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Putin’s Regime and the Ideological Market: A Difficult Balancing Game

(Carnegie Endowment) At a time of economic stagnation, the Russian state is in need of social consensus and popular support behind the figure of President Vladimir Putin. After feeding an anti-Western…

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Turkey’s Role in the Arab Spring and the Syrian Conflict

(Turkish Policy Quarterly) Turkish involvement in the Arab Spring and the Syrian civil war began at a time when Turkey’s impressive record of democratic progress and economic growth in the 2000s…

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Призрак Немцова. Чему Путина так и не научила история

[Этот материал можно прочитать и на украинском языке.] Поздний февраль для России значим не только важной годовщиной в длинной и сложной российской истории, он отмечен и трагическими событиями недавнего прошлого Сто…

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Moscow Spins Overextended Intrigues in the Middle East

(EDM) The whirlwind of Russian scandals continues to spread across government offices in Washington, DC; but in Moscow the impression is gradually forming that those scandals will soon blow over, so…

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США воздержатся от новых санкций против РФ, если двусторонние отношения не будут ухудшаться

Вашингтон вряд ли усилит антироссийские санкции, если отношения России и США не обострятся, считает доцент Московского государственного института международных отношений (МГИМО) Михаил Троицкий. «При отсутствии новых поводов для обострения отношений…

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Reducing Tensions Between Russia and NATO

(CFR Report) “[Vladimir] Putin’s aggression makes the possibility of a war in Europe between nuclear-armed adversaries frighteningly real,” writes Kimberly Marten in a new Council Special Report on tensions between Russia and the…

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Взаимное раздражение. Как РФ и США испытывают друг друга

В Вашингтоне постоянно растет уровень возмущения в отношении Москвы. «Россия – это фейк», – заявил президент США Дональд Трамп во время пресс-конференции 16 февраля. Это заявление одновременно и правда, и…

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Protecting Falsehoods with a Bodyguard of Lies: Putin´s Use of Information Warfare

(ETH Zürich) For many decades, Soviet and Russian propagandists put a premium on “controlling the message.” With the ascension of Vladimir Putin, however, we’ve seen a qualitatively different approach to information warfare…

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How Changing Ukrainian Society Impacts the Chances for Peace | Charap, Giuliano, Alexseev (Part 1 of 2)

Last month a major battle broke out between Russian-backed insurgents and Ukrainian forces in the town of Avdiivka in Ukraine. Alongside the return of such violence in the Donbas, Ukrainian…

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How Changing Ukrainian Society Impacts the Chances for Peace | Dubovyk, Kudelia, Matsiyevsky (Part 2 of 2)

Last month a major battle broke out between Russian-backed insurgents and Ukrainian forces in the town of Avdiivka in Ukraine. Alongside the return of such violence in the Donbas, Ukrainian…

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Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose? Maybe not any more (ISA Dispatch 3/3)

The International Studies Association (ISA) convention theme this year was “Understanding Change in World Politics.” The theme is set every year by the president and program chairs in an attempt…

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In Search of Putin’s Philosopher

(Intersection Project) Why Ivan Ilyin is not Putin’s Ideological Guru – Since Vladimir Putin came to power in 2000 and began reasserting Russia’s influence on the international scene, Western pundits have…

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Commentary | Комментарии

Putin’s Regime and the Ideological Market: A Difficult Balancing Game

Turkey’s Role in the Arab Spring and the Syrian Conflict

Призрак Немцова. Чему Путина так и не научила история

Moscow Spins Overextended Intrigues in the Middle East

США воздержатся от новых санкций против РФ, если двусторонние отношения не будут ухудшаться

Reducing Tensions Between Russia and NATO

Взаимное раздражение. Как РФ и США испытывают друг друга

Protecting Falsehoods with a Bodyguard of Lies: Putin´s Use of Information Warfare

How Changing Ukrainian Society Impacts the Chances for Peace | Charap, Giuliano, Alexseev (Part 1 of 2)

How Changing Ukrainian Society Impacts the Chances for Peace | Dubovyk, Kudelia, Matsiyevsky (Part 2 of 2)

Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose? Maybe not any more (ISA Dispatch 3/3)

In Search of Putin’s Philosopher