Russia-Ukraine War

Resilience Strained: How Civil-Military Relations Are Shaping Russia’s War Effort

Image credit/license The shocks to Russian civil-military relations amid the Russia-Ukraine war started in the first days of the invasion in February-March 2022 and have kept rolling with the partial…

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Newly found Reductionism in Nuclear Deterrence Russian-Style

Image credit/license Since the start of its war against Ukraine, Russia has struggled to adjust its nuclear policy to the evolving patterns of conventional warfare. The general conceptual framework guiding…

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Prisoner Exchanges, Putin-Style: From Cold War-Era Spy Swaps to the Kidnapping and Criminality of Today

Image credit/license The East-West prisoner exchange that was carried out last week—with eight Russian citizens transferred from Western countries to Russia and sixteen individuals released from Russia to Germany and…

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(De)Centralization? Challenges to Local-Level Governance under Martial Law in Ukraine

Image credit/license Ukraine’s decentralization reform is considered one of the country’s most successful reforms since the Euromaidan and an essential factor in its resilience to Russian invasion. Instead of local…

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Russian Identity and War Support

Image credit/license Since Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, many observers have debated how to explain the seemingly widespread support for the war among Russians, which has remained…

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The War in Ukraine and Changing Perceptions of Russia in Azerbaijan

Image credit/license Azerbaijan-Russia diplomatic relations have gone through many ups and downs in the 32 years since the two countries became independent. In the early years, Baku was rather cold…

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Role of Language and Age in Ethnic Qazaqs’ Perceptions of the War in Ukraine

Image credit/license Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine set in motion unprecedented processes in societies with a history of Russian rule. In Qazaqstan, the brazenly imperial character of Russia’s aggression fueled…

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How Uzbek State and Society View Foreign Relations in the Context of the Russo-Ukrainian War

Image credit/license Russia’s war in Ukraine is reshaping how Uzbeks view Moscow. Tashkent’s political elites have repeatedly reminded Moscow of the value that Uzbekistan places on state sovereignty and have…

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Local Responses to Russian Migration in Georgia and Kazakhstan

Image credit/license Since both countries border Russia and have visa-free entry for Russian citizens, Georgia and Kazakhstan have received many of the Russians fleeing the impact of the full-scale invasion…

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Escaping Russia’s Death Grip: How Has Putin’s Aggression in Ukraine Affected Security in Armenia and Karabakh

Image credit/license This memo touches on the geopolitical complexities surrounding Azerbaijan’s conflict in Karabakh and Armenia between 2020 and 2023, positing that Russia under Putin’s leadership has initiated a proxy…

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