Orttung, Welt: Russia’s Land Grab Creates New Geopolitical World
(Postmedia News) The West had seen Russia coming for a long time, but had hoped – vainly as it turns out – that somehow closer ties with liberal democracies would strengthen the…
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Гельман: Издержки, которые понесет Россия от присоединения Крыма, будут значительными
16 марта в Крыму прошел референдум о выходе полуострова из состава Украины и присоединении его к России. В понедельник 17 марта депутаты Верховного совета Автономной Республики Крым приняли постановление о…
Гарань: Аннексия Крыма приведет к холодной войне XXI века
Россия, возможно, сохранит «замороженный» статус Крыма и не пойдет на его аннексию после сегодняшнего референдума, 16 марта. Об этом Сегодня.ua сказал профессор политологии Киево-Могилянской академии Алексей Гарань. «Сейчас есть два…
Haran: Ukraine Uprising Not a Neo-Nazi Power-Grab; We’re Talking Traditional Russian Propaganda
(Guardian) The Kremlin uses many kinds of falsifications to justify its aggression against Ukraine and plans to annex Crimean peninsula. One of which is that the mass protests of Ukrainians…
Is Putin Having a Brezhnev Moment?
(Politico) Is Vladimir Putin having his Brezhnev moment? President Obama’s critics have made the Russian leader’s invasion of Crimea out to be a stroke of geopolitical genius, a move that…
Interview with Andrey Makarychev: Russia and the Post-1991 International Order
Eric Pardo Sauvageot (EPS): Most observers are appalled at the course of events in Ukraine at the time of this interview: how far do you think Russia is ready to…
Russia’s Black Sea Fleet
The crisis in Ukraine has highlighted the importance of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. I’ve written about the fleet in the past, but it may be worthwhile to provide an update,…
Gorenburg: War Would Create Long-Term Instability on Russia’s Immediate Border
(Washington Post) The military forces that Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to use “as a last resort” in eastern Ukraine are in the early stages of a major, seven-year…
Russia Puts Itself in Peril by Dismembering Ukraine
(Eurasia Daily Monitor) One unique feature of the still surging crisis in Ukraine is the intensity of high-level communications between the key parties to it—which should have eliminated the possibility…
EU & Russia: Competing Realities and Misperceptions
Angela Merkel’s recent characterization of Vladimir Putin as being “out of touch with reality” offers a psychiatric explanation of Russia’s aggressiveness toward Ukraine. Yet the problem is a bit more…