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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How the Kremlin Is Using the Moscow Renovation Project to Reward and Punish Voters

(PONARS Policy Memo) In February 2017, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin and President Vladimir Putin introduced a far-reaching plan to demolish ten percent of Moscow’s housing stock, relocate residents, and ultimately…

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US weakness to blame for Russian interference — they exploited our vulnerabilities

(The Hill) From spy thrillers at the box office, to a Trump campaign aides recent guilty plea tied to Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, ominous news about Russia seems to be everywhere. But…

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Podvig: Rogozin confirmed that missiles (with nuclear warheads) were on the Russian submarine that caught fire in 2011

(Popular Mechanics) Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitri Rogozin has admitted that a December 2011 incident involving a nuclear missile submarine almost became one of the worst nuclear weapons disasters ever recorded.…

Russia’s Syria Policy: The Hard Path of Military Disengagement

(PONARS Policy Memo) On December 11, 2017, two and a half years after the start of Russia’s military campaign in Syria, President Vladimir Putin, speaking at the Hmeimim Air Base…

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