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Why Control Immigration? Strategic Uses of Migration Management in Russia [NEW BOOK]

Migration management in Russia is a window into how public policy, the federal system, and patronage are used to manage conflicting demands. This multi-level balancing act demonstrates the importance of…

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Why Alexey Navalny is Important in Russia and the World

The Kremlin’s political machine is shaping popular expectations about March 18th’s presidential election in Russia. For more than a year prior to the vote, the outcome of this election has…

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Baev: Now that the fight against Daesh is over, each party has its own agenda and Russia is suddenly lost

(Gulf News) Nearly two and a half years after the Russian military began an intensive bombing campaign in Syria in support of Syrian President Bashar Al Assad, Russia is struggling to…

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Five myths about espionage

(NV Register) The poisoning of former Russian military intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter in southern England, most likely by Russian intelligence agents, highlights the role of espionage in…

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The Sino-Russian partnership in the Arctic

(CPI) In December 2017, the 27 billion dollar Yamal LNG project became operational, the first joint Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)-Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) project to reach fruition and a major Chinese…

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The Salisbury attack and relations with Russia after Putin’s re-election

(IISS) For an autocrat, winning the election is the easy part. Barring an extraordinary turn of events, Vladimir Putin will be re-elected on 18 March for his fourth term in the…

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Missiles of March: A political means of last resort for Putin

(Brookings) President Vladimir Putin’s extra-heavy emphasis on new strategic missile systems in his March 1 address to parliament was quite unexpected and rather out of character. My colleague Steven Pifer suspects that Putin…

Europe in Crisis: “Old,” “New,” or Incomplete?

(PONARS Policy Memo) In this policy memo, we bring together the results of our recently published research to shed some light on how the idea of Europe has been contested in…

Russia Is Profiting Off Global Warming

(VICE) While many parts of the world are struggling from catastrophic effects of climate change, Russia is looking to capitalize on it, with the Kremlin driving a narrative that touts…

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Russia’s Anti-American Propaganda in the Euromaidan Era

(PONARS Policy Memo) Most experts recognize anti-Americanism as a pillar of the patriotic discourse that has risen during Vladimir Putin’s third term as president. One of the main reasons for this…

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