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Three Conferences and a New Set of Russian Sanctions

(EDM) Mid-February registered a remarkable sequence of international forums, whose participants debated and sought to counter Russia’s power politics in Europe and the Middle East. First, defense ministers of the North…

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Ukraine’s “Type 4” Conflict: Why Is It Important To Study Terminology Before Changing It?

A reaction to Jesse Driscoll’s PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo: “Ukraine’s Civil War: Would Accepting This Terminology Help Resolve the Conflict?” In his February 2019 policy memo, Dr. Jesse Driscoll argues…

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Russia in 2019 and What Lies Ahead

(Russia Matters) What can we expect for Russia in 2019 and beyond? At a recent policy workshop held by the Washington, D.C.-based PONARS Eurasia network, scholars and analysts addressed this broad question…

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The Death of Arms Control; Consequences on Ukraine

This February we witnessed the true deterioration of arms control. The United States declared its withdrawal from the INF Treaty (Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty) due to Russia’s alleged systematic violations…

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Reshuffling of Governors

(Point & Counterpoint) Over half of Russian governors have been replaced by the Kremlin in the past two and a half years. A large share of these new regional leaders are…

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Russia Enters a Treacherous New Post-Arms Control World

(EDM) The United States’ suspension (as of February 2) of the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, was no surprise—but still delivered a hard blow to Russia’s international position. President Donald…

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Marten: The Venezuelan crisis is unfolding during a dangerous period in U.S.-Russian relations

(Eurasianet) A leading American scholar on U.S.-Russian relations is voicing alarm over reports that paramilitaries from a Russian military contractor have filtered into Venezuela, the Latin American nation where the…

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The Syrian Predicament Turns Precarious for Russia

(EDM) Foreign affairs have yielded few successes and much chagrin for Russia since the start of 2019 (see EDM, January 14, 2019). Relations with the United States are going from bad to…

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Commemorating 1917 in Russia: Ambivalent State History Policy and the Church’s Conquest of the History Market

(Europe-Asia Studies) Abstract: Russia’s historical policy towards the centenary of 1917 was composed of several parallel strategies: diminishing the meaning of the event to avoid the head of state and…

How the Trump Administration’s Contradictory Policies Impact Ukraine

(PONARS Policy Memo) There was widespread anticipation of profound changes in relations between the United States and Ukraine in light of the 2016 U.S. presidential election results. As a candidate,…

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Three Conferences and a New Set of Russian Sanctions

Ukraine’s “Type 4” Conflict: Why Is It Important To Study Terminology Before Changing It?

Russia in 2019 and What Lies Ahead

The Death of Arms Control; Consequences on Ukraine

Reshuffling of Governors

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Commemorating 1917 in Russia: Ambivalent State History Policy and the Church’s Conquest of the History Market

How the Trump Administration’s Contradictory Policies Impact Ukraine