revolution and the Fragmentation of Ukraine’s State

Russian Military Preparations for Central Asian Instability

Kyrgyzstan – New Mayors Elected in Bishkek and Osh

Три российских мифа об Иране

The Release of Mikhail Khodorvovsky: Insights from Three German Experts

Russia Admits Manufacturing Weaknesses