Irina Busygina

Federal and Regional Dynamics of the Kremlin’s New Cadre Strategy to Adapt to War

Image credit/license Despite the unprecedented Western sanctions imposed over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the Russian economic and political system has so far demonstrated remarkable resilience, effectively coping with…

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The Impact of the War in Ukraine on the Eurasian Economic Union

Image credit/license The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) represented the culmination of Russia’s pursuit of regional integration with its post-Soviet neighbors. Although Russia had been negotiating with the leaders of post-Soviet…

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After the Collapse: How to Prevent a Return to Another Variant of “Putinism”

Image credit/license Currently, nothing suggests that the Putin regime is at imminent risk of collapse. Nonetheless, it is crucial to analyze the potential political paths for Russia after Putin, as…

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Center-Regional Relations in Russia during the War: Are There Signs of Model Erosion?

Image license/credit As of fall 2023, a military stalemate had emerged between Russia and Ukraine, with no clear path to a lasting compromise acceptable to both sides failing a change…

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Russia’s Regional Governors: Backing the War, Upholding the Status Quo

(PONARS Eurasia Commentary) Experts have been actively discussing the Russian domestic factors that could influence the course of the war. Considering the country’s territorial size and diversity, the stability of…

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The Desire to Possess: Russia’s War for Territory

(PONARS Eurasia Commentary) We know (or think we know) what rationales lie behind Russian lies and propaganda about the “fight against Nazism in Ukraine” or the “existential threat to Russia…

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Prevailing Soviet Legacies

(PONARS Eurasia Commentary) The “curse” of the Soviet legacy continues to permeate post-Soviet nations in many ways. For instance, the Russian leadership actively draws on the Soviet past to justify…

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Ready to Protest? Calculating Protest Potential in Russian Regional Capitals

In recent years, massive urban protests have taken place in the post-Soviet space. Some demonstrations have contributed to political change, like in Ukraine, while elsewhere, they made no difference or…

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Russia and Its Two “Shared Neighborhoods”

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) The term “shared neighborhood” is applied when a nation or a group of nations is geographically located between disproportionally larger states, relations with which are critically…

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Nested Games? The Inconsistencies of Russian Foreign Policy in Eurasia

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Scholars of international relations and Russian politics actively debate whether some “grand strategy” underpins Russian foreign policy choices in the Putin era. For instance, prominent American military historian…

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Russian Federalism: Informal Elite Games Against Formal Democratic Institutions

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) In Russia, formal constitutional principles of federalism cannot be abolished without putting the country’s political stability at significant risk. Even the Soviet leadership could not afford to…

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Russia in the Eurasian Economic Union: Lack of Trust in Russia Limits the Possible

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), which currently includes Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia, is the first relatively successful attempt to establish strong multilateral institutions for…

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