Russia Grants Edward Snowden Residency Permit
(The Wall Street Journal) Has a Job, Receives Pay, as Required for the Permit. Former U.S. intelligence employee Edward Snowden is granted a Russian residency permit that may even lead towards…
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Kuchins: Credible intelligence where the missile came from; Putin will continue to bluster about Russia’s role
(Bloomberg) Almost a week after the downing of a Malaysian airliner in Ukraine, U.S. officials still can’t say they’re certain who did it and whether Russia was involved. Three American…
Act now, or face war in Ukraine
(CNN) The shooting down of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine may finally force Washington and Europe to wake up to the danger of the conflict there escalating into full-blown war…
Obama Needs a Eurasia Strategy
(CSIS) Ukraine passed a major test Sunday with the election of a new President, Petro Poroshenko. While voting in the East was restricted by separatist violence, overall the turnout was still…
U.S.-Russia Diplomacy in the Putin Era (VIDEO)
(Kralev Show; Huffington Post) Andrew Kuchins, CSIS, and Kurt Volker, former U.S. ambassador to NATO, join Nicholas Kralev to discuss the successes and failures of U.S. diplomacy with President Vladimir…
Kuchins: difficult to imagine that U.S.–Russia intelligence sharing will improve
(New Republic – "A Year After the Boston Bombing") We now know that the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, which occurred a year ago this week, might have been prevented if…
Does Obama Really Understand Putin?
(CNN) I recall being an undergraduate in Russian Studies at Amherst College when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in December 1979. I was flabbergasted when then-President Carter initially expressed surprise…
Is Putin Having a Brezhnev Moment?
(Politico) Is Vladimir Putin having his Brezhnev moment? President Obama’s critics have made the Russian leader’s invasion of Crimea out to be a stroke of geopolitical genius, a move that…
Kuchins: Referendum Serves Putin Credibility of Russia’s Presence in Crimea
(AP/Boston Globe) One by one, President Barack Obama’s warnings to Russia are being brushed aside by President Vladimir Putin, who appears to only be speeding up efforts to formally stake…
Security Threats at Winter Olympics
(C-SPAN; Video) Panelists talked about the security threats to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. The group, which included PONARS Eurasia member Andrew Kuchins, as well as Thomas de Waal,…