New Policy Memo: Novorossiya: A Launching Pad for Russian Nationalists
The Ukraine crisis is a game changer for Russia’s domestic landscape. One of the most eloquent engines of this is the spread of the concept of “Novorossiya,” or New Russia.…
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Nationalism Just a Tool in Putin’s Cynical Hands (Op-ed)
(The Moscow Times) In August, radio station Ekho Moskvy organized a sociological survey asking Russians who they would vote for at the next presidential elections of 2018. Only two names…
Novorossiya: A Launching Pad for Russian Nationalists
The Ukraine crisis is a game changer for Russia’s domestic landscape. One of the most eloquent engines of this is the spread of the concept of “Novorossiya,” or New Russia.…
Beyond Anti-Westernism: The Kremlin’s Narrative about Russia’s European Identity and Mission
Especially since 2011-12, there has been an observable shift in Russia’s ideological atmosphere. This has included the repeated crafting of new ideological repertoires— sets of arguments that serve as content…
Beyond Anti-Westernism: The Kremlin’s Narrative about Russia’s European Identity and Mission
Especially since 2011-12, there has been an observable shift in Russia’s ideological atmosphere. This has included the repeated crafting of new ideological repertoires— sets of arguments that serve as content…
Laruelle: Arctic is one of the last places for US-Russia cooperation
(RIA Novosti), WASHINGTON – Tense relations between Russia and the US and NATO could potentially be cooled through Arctic cooperation, according to the program director at the George Washington Institute…
Why Ukraine’s Crisis Keeps Central Asian Leaders Up at Night
(By Marlene Laruelle and Sean Roberts) The ongoing crisis in Ukraine highlights just how contested and potentially unstable our geopolitical landscape is becoming, but how one interprets the crisis depends…
Policy Memo: Revisiting Islamism: A Factor for Democratization in Central Asia?
This memo hopes to revisit the old Islamism/democratization paradigm in Central Asia and to provide some new avenues for debate. It sets out from three hypotheses: Generational changes underway in…
Revisiting Islamism: A Factor for Democratization in Central Asia?
This memo hopes to revisit the old Islamism/democratization paradigm in Central Asia and to provide some new avenues for debate. It sets out from three hypotheses: Generational changes underway in…
Will Afghanistan Take Central Asia Down with It?
(The National Interest) (Co-author: Scott Radnitz) While U.S. foreign-policy makers are currently preoccupied with the Middle East—chaos in Egypt, raging civil war in Syria and ongoing violence in Libya—military strategists…