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Putin’s Not-Quite-Withdrawal Signifies a Strategic Retreat

(EDM) A week after President Vladimir Putin’s surprise announcement (on March 14) of the partial withdrawal of Russian forces from Syria, the parameters of this strategic maneuver are becoming clearer, but…

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There Is No Russian Withdrawal From Syria

With characteristic deadpan delivery, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the sudden withdrawal of Russian forces from Syria earlier this week, declaring their campaign a success. Before the day was through,…

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Putin’s Mission Accomplished?

(Foreign Affairs) (Co-author: Rajan Menon) On March 14, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he is withdrawing “the main part” of the Russian military forces that he had deployed to Syria six months ago. Russia…

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Russia Is Giving up on Its Tragedies—and on Itself

(EDM) President Vladimir Putin’s approval rating is regularly accepted as a proxy measure for the level of Russia’s internal cohesion. And his support remains on a sky-high plateau, where it has…

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A Lost Year for Russia

(EDM) It is the dubious ceasefire in Syria that keeps Russia in the focus of global media attention these days, as if the outcome of this catastrophic civil war actually…

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For Moscow, Talks Are About Sowing Discord, not Solving Conflicts

(EDM) A ceasefire in Syria, which appeared possible if not probable in early February, has again turned out to be unreachable. And in hindsight, it is rather obvious that it…

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Europe’s Extremists Are Not Putin’s Fault

(FP) It was recently reported that in June 2015, the U.S. Congress directed Director of National Intelligence James Clapper to investigate possible funding of European political parties and non-governmental organizations by the…

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This is what just happened in Ukraine and why

(WP) Yesterday, the president of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, issued a call for the current prime minister of Ukraine, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, to resign, after which Yatsenyuk survived a vote of no confidence. To help make sense of…

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Yes, the U.S. and Russia can cooperate to end the Syrian civil war. Here’s why.

(WP) (Co-authored with Andrew Kydd and Fyodor Lukyanov) You probably wouldn’t know it from the news, but the United States and Russia might not be completely at odds over Syria. In a recent paper for theWorking…

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Will U.S.-Ukraine Relations Survive the Obama Years?

(Wilson Quarterly) (Co-author: Petro Burkovskyi) Almost 20 years ago, Sherman Garnett, the former deputy assistant secretary of state Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia, listed the security measures that America had to take in Ukraine…

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Ukraine and the West Need Each Other

(NYTimes) Kiev, Ukraine — After centuries of nearly continuous foreign control, we Ukrainians achieved our independence from the Soviet Union 25 years ago, in 1991. In 2005, after a fraudulent election…

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The Right Way to Think About the Syria Talks

(Foreign Affairs) (Co-authored with Jeremy Shapiro) The suspension of the Syrian peace talks in Geneva seemed to validate observers’ cynicism and pessimism in the run-up to the negotiations. The talks, naysayers argue,…

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Commentary | Комментарии

Putin’s Not-Quite-Withdrawal Signifies a Strategic Retreat

There Is No Russian Withdrawal From Syria

Putin’s Mission Accomplished?

Russia Is Giving up on Its Tragedies—and on Itself

A Lost Year for Russia

For Moscow, Talks Are About Sowing Discord, not Solving Conflicts

Europe’s Extremists Are Not Putin’s Fault

This is what just happened in Ukraine and why

Yes, the U.S. and Russia can cooperate to end the Syrian civil war. Here’s why.

Will U.S.-Ukraine Relations Survive the Obama Years?

Ukraine and the West Need Each Other

The Right Way to Think About the Syria Talks