U.S.-Russian Relations 7 - PONARS Eurasia

How the Trump Administration’s Contradictory Policies Impact Ukraine

(PONARS Policy Memo) There was widespread anticipation of profound changes in relations between the United States and Ukraine in light of the 2016 U.S. presidential election results. As a candidate,…

Diminishing Returns: How Effective Are Sanctions Against Russia?

In November 2018, the Trump administration announced another set of sanctions on Russian individuals and entities for supporting Russia’s economic integration of Crimea and for committing human rights violations. Are…

Rogov: the whole thing had a “made-for-TV” air about it; Petrov: dealing with four governments in some ways plays into the Kremlin’s hands

(NYTimes) The American man being held on espionage charges in Moscow also has British, Canadian and Irish citizenship, officials said on Friday, a status that could complicate the situation for Russia…

Isolation and Reconquista: Russia’s Toolkit as a Constrained Great Power

(Russia Matters) In 2007, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s famous Munich speech took stock of what Russia considered the failure of the post-Cold War détente with the West, specifically NATO’s eastward expansion…

G20: A Transition to Bipolarity?

(Valdai Discussion Club) On November 30-December 1, Argentina hosted a G20 summit. Although expectations had ranged from major turmoil to dead calm, apart from a few bilateral meetings, its only…

U.S.-Russian Relations and the “New Cold War” Metaphor

(PONARS Policy Memo) Over the past twenty years, observers such as Stephen F. Cohen have argued that relations between the United States and Russia have been plunged into a “new Cold…

Hacks, leaks and disruptions – Russian cyber strategies

(Chaillot Papers) (Co-editors: Nicu Popescu and Stanislav Secrieru) Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan examine Russia’s approach to cyber. During the Second Chechen War, Putin started using information as a weapon by targeting…

Russia Cannot Count on Political Easing After US Elections

(EDM) As the furious campaigning in the United States’ 2018 midterm elections enters its final stretch, Russia can probably find some relief in the fact that it has not really come…

Polarization in US Society Keeps Growing as Midterm Elections Approach

(valdaiclub.com) On November 6, midterm elections to the US Congress will be held. Mikhail Troitskiy, Dean of the School of Government and International Affairs at MGIMO University in Moscow, told valdaiclub.com about the…

Russia Reconsiders Consequences of INF Treaty Breakdown

(EDM) News about the United States’ decision to withdraw from the 1988 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty produced the predictable explosion of propaganda commentary in Moscow. But by the end of…

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