Russia’s Economic Crisis Is Just Getting Started
(St. Petersburg Times) The ruble price of the dollar rose by more than 20 percent on Dec. 15-16, 2014, and now that the currency markets have calmed down a bit,…
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Column: Avoiding ‘blindsides’ in world politics
"What was supposed to be a time of celebration 25 years after the collapse of communism in East-Central Europe has instead turned out to be a year of deep geopolitical…
The Russian Elite’s View of Global Politics: A Survey of 1993-2012 Opinion Polls
(Russia in Global Affairs) Although the bipolar Cold-War-style mentality is still quite widespread among the rulers of Russian society, it is not a fundamental feature of their global viewpoint. Rather,…
Hale: Putin’s strategy of blaming the West for hits to the economy is limited
(CNN) — While the U.S. economy surges in 2014, posting the biggest jobs numbers in 15 years, the Russian economy is tanking straight into a recession after a bludgeon of…
Why Ukraine Must Bargain for Peace With Russia
(Foreign Policy) The "let's make a deal" moment has arrived for Kiev and Moscow. But by pushing a hard-line agenda against Putin, the United States and Europe are only making…
Policy Memo: Pro et Contra: Views of the United States in Four Post-Soviet States
(Co-authored by Theodore Gerber and Jane Zavisca) Rising tensions between Russia and the West make public perceptions of the United States in the post-Soviet region an important policy issue. Positive…
Kuchins: Let’s not equate passing out cookies at Maidan with suggesting that the US Gov. was orchestrating the whole thing
(RT) Ukraine is on the verge of bankruptcy, and it is becoming increasingly clear that it will require much greater financial support in order to avoid economic collapse. But with…
Cuban Missile Crisis – A Lesson in Diplomacy
(The Moscow Times) This month marks 52 years since the Cuban missile crisis, which took place from Oct. 14 to 28 in 1962. The crisis was a confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States over Soviet…
Do we need sanctions against Hemingway and Tolstoy?
(RBTH) One of the hottest periods of the Cold War ended in January 1958, with the signing of the Lacy-Zarubin Agreement, also known as the “Agreement Between the Soviet Union…
Kurilla: US-Russia human, cultural and scientific contacts built up over 20 years are being torn thoughtlessly apart
(AFP/MSN) Russia has pulled out of a long-running US-funded student exchange programme, accusing the organisers of letting a teenager stay behind in the United States in the care of a…