Sino-Russian Pivot and American Power
Mikhail Troitskiy exlpores the sources of mutual reassurance in Sino-Russian relations. In his view, the surprising lack of openly balancing behavior by Moscow and Beijing vis-a-vis each other is best…
New Policy Memo: A Great Wall for Russia? The Consequences of Introducing a Visa Regime for the CIS
Ranked second in the world in terms of net in-migration, Russia welcomes across its borders mainly residents of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), especially from Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan,…
A New Russian Conservatism: Domestic Roots and Repercussions for Europe
(Fundación CIDOB) Russia's reaction to the Maidan revolution in Ukraine and the subsequent critical deterioration of relations between Moscow and the West have reignited the otherwise diminished interest to the…
New Policy Memo: Ukrainian Nationalism, Soccer Clubs, and the Euromaidan
Across Europe, football (soccer) fans are known for their club loyalty and fierce spirit. No less so in Ukraine, where each urban center has a popular professional or amateur football…
From Role Model to Enemy: How America Became Russia’s Bogeyman
(Russia in Global Affairs) For Russians, the U.S. is an ideal composite image of an enemy and at the same time an object of desire. When Russia emerged from the…
Кому нужно ядерное оружие?
В начале второго десятилетия XXI века дискуссия о роли ядерного оружия в мировой безопасности получила новый импульс. Основной вопрос в этой дискуссии сегодня формулируется так: не устарело ли ядерное оружие…
Ukraine’s Impact on Russia
Domestically at least, Putin has profited handsomely from the recent turmoil in Ukraine. According to the Levada-Centre, a polling organisation, just before major protests erupted against former President Yanukovich in…
New Policy Memo: Identity, Nationalism, and the Limits of Liberalism in Russian Popular Politics
(Co-author: Graeme Robertson) Recent Russian election campaigns and post-election contestation have been characterized by a pervasive rhetoric of ethnonationalism, anti-migrant xenophobia, and other forms of chauvinism. This appears to mirror…
Putin’s Move: The Collapse of Ukraine’s Faustian Bargain
(The Walrus) As this magazine hits the stands, hundreds of Canadian monitors will be returning from Ukraine, after observing the May 25 presidential election. While we do not yet know…
PONARS Experts: Why Washington must try harder to understand the Kremlin
(The Guardian) All of the problems stem from a poorly chosen verb. In May 2012, Congress approved a budget for the fiscal year ending 30 September, 2013. Since 1983, the US…
New Policy Memo: Is Georgia’s Orthodox Church an Obstacle to European Values?
Since independence, many post-Soviet states have witnessed a rise in religious tension, particularly between the predominant Orthodox churches, other faiths, and the secular requirements of modern governance. In Georgia, the…
Obama Needs a Eurasia Strategy
(CSIS) Ukraine passed a major test Sunday with the election of a new President, Petro Poroshenko. While voting in the East was restricted by separatist violence, overall the turnout was still…