Russia Ponders the Burden of Its ‘Victory’ in Syria
(EDM) The memorandum of understanding on Syria signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in Sochi, on October 22, was seen as a triumph in Moscow…
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The White Whale Chooses Freedom: Hard Choices in Opposing Russian Dominance in the Arctic
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Russia’s claims to “Great Power” status may be overblown and even preposterous, but the country is, without a doubt, a great Arctic power. It has more…
Russian Top Brass Gain Greater Political Weight
(EDM) The Grom 2019 exercise of Russian strategic forces last week (October 15–17) received limited media attention, which was overwhelmed by the escalation of the Syrian calamity (see EDM, October 17) and…
Putin’s Indifference to the Turkish Offensive in Syria
(EDM) The massive and indiscriminate air strikes and the limited land offensive into Kurdish-controlled northern Syria launched by Turkey last Wednesday (October 9) have attracted prime international attention and caused much…
Baev: The Russian Far East is in the throes of a great depression
(EDM) Moscow’s vaunted “pivot to the East” did not begin when Vladimir Putin returned to the presidency in 2012. Instead, it dates back to late 2006, when he ordered the development…
A Migrant in the Common European House: Pavel Baev Interviewed
(PRIO) In the late 1980s, when I took part in drafting speeches for Mikhail Gorbachev underpinning his concept of an All-European House, one part of my work was to strive towards…
No Fanfare for Russia’s Reduced-Scale Strategic Exercises
(EDM) Russia’s annual major autumnal exercises are usually accompanied by a loud propaganda campaign advertising the country’s military might; this year, however, official reporting on the Tsentr 2019 war games was…
Summer of Discontent Unsettles Putin’s Rule
(EDM) Last Wednesday’s (July 31) phone call from United States President Donald Trump probably offered little respite to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Since the start of this year’s unusually cold summer,…
Russia Ushers in a Post-Pseudo-Arms-Control World
(EDM) The United States and Russia have entered the final fortnight before time runs out on their pro formacommitment to the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty (1988)—one of the major achievements of…
Russian-Turkish Missile Deal Enacted by Weakening Autocrats
(EDM) Since July 12, Russian transport planes have been landing at the Murted Air Base near Ankara, delivering elements of the S-400 surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, which Turkey purchased despite strong…