Haran: Putin afraid of democracy in Ukraine
(news.com.au) It’s been 18 months since Russian President Putin launched an attack onEastern Ukraine, using the idea of “separatist forces” as cover for a Russian invasion. Seeing the war and…
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New Policy Memo: Reassembling Lands or Reconnecting People? Geopolitics and Biopower in Russia’s Neighborhood Policy
Post-Soviet states tend to view Russian policies toward them through a geopolitical lens, interpreting the approaches as that of a regional power competing for the control of nearby lands. This,…
Reassembling Lands or Reconnecting People? Geopolitics and Biopower in Russia’s Neighborhood Policy
Post-Soviet states tend to view Russian policies toward them through a geopolitical lens, interpreting the approaches as that of a regional power competing for the control of nearby lands. This,…
Gorenburg: It’s pretty clear NATO states have no desire to annex a piece of Russian territory
(CSM) BALTIYSK, RUSSIA — If the tensions between Russia and the West should escalate into full-fledged confrontation, it is this former Prussian town – home to a huge military base in…
Kakachia: With Russian troops 40 km from Tbilisi, Russia is our biggest security threat
(Stars & Stripes) Georgia — Georgian Capt. Kakhaber Shpetishvili’s focus in recent years has been the fight in Afghanistan, where he has battled side by side with U.S. Marines. But…
Greek Agreement and Iranian Deal Leave Russia Disappointed and Irrelevant
(EDM) It was a rare coincidence in world politics that two pivotal and protracted negotiation processes—the European Union’s talks with Greece on managing its debt, and the “P5+1” talks on…
New Policy Memo: Eurasia, Eurasianism, Eurasian Union: Terminological Gaps and Overlaps
Ever since Vladimir Putin launched the Eurasian Union project in 2011, scholars and the media have tended to analyze it as the victory of the Eurasianist ideology. This memo investigates…
Eurasia, Eurasianism, Eurasian Union: Terminological Gaps and Overlaps
Ever since Vladimir Putin launched the Eurasian Union project in 2011, scholars and the media have tended to analyze it as the victory of the Eurasianist ideology. This memo investigates…
New Policy Memo: China and the Two Pivots
Partly in response to the U.S. rebalancing to Asia, Chinese leaders have been trying to define Asia for Asians. The Russian pivot to Asia complicates this agenda. On the one…
China and the Two Pivots
Partly in response to the U.S. rebalancing to Asia, Chinese leaders have been trying to define Asia for Asians. The Russian pivot to Asia complicates this agenda. On the one…