2020 5 - PONARS Eurasia

Masked Diplomacy: Xi and Putin Seek Advantage and Cover from the Pandemic

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) In the United States, President Donald Trump claims to be a wartime president, while denying any responsibility as the country proved unprepared to confront its most serious…

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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…

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Post-Soviet State Responses to COVID-19: Making or Breaking Authoritarianism?

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Pandemics are not only a medical and social issue. They also are deeply political—even geopolitical—and feed strong-state efforts to regulate human bodies in a way some refer…

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Taming the Leviathan: How Russians Learn to Counter the State

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Among the distinctive features of Vladimir Putin’s 20 years in power, the resurgence of the state stands apart. Considered necessary after the turbulent transition from communism in…

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Why Would the Kremlin Root for Bernie Sanders? Mistrust of Mass Politics and the Outward Projection of Domestic Insecurities

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) The U.S. intelligence community seems to believe that Russia has intervened and continues to intervene in American elections on behalf of both President Donald Trump and…

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Putin’s End Game?

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Speaking to the lower house of parliament on March 10, Vladimir Putin seemingly affirmed what many have suspected all along: that he intends to stay in power…

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Decentralization Reloaded in Ukraine? Opportunities and Challenges for its Latest Local Government Reform Project

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) History is often said to repeat itself or at least to rhyme. Decentralization in Ukraine has been on and off the agenda of successive governments since the…

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Taking Russian Assertiveness Seriously: Letting the Data Speak

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Great power assertiveness is back, with Russia once again playing a leading role. This memo introduces some new data sources—in the form of uniquely rich automated event…

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The Role of the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow’s Syrian Campaign

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) The role of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) in Russian national identity, ideology, and politics has grown immensely during the last decades. The faith-strategy nexus in…

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Russia’s Response to Sanctions: Reciprocal, Asymmetrical, or Orthogonal?

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Western sanctions on Russia have failed demonstratively to secure Moscow’s formal compliance with stated objectives. Both sides seem worlds apart in their expectations and approaches; expert…

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2020

Masked Diplomacy: Xi and Putin Seek Advantage and Cover from the Pandemic

The 2020 Oil Crash: Is Russia Still An Energy Superpower?

Post-Soviet State Responses to COVID-19: Making or Breaking Authoritarianism?

Taming the Leviathan: How Russians Learn to Counter the State

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Putin’s End Game?

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Taking Russian Assertiveness Seriously: Letting the Data Speak

The Role of the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow’s Syrian Campaign

Russia’s Response to Sanctions: Reciprocal, Asymmetrical, or Orthogonal?