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Two Guys Discussing Russia: Can TV in Russia Control Reality?

(Video Series) (Special Guest!) Russian politics is increasingly unpredictable. In order to help clarify the issues, Robert Orttung and Sufian Zhemukhov, on their new talk show “Two Guys Discussing Russia over Pastries,” invited Andrey Makarychev to address…

Two Guys Discussing Russia: Could there be a Maidan in Moscow?

(Video Series) (Special Guest!) Russian politics is increasingly unpredictable. In order to help clarify the issues, Robert Orttung and Sufian Zhemukhov, on their talk show “Two Guys Discussing Russia over Pastries,” invited Tomila Lankina to address…

Two Guys Discussing Russia: Is Agreeableness of the Population Key to the Current Regime’s Survival in Russia?

(Video Series) (Special Guest!) Russian politics is increasingly unpredictable. In order to help clarify the issues, Robert Orttung and Sufian Zhemukhov, on their new talk show “Two Guys Discussing Russia over Pastries,” invited Graeme Robertson to address…

Two Guys Discussing Russia: Will China stay above the fray between the West and Russia?

(Video Series) (Special Guest!) Russian politics is increasingly unpredictable. In order to help clarify the issues, Robert Orttung and Sufian Zhemukhov, on their new talk show “Two Guys Discussing Russia over Pastries,” invited Pavel Baev…

Two Guys Discussing Russia: Does Putin control siloviki or do they control him?

(Video series) (Special guest!) Russian politics is increasingly unpredictable. In order to help clarify the issues, Robert Orttung and Sufian Zhemukhov, on their talk show "Two Guys Discussing Russia over…

Greene: Looking at what Putin does, one can see that his aim is simply to stay in power

(CEPA) Is Vladimir Putin bad, sad or mad? Is he a sinister and effective tyrant, cleverly taking advantage of the West’s weakness? Is he balancing precariously at the head of a…

Scripts of Sovereignty: The Freezing of the Russia-Ukraine Crisis And Dilemmas Of Governance In Eurasia

(CGI Report) With a possible frozen conflict developing in eastern Ukraine, Russia has begun to consolidate neighboring breakaway territories into a distinct group of semi-sovereign entities that frustrate Western efforts…

Popescu: Despite rotten state institutions, Moldova has dropped strong anchors in the European space

(Interview) Nicu Popescu, expert at the European Institute for Security Studies in Paris, said that currently, the situation in the region is very fluid and difficult to predict. However, in…

(Non) “Russian World”, (Non) Soft Power: Putin’s Serpentine Policy in the South Caucasus

(By Andrey Makarychev, Tartu, and Alexandra Yatsyk, Kazan) – This article provides an overall introduction to this issue of the Caucasus Analytical Digest, describing the nature of Russia’s relationships with…

What drives ordinary citizens to corruption?

(Newswise) What drives ordinary citizens to corruption? Neither greed nor personal gain, necessarily, but desperation, concludes Kelly McMann, a political scientist at Case Western Reserve University and author of the…

Henry Hale explains the processes and politics of patronal systems

(Scholars' Circle radio) While many in the West decry the politics of the former Soviet Union countries as corrupt and anti-democratic, our guest Professor Henry Hale argues, that there are…

Two Guys Discussing Russia: Would cutting Russia off SWIFT crush its economy?

(Video series) (Special guest!) Russian politics is increasingly unpredictable. In order to help clarify the issues, Robert Orttung and Sufian Zhemukhov, on their talk show "Two Guys Discussing Russia over…

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