Russia’s Concerns Relating to Afghanistan and the Broader Region
(Research Paper) As part of a CIDOB Policy Research Project, a new paper was released titled, "Russia's Concerns Relating to Afghanistan and the Broader Region in the Context of the…
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Russian Military Shipbuilding: An Update (Part 1)
The cover article of the brand new issue of Moscow Defense Brief (subscription required) from the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies, examines developments in Russian military shipbuilding in 2012, written by…
New Policy Memo: The Price of Brotherly Love: What Will Russia Lose from Integrating Ukraine?
Russia’s hard push for Ukraine’s integration into the Customs Union (CU) has reached a watershed moment. During a recent press conference, Russian President Vladimir Putin hinted that Moscow’s sales pitch…
The Price of Brotherly Love: What Will Russia Lose From Integrating Ukraine?
Russia’s hard push for Ukraine’s integration into the Customs Union (CU) has reached a watershed moment. During an April 2013 press conference, Russian President Vladimir Putin hinted that Moscow’s sales…
The 2014 Olympics and Indigenous People in Sochi
The 2014 Olympics in Sochi in the Krasnodar province of the Russian Federation has been slowly bringing attention to the region’s various minorities. Though there has been tremendous historical foot-dragging…
On Russian vs. Soviet Performance
(Global Brief) How is the Russian man doing in 2013, nearly a century after the Russian Revolution and just over two decades after the fall of the USSR? Moscow, Europe’s…
Dagestan: A political facelift, or new rules of the game?
(RBTH) The detention of Makhachkala Mayor Said Amirov has brought Dagestan into the spotlight once again. A veteran Dagestani politician has been taken out of the game in a move that is…
New Policy Memo: Currency Wars: Why Russia and China are Rapidly Accumulating Foreign Exchange Reserves
The specter of currency wars is again haunting policymakers. An outburst of competitive devaluations of national currencies happened on a major scale during the Great Depression. In recent decades, there…
Currency Wars: Why Russia and China are Rapidly Accumulating Foreign Exchange Reserves
The specter of currency wars is again haunting policymakers.[1] An outburst of competitive devaluations of national currencies happened on a major scale during the Great Depression. In recent decades, there…
The Ruble and the Yuan: Allies or Competitors?
The BRICS states—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—have increasingly sought to develop and diversify the international monetary system in ways that do not rely on dialogue with the system’s…