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Ukraine: Trends and Regional Dynamics in Population, Health, and Migration

Today’s conflict in Ukraine hinges on perceptions of a stark East-West political divide. This memo assesses the extent to which geographic variation characterizes other elements of today’s Ukraine, mainly those…

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A Pause in the Conflict in Ukraine: The Moment to Step Up Western Involvement in the Country

(FIIA Comment) Moscow's geopolitical objectives have not been met. The emergence of a breakaway entity, which encompasses only part of the territory of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, cannot be…

The Psychological Logic of Protracted Conflict in Ukraine

Since the Euromaidan protests began in November 2013, the Ukraine conflict has occurred on several levels. There is a military conflict between a state, a rebel movement, and another state.…

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New Policy Memo: The Poroshenko Phenomenon: Elections and Challenges Ahead

(Co-author: Petro Burkovsky) Back in 2005, it seemed that Petro Poroshenko, then serving as secretary for the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, would be entirely eliminated from political…

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Two Guys Discussing Russia: What’s the Legacy of the Sochi Olympics?

(Video Series) Russian politics is increasingly unpredictable. In order to help clarify the issues, Robert Orttung and Sufian Zhemukhov have launched a new talk show called “Two Guys Discussing Russia…

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Kuchins: By keeping China unthreatened, Moscow helps secure its strategic rear

(VOA) Thousands of miles away from the Ukrainian battlefields of Donetsk and Novoazovsk sits the country that may end up being the largest beneficiary of the turmoil along Russia’s southwest…

Natural Gas and the Ukraine Crisis: From Realpolitik to Network Diplomacy

The current crisis in Ukraine has again foisted natural gas diplomacy to the fore of great power politics. Many view the gas weapon as Moscow’s continuing trump card for coercing…

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Golden Sanction to Halt Putin in Ukraine Stays Elusive

(Bloomberg) As Russian-backed separatists advance in southeastern Ukraine, the U.S. and European Union are still searching for a sanction that can force Vladimir Putin to stop and think again. More…

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What’s Wrong with the Boisto Plan?

Just before Poroshenko and Putin met in Minsk today, the so-called Boisto Group (named for the Finnish island where the group’s six American and seven Russian foreign policy experts met)…

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Finland Meeting: Building Trust? Or Mistrust?

A meeting of senior American and Russian experts on an island of Boisto, which the Finnish Foreign Ministry helped to organize some time ago, has raised a controversy both in…

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Ukraine: Trends and Regional Dynamics in Population, Health, and Migration

A Pause in the Conflict in Ukraine: The Moment to Step Up Western Involvement in the Country

The Psychological Logic of Protracted Conflict in Ukraine

New Policy Memo: The Poroshenko Phenomenon: Elections and Challenges Ahead

Two Guys Discussing Russia: What’s the Legacy of the Sochi Olympics?

Kuchins: By keeping China unthreatened, Moscow helps secure its strategic rear

Natural Gas and the Ukraine Crisis: From Realpolitik to Network Diplomacy

Golden Sanction to Halt Putin in Ukraine Stays Elusive

What’s Wrong with the Boisto Plan?

Finland Meeting: Building Trust? Or Mistrust?