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Ukraine’s New Front Is Europe’s Big Challenge

(FP) (Co-authored with Carl Bildt) There’s plenty Europe should do to push back against Russia’s latest attack on Ukraine. “Crimea, Ukraine, Moldova.” In late August 2008, with Russian troops in control of…

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Russia and Ukraine had a short naval battle. Here’s what you need to know

(Monkey Cage) (Co-authored with Michael Kofman) The Nov. 25 skirmish between Russian Border Guard and Ukrainian navy ships in the Kerch Strait has escalated tensions not just between the two countries, but also between…

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Putin’s Month-Long Diplomatic Tour Highlights Russia’s Growing Irrelevance

(EDM) Dmitri Peskov, the Kremlin’s press secretary, had to recently (November 13) explain that there was nothing extraordinary about the fact that President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev were…

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Podvig: It’s possible there was a deliberate action by each side but it’s also possible neither side had a plan

(Daily Beast) Russian security forces deployed coast guard vessels, jet fighters, and attack helicopters in an overwhelming assault on three Ukrainian navy boats attempting to pass through the narrow, Russian-controlled strait…

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The Sea of Azov: The newest front in the war in Ukraine?

(ECFR Podcast) Mark Leonard speaks with Andrew Wilson, Kadri Liik, and Nicu Popescu about the Kerch Strait ship capture, what this means and how the international community could react to the…

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The Nature and Sources of Terrorist Threat in Russia: An “Armed Underground” or ISIL?

(PONARS Policy Memo) The 2018 FIFA World Cup shifted the attention of terrorism watchers to Russia. In advance of the tournament, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)…

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Russian Worlds in Muslim Milieus: Meeting Points in Adjara and Tatarstan

(Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs) (Co-authored with Alexandra Yatsyk) This article discusses how the discursively and culturally constructed “Russian world” intersects and communicates with the “Turkic world” as an adjacent—and in…

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The Kremlin’s New Man in Dagestan: Corruption Supplants Security as Moscow’s Chief Concern

(PONARS Policy Memo) On October 3, 2017, Vladimir Vasiliev was appointed acting head of the republic of Dagestan. Vasiliev replaced the outgoing leader, Ramazan Abdulatipov, who had guided the region…

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Crimea 2.0: Will Russia seek reunification with Belarus?

(FIIA) While speculation about whether Russia may repeat the Crimean scenario in Belarus should not be totally dismissed, exaggerated alarmism would not be appropriate either. Rather, Moscow’s policy is aimed at…

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The Real or Imagined Infiltration of Fifth Columns in the Post-Soviet Region

(PONARS Policy Memo) For much of Vladimir Putin’s presidency, and especially since the 2011-12 Bolotnaya demonstrations, the Kremlin has claimed that Russia is threatened by internal enemies. Various actors have been…

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Ukraine’s New Front Is Europe’s Big Challenge

Russia and Ukraine had a short naval battle. Here’s what you need to know

Putin’s Month-Long Diplomatic Tour Highlights Russia’s Growing Irrelevance

Podvig: It’s possible there was a deliberate action by each side but it’s also possible neither side had a plan

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The Nature and Sources of Terrorist Threat in Russia: An “Armed Underground” or ISIL?

Russian Worlds in Muslim Milieus: Meeting Points in Adjara and Tatarstan

The Kremlin’s New Man in Dagestan: Corruption Supplants Security as Moscow’s Chief Concern

Crimea 2.0: Will Russia seek reunification with Belarus?

The Real or Imagined Infiltration of Fifth Columns in the Post-Soviet Region