Are the Sanctions Working
Image credit/license With Western countries unwilling to commit their own troops, the war in Ukraine has become one of attrition. To that end, leading policymakers as well as many in…
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Peter Rutland
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Professor of Government
Affiliation
Wesleyan University
Expertise
Contemporary Russian Politics and Political Economy, Nationalism
How Putin has shrugged off unprecedented economic sanctions over Russia’s war in Ukraine – for now
The U.S. and four dozen other countries have imposed punishing sanctions on Russia in reaction to its invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022. The sanctions were unprecedented in their scope and severity for an economy…
Why the West is Losing the Global Information War Over Ukraine and How It Can Be Fixed
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a blatant violation of international law and strikes at the core principles of the UN. This has been widely accepted by political elites and the…
Breaking Ranks? Signs of Unease in Russian Military Circles
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) With Russian forces poised to invade Ukraine, there are signs of possible dissent amongst Russia’s upper echelons. Early February saw two publications by retired Russian military…
US-Russia Relations: The Year of Living Dangerously
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) The year 2021 drew to an end with alarming reports of a build-up of Russian ground forces on the borders of Ukraine and a flurry of…
Did the Internet Bring Down the Soviet Union?
(Transitions) Tim Berners Lee, on 6 August 1991, put up the first world wide website on a computer at the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Geneva. Two weeks later, Soviet hardliners…
Do Black Lives Matter in Russia?
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) This memorandum reviews Russian state media and civil society responses to the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. The varying reactions cast an interesting light on how…
The 2020 Oil Crash: Is Russia Still An Energy Superpower?
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) This month saw the dramatic outbreak of an oil price war launched by Saudi Arabia that caused the price of oil to plunge from $55 to $25…