Russia and China: A New Model of Great-Power Relations
(IISS) The Ukraine crisis and the downturn in Russia–West relations that came in its wake have compelled Russia to turn decisively towards China. Deprived of other options, Moscow has found…
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Haran: Putin is trying to intimidate both the US and Europe by escalating the Ukraine conflict
(Al Jazeera) In the past week, eastern Ukraine has suffered some of the heaviest fighting seen for a long time. Heavy artillery fire, a car bomb explosion and other ceasefire violations…
Eurasia’s CSTO and SCO: A Failure to Address the Trafficking/Terrorism Nexus
(PONARS Policy Memo) The topic of collective responses to terrorism, extremism, and transnational organized crime has long dominated discussions within the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).…
EU-Russia Relations: Quo Vadis? Muddling, Normalization, or Deterioration
(PONARS Policy Memo) The Ukraine crisis became a major driver of the centrifugal relationship between Russia and the European Union, but it was not the starting point. The relationship had been…
Petrov: The positions of the Russian Orthodox Church are gradually attaining official status
(CSM) Less than a year after a baby step forward to protect women from domestic violence, Russia is taking a bigger step backward. That's the view of women's rights advocates after…
Russian and Chinese Influences in Shared Borderlands
(PONARS Policy Memo) The political and economic relationship between Russia and China has been intensifying over the past decade, particularly as Moscow has attempted to “pivot to the East.” While…
Petrov: Short-term decisions by Russian authorities could lead to long-term problems
(Russia Direct) Hundreds of Russians took to the streets last week in central St. Petersburg to protest a controversial decision of the local authorities to hand over an important city landmark, St.…
Sushko: Ukraine cannot carry on in the same rut
(ECFR) Ukraine's prospects are under threat from developments on both sides of the Atlantic. Something is stirring in Ukraine. The most obvious cause is Donald Trump’s imminent inauguration on 20…
Sino-Soviet Split Redux under President Trump?
(The New Turkey) Perhaps the most important geopolitical puzzle since the collapse of the Soviet Union 25 years ago has been whether the United States will reorient its grand strategy to…
Putin’s Dirty Diplomacy Fails to Breach Sanctions Wall
(EDM) Russia is frequently in the news these days, but its diplomatic successes at the start of the new year have been rather limited. Denials of Moscow’s various misbehaviors aside, the…