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How new is Putin’s ‘atmosphere of hate’?

(The Monkey Cage/WP) In the wake of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov’s murder, many blamed an “atmosphere of hate” cultivated by the Kremlin. This idea suggests that the Krelim has encouraged the demonization…

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Petrov: The Kremlin he wanted a blocking stake in Ukraine or a manageable conflict

(AFP) – A year since the start of the fighting in eastern Ukraine, Vladimir Putin may not have emerged the winner in his showdown with the West but he has…

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Putin’s Conveniently Imperfect Memory

(EDM) The Kremlin press service announced last week that President Vladimir Putin would not celebrate the 15thanniversary of his first election, which occurred on March 26, 2000 (RBC.ru, March 26). Indeed,…

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Scared of Putin’s Shadow: In Sanctioning Dugin, Washington Got the Wrong Man

(Foreign Affairs) On March 11, 2015, the U.S. Treasury Department placed a new round of sanctions on 14 figures that Washington considers responsible for the conflict in Ukraine. Until now, sanctions had targeted…

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Russia, Central Asia and the Eurasian Economic Union

(RAD) This edition is co-produced with the Central Asia Program at George Washington University. It considers how the Ukraine crisis and the Russian economic slowdown are impacting the Central Asian Republics,…

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The “Narva Paradox” and a Reality Check

(UT Blog) (Co-authored with Stefano Braghiroli) Estonia – The annexation of Crimea and the military insurgency in Ukraine’s eastern provinces under the “Russian world” slogan triggered political and academic debates centred…

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The purpose of Putin’s diplomatic acrobatics

(Financial Times) In the past year, Vladimir Putin has become almost as notorious for his falsehoods as for the truth of his actions in Ukraine. He delivered a perfect example in…

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Consequences of a New Cold War

(IISS) (Co-authored with Jeremy Shapiro) The Ukraine crisis poses vexing policy challenges for Washington. President Barack Obama has sought to strike a balance between the imperative of responding to Russian…

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Forum: NATO and Russia

(Survival: Global Politics and Strategy) Editor's note: In the last issue of Survival, Matthew Kroenig proposed a number of alterations to NATO policy and posture, including forward deployment of conventional forces in…

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Two Summits and a Military Exercise

(EDM) The postponed Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan summit took place last Friday (March 20) in Astana, but the program was cut so short that the only point for staging the event appeared to be…

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Russia

How new is Putin’s ‘atmosphere of hate’?

Petrov: The Kremlin he wanted a blocking stake in Ukraine or a manageable conflict

Putin’s Conveniently Imperfect Memory

Scared of Putin’s Shadow: In Sanctioning Dugin, Washington Got the Wrong Man

Russia, Central Asia and the Eurasian Economic Union

The “Narva Paradox” and a Reality Check

The purpose of Putin’s diplomatic acrobatics

Consequences of a New Cold War

Forum: NATO and Russia

Two Summits and a Military Exercise