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The End of the Post-Soviet Order: How Putin’s War Has Hurt Russia in Central Asia and the Caucasus

(Foreign Affairs) The Kremlin has struggled to contain the fallout of its invasion of Ukraine. It did not imagine that its war would inspire sustained unity among Western countries, nor…

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Irrelevant Intrigues and Diminished Power Projection: Russia in Retreat from the Middle East

Ambitions rather than interests have shaped Russian policy in the Middle East in the last decade, and the overlapping crises in this turbulent region have indeed presented many useful opportunities…

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How the War in Ukraine is Reformatting the Post-Soviet Space

Every day, Russia’s neighbors observe its hostile actions in Ukraine with concern and uncertainty. The war and its consequences are producing a variety of outcomes, many we cannot predict or…

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What is the ideology of a mobilized Russia?

(Russia Post) Russia has entered a new phase of the war with the “partial” mobilization announced by Vladimir Putin on September 21, exactly seven months after his (first) speech launching the “special…

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The Most Consequential World Cup in History?

Sporting Mega Events rarely have a direct impact on current events and tend to be seen as reflective of international politics on other levels. Yet as the world prepares for…

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GW Launches Program for Displaced Ukrainian Scholars

(Hatchet) Officials launched a fellowship program for scholars displaced by the war in Ukraine through an institute on Eurasian studies in the Elliott School of International Affairs this fall. The…

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Alarming Alterations: How Memory Politics Turned the Russian Constitution into a War Weapon

When, in 2020, Russian President Vladimir Putin put forward major changes to the country’s constitution, the set of meanings established by the new provisions dealing with Russia’s past was largely…

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Russia’s Icebreakers, North Sea Route, and Invasion of Ukraine

Even before Soviet times, Russian icebreakers were considered one of the country’s main strengths in the Arctic. As Vice Admiral Stepan Makarov put it over a century ago in 1897,…

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Putin Is in Trouble

(NYTimes) In the wake of a stunning counteroffensive in which Ukrainian forces reclaimed thousands of square miles of territory, Russia is uneasy. The country’s political talk shows, usually so deferential, have given the…

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The Nuclear Weapons Factor on Interstate Politics in the Russia-Ukraine War

“No matter who tries to stand in our way, or all the more so, create threats for our country and our people, they must know that Russia will respond immediately,…

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Russia-Ukraine War

The End of the Post-Soviet Order: How Putin’s War Has Hurt Russia in Central Asia and the Caucasus

Irrelevant Intrigues and Diminished Power Projection: Russia in Retreat from the Middle East

How the War in Ukraine is Reformatting the Post-Soviet Space

What is the ideology of a mobilized Russia?

The Most Consequential World Cup in History?

GW Launches Program for Displaced Ukrainian Scholars

Alarming Alterations: How Memory Politics Turned the Russian Constitution into a War Weapon

Russia’s Icebreakers, North Sea Route, and Invasion of Ukraine

Putin Is in Trouble

The Nuclear Weapons Factor on Interstate Politics in the Russia-Ukraine War