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Petrov: Russia’s [food destruction] spectacle is a way to make everyone feel directly involved

(CSM) MOSCOW — Larissa Tarkhanova well remembers the Soviet-era rituals of lining up, often for hours, to obtain basic foodstuffs in the "grocery stores" of those days. As a clerk in…

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New Policy Memo: Was the West’s Engagement with Abkhazia Doomed to Fail?

Over the last five years, Abkhazia has received more international attention than ever before in its over two decades of de facto statehood. In 2009 the West launched an engagement…

Was the West’s Engagement with Abkhazia Doomed to Fail?

Over the last five years, Abkhazia has received more international attention than ever before in its over two decades of de facto statehood. In 2009 the West launched an engagement…

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The Nuclear Factor in Global Politics: Myths and Reality

(RIAC) Commemorating the 70-year tragic anniversary of the A-bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it seems appropriate to once again ponder over the role of nuclear weapons in the world, as…

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Russia’s Reputation Sinks Precipitously in International Opinion Polls

(EDM) While breaking the norms of international behavior at its own discretion, Russia may fancy itself a champion of change in the world order; but in fact, it is increasingly…

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Why Has Putin Spared Ekho Moskvy?

(The Moscow Times) (Co-authored with S. Zhemukhov) Why hasn't President Vladimir Putin shut down Ekho Moskvy, often described as the "last bastion of free media in Russia?" And more importantly, will he do it? The riddle…

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Kurilla: Ban on some history books in Sverdlovsk is disappointing

(RBTH) The Kommersant business daily reports that the Education Ministry of the Sverdlovsk Region in the Urals [800 miles east of Moscow] has ordered history books published with the support of American…

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Baev: Kremlin sees nuclear weapons as ultimate proof that Russia is a great power

(The Japan Times) In the nervous aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing, people worldwide spent decades on alert for a nuclear war that would wipe out billions in a radioactive firestorm and…

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Putin’s Choices: Explaining Russian Foreign Policy and Intervention in Ukraine

(The Washington Quarterly) Russian President Vladimir Putin’s evolving policies toward Ukraine have continued to surprise almost everyone. It was clear from the start that he considered the February 2014 ouster…

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We Are Losing Hearts and Minds in the Former Soviet Empire

(Newsweek) (Co-author: J. Zavisca) The United States has a major public relations problem in former Soviet countries. Not only in Russia, but in Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and even Ukraine, ordinary people see…

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Petrov: Russia’s [food destruction] spectacle is a way to make everyone feel directly involved

New Policy Memo: Was the West’s Engagement with Abkhazia Doomed to Fail?

Was the West’s Engagement with Abkhazia Doomed to Fail?

The Nuclear Factor in Global Politics: Myths and Reality

Russia’s Reputation Sinks Precipitously in International Opinion Polls

Why Has Putin Spared Ekho Moskvy?

Kurilla: Ban on some history books in Sverdlovsk is disappointing

Baev: Kremlin sees nuclear weapons as ultimate proof that Russia is a great power

Putin’s Choices: Explaining Russian Foreign Policy and Intervention in Ukraine

We Are Losing Hearts and Minds in the Former Soviet Empire