New Policy Memo: Upgrading Russia’s Quasi-Strategic Pseudo-Partnership with China

The fast-evolving Ukraine crisis has involved such high stakes and demanded so much attention from Russia’s leadership that it has become the decisive force shaping the country’s future. It has…

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Russia’s International Media Poisons Minds

(The Moscow Times) At a time when Russia's image in Europe and the U.S. has sunk to extreme lows, the Kremlin has announced dramatic new plans to increase spending on foreign propaganda. The Russian state budget includes a 41…

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New Policy Memo: Russian Foreign Policy: Traditional Vectors in a New Geopolitical Situation

The Ukraine crisis is transforming the global geopolitical order. It is eliciting new controversies and clarifying existing ones. It is also intensifying efforts to accelerate integration processes in both the…

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Could Putin’s troops ‘be in Warsaw in two days’?

(EUobserver | Baev, Podvig) BRUSSELS – “If I wanted, in two days I could have Russian troops not only in Kiev, but also in Riga, Vilnius, Tallinn, Warsaw, and Bucharest”,…

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New Policy Memo: Natural Gas and the Ukraine Crisis: From Realpolitik to Network Diplomacy

The current crisis in Ukraine has again foisted natural gas diplomacy to the fore of great power politics. Many view the gas weapon as Moscow’s continuing trump card for coercing…

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Reassuring the Baltic States

Russia’s actions in Ukraine have had a direct impact on the security perceptions of the Baltic States. Baltic leaders see Russia’s intervention in Ukraine as a potentially serious precedent for…

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Two Guys Discussing Russia: Will the Kremlin Shut Down the Internet?

(Video Series) (Special Guest!) Russian politics is increasingly unpredictable. In order to help clarify the issues, Robert Orttung and Sufian Zhemukhov have launched a new talk show called “Two Guys Discussing Russia over…

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Current History: How to Avoid a New Cold War

(IISS | Co-authored with Jeremy Shapiro) This year, the tragedies and outrages of the Ukraine crisis have dominated headlines and thinking about Western relations with Russia. There can be little doubt…

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The Flawed Logic of Russian Sanctions (and Why They Might Be Useful Anyway)

(The Huffington Post) Western sanctions are harming the Russian economy, but that doesn't mean they will achieve anything the West wants in Ukraine. The Minsk ceasefire agreement benefits Russia much…

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Nature Abhors a Vacuum: What Can a Future Russia-West Settlement Rely On?

(Russia in Global Affairs) Europe slipped unexpectedly into a new geopolitical reality in March 2014. A major conflict is brewing between Russia and the West that until recently had been…

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