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Revisionist Russia Is the Most Nuclearized Power in the World

(EDM) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov declared at last week’s (January 18) special meeting of the United Nations Security Council that Russia had no intention of joining the Treaty on the…

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Russian Military Intervention in Kazakhstan

I’ve written a short report for an American Enterprise Institute project on possible Russian interventions in neighboring states. I was asked to discuss possible reasons for and trajectories of a…

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Russia’s ‘Victory’ in Syria is Debunked, Derailed and Defeated

(EDM) Premature announcements of political triumphs often result in negative blowback, but Russian President Vladimir Putin’s declaration of victory in the Syrian war was debunked particularly swiftly (see EDM, January 11, 2018).…

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Russian Soft Power in France: Assessing Moscow’s Cultural and Business Para-diplomacy

(Carnegie Council) The French-Russian relationship is based on a long-standing tradition of cultural exchanges. In the 19th century, France was already one of the preferred destinations for Russian political exiles, and…

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Reconsidering NATO expansion: a counterfactual analysis of Russia and the West in the 1990s

(EJIS) Abstract: This article re-examines the history of NATO’s original post-Cold War enlargement to include the Visegrad states of Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. It uses both published materials and…

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Boris Yeltsin’s Surprise Resignation [AUDIO]

(BBC) On the last day of 1999, Boris Yeltsin went on national television to apologize for his failures and to announce his resignation, taking the world by surprise. Tomila Lankina reflects on…

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A Year in Review: Russia’s Passive Year Ends Without Closure

(EDM) In practical terms, Russia has not yet begun 2018—the country awakes from its traditional holiday vacation only on Tuesday (January 9). That said, Russians’ common reflection on the year past can easily…

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Ukrainians are protesting corruption — and using a new approach. Here’s how it works.

(WP) (Co-authored by Grigore Pop-Eleches) For the last three years, Ukrainian activists have been trying to beat back systemic government corruption — but now that “Revolution of Dignity” is hanging by a…

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Две причины, почему Навальный – это серьёзно

Это – вторая часть записи про то, как я вижу российскую политику и её перспективы в новом, 2018 году. Поскольку у меня перспектива какая-то мутная: я одновременно вижу, почему власть…

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Провал операции «Сочи»

Сергей Медведев о том, как спецоперации заменили в России политику. Лишение российских спортсменов олимпийских медалей Сочи и запрет на участие национальной команды в Олимпиаде в Пхёнчхане стали крупнейшим фиаско российской…

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Россия может проиграть новую войну

Россия ввязалась в масштабную и рискованную геополитическую игру, по итогам которой возможно как формирование условий для нового модернизационного скачка, так и совершенное историческое поражение – необходимо ясно это осознавать и…

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More is Less | “In real terms, Russians are borrowing more to spend less.”

(Moscow-on-Thames blog) There’s a phrase in Russian – which I’m sure I’ve written about before – that warns against paying too much attention to “the average temperature in the hospital” (средняя…

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Commentary | Комментарии

Revisionist Russia Is the Most Nuclearized Power in the World

Russian Military Intervention in Kazakhstan

Russia’s ‘Victory’ in Syria is Debunked, Derailed and Defeated

Russian Soft Power in France: Assessing Moscow’s Cultural and Business Para-diplomacy

Reconsidering NATO expansion: a counterfactual analysis of Russia and the West in the 1990s

Boris Yeltsin’s Surprise Resignation [AUDIO]

A Year in Review: Russia’s Passive Year Ends Without Closure

Ukrainians are protesting corruption — and using a new approach. Here’s how it works.

Две причины, почему Навальный – это серьёзно

Провал операции «Сочи»

Россия может проиграть новую войну

More is Less | “In real terms, Russians are borrowing more to spend less.”