Putin’s Non-Decisions Paralyze Crisis-Stricken Russia
(EDM) As April drew to a close, Russia surpassed China in the number of recorded COVID-19 infections; and by the end of the first week of May, it is set to…
Peyrouse: All medical data is doctored in Turkmenistan; they diagnose them with pneumonia
(BuzzFeed News) As countries around the world continued to encourage their people to stick to strict social distancing measures in an effort to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, Turkmenistan’s president…
Kazakhs are wary of neighbours bearing gifts
(OpenDemocracy) The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked a new front in great power competition — global health posturing. Whether it is assigning blame, providing medical aid, or modelling the most effective…
History Matters
(TOL) Amid the pandemic, Russia, China, and others find time to debate the timing of the beginning and end of World War II and other details of years long past. The…
Dubovyk: Saakashvili provokes either outright dismissal or endless praise
(Atlantic Council blog) Saakashvili is a larger than life character who provokes either outright dismissal or endless praise. In reality, he is not so straightforward. As president of Georgia, he…
“He then removed a column by economist Konstantin Sonin criticising Rosneft’s powerful chief executive Igor Sechin”
(FT) A row over censorship has plunged Russia’s top business newspaper into a crisis that could either see it fall under the Kremlin’s control or torpedo a deal to sell…
Russia’s Health Care System and the Covid-19 Pandemic
(RAD) This issue of the RAD focuses on Russia and the Covid-19 Pandemic. First, Judy Twigg analyzes the challenge the coronavirus pandemic poses to Russia. The author contends that Russia’s approach…
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An Emerging Strategic Partnership: Trends in Russia-China Military Cooperation
(RMR blog) One more policy brief from the series on Russian strategic culture and leadership decision-making, written for a collaborative project organized by the Marshall Center with support from the Russia…
Learning from Asia: How to Handle Coronavirus Economic Recessions
(PONARS Eurasia Commentary) It is clear by now that several East Asian responses to the coronavirus scourge have been extremely efficient, especially in China and South Korea. Now, countries elsewhere hit…
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Petrov: Putin’s lackluster response so far has “zeroed his political capital”
(TIME) March is usually an important month for Alexandra Gerasimova’s business, Fitmost, which offers subscription fitness classes across Russia. People want to shape up after the long winter, and revenue…