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Petrov: Better for Russia to withdraw before costs increase, accident happen, risks become too high

(Japan Times/Reuters/Daily Sabah/NRT/Daily Mail) Vladimir Putin cited Russian military success in Syria as his reason for scaling back his forces there. But his belief that the intervention delivered him a…

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Charap: Putin’s objective was to force US and allies to the bargaining table on his terms; he achieved that

(U.S. News & World Report) WASHINGTON — In a surprise move that he said he hoped would bolster Syria peace talks, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he would start to…

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New Book: Priests of Prosperity: How Central Bankers Transformed the Postcommunist World

Priests of Prosperity explores the unsung revolutionary campaign to transform postcommunist central banks from command-economy cash cows into Western-style monetary guardians. Juliet Johnson conducted more than 160 interviews in seventeen countries…

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New Journal: Russian Politics | Article by Gel’man: “The Politics of Fear”

Russian Politics is an international, peer-reviewed journal examining the scholarship of intersections between on the one hand, Russian studies, and on the other hand Politics, Law, Economics and Russian history.…

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The Life and Legacy of Boris Nemtsov

(Demokratizatsiya/Event Video) During his life, Boris Nemtsov played a vital role leading reform efforts in Nizhny Novgorod. He rose to a prominent position in Yeltsin's government and was the favorite to replace the…

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Understanding Putin’s rising popularity in Russia

(UNC) The controversial public image of Vladimir Putin was the subject of Henry Hale’s Feb. 26 lecture “Why Do Russians Love Putin, Or Do They Really?” at the University of…

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Cooley: China’s Silk Road initiative is “conceptually incompatible” with Russia’s EEU

(The Diplomat) Announced in 2013 on a stage at Nazarbayev University in Astana, Kazakhstan by Chinese President Xi Jinping, the land-based portion of the “One Belt, One Road” initiative (the Silk Road…

Russia’s Syrian Campaign: Strategic Gambit or Regional Zugzwang?

March 8, 2016

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) The Russian military campaign in Syria has been a major military and political event with significant regional and global consequences. It is post-Soviet Russia’s first openly-conducted…

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Russia Is Giving up on Its Tragedies—and on Itself

(EDM) President Vladimir Putin’s approval rating is regularly accepted as a proxy measure for the level of Russia’s internal cohesion. And his support remains on a sky-high plateau, where it has…

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Gorenburg: The Russians are not in a position to project power globally, but have the capabilities to be a major player

(Maclean's) Little doubt remains now that U.S. foreign policy in Syria is failing spectacularly. It would have been less obvious even a few weeks ago. Back then, before Russia began…

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Petrov: Better for Russia to withdraw before costs increase, accident happen, risks become too high

Charap: Putin’s objective was to force US and allies to the bargaining table on his terms; he achieved that

New Book: Priests of Prosperity: How Central Bankers Transformed the Postcommunist World

New Journal: Russian Politics | Article by Gel’man: “The Politics of Fear”

The Life and Legacy of Boris Nemtsov

Understanding Putin’s rising popularity in Russia

Cooley: China’s Silk Road initiative is “conceptually incompatible” with Russia’s EEU

Russia’s Syrian Campaign: Strategic Gambit or Regional Zugzwang?

Russia Is Giving up on Its Tragedies—and on Itself

Gorenburg: The Russians are not in a position to project power globally, but have the capabilities to be a major player