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The Russian government has just asked 12 million citizens to forget about their ethnic identity

Vladimir Medinsky may be the undoing of the current Russian regime. As Minister of Culture, Medinsky is not in any formal sense a powerful person. But ever since President Vladimir…

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Shipbuilding Constraints Drive Downsized but Potent Russian Navy

(CIMSEC) Official announcements related to naval shipbuilding give the appearance of a Russian Navy that is undergoing a rapid revival. However, the reality is that many projects have faced lengthy…

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Why we should be confident that Putin is genuinely popular in Russia

(WP) Tuesday brings yet another dramatic development in the story of Russia’s relationship with the West. Monday, it was the possibility of improving relations in the wake of French President Francois Hollande’s decision to…

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The Ghost of Hybrid War

(IISS) Following Moscow's invasion of Crimea and support for the insurgency in eastern Ukraine, the concept of 'hybrid war' has emerged as a catch-all description for the new Russian threat…

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Here are options for responding to Russia’s media strategy

(WP) As the world’s attention again turns to whether the U.S. and Russia can cooperate, this time in Syria, it is important to be aware of the different impediments that stand in…

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Russia Today, or How to Re-Mythologize Greatpowerness

(Reset DOC) The aim of the two-day workshop held in Berlin at the Deutsche Gesellschaft Für Auswärtige Politik on the 22nd and 23rd June 2015 on The Evolution of Russian…

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Making Sense of Ukraine’s Local Elections

(PONARS Eurasia Comment) The recent October 25 local elections concludes the series of post-Euromaidan elections that included presidential elections in May 2014 and parliamentary elections in October 2014. The elections…

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Netanyahu blames a Palestinian for the Holocaust. What does the evidence say?

(WP) On Oct. 20, speaking to the 37th Zionist Congress, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rewrote the history of the Holocaust. According to this new interpretation, the genocide’s main culprit…

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Rank Has Its Privileges: How International Ratings Dumb Down Global Governance

(Foreign Affairs) (Co-author: Jack Snyder) When the Berlin-based group Transparency International released its annual ranking of international corruption levels in December 2014, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded with a blistering…

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Putin’s Desperation Deepens as His Blunders Accumulate

(EDM) Russian foreign policy took an unexpected turn and suffered a serious setback last week when President Vladimir Putin suggested sending to Washington a delegation headed by Prime Minister Dmitry…

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Two Experts Apply IR Theory and Historical Analogies to U.S. Policy on Russia’s Use of Force

Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan—Georgia, Ukraine, Syria? Şener Aktürk (Istanbul): “Russian Military Uses Syria as Proving Ground, and West Takes Notice,” wrote The New York Times. Who would have thought that after pronounced…

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Putin’s Potemkin Intervention: The Weakness of Moscow’s Syrian Adventure

(Foreign Affairs) (Co-author: Daniel H. Nexon) When it comes to foreign policy, U.S. President Obama’s critics have long accused him of being weak, indecisive, and naive. “Restoring resolve” to the…

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Commentary | Комментарии

The Russian government has just asked 12 million citizens to forget about their ethnic identity

Shipbuilding Constraints Drive Downsized but Potent Russian Navy

Why we should be confident that Putin is genuinely popular in Russia

The Ghost of Hybrid War

Here are options for responding to Russia’s media strategy

Russia Today, or How to Re-Mythologize Greatpowerness

Making Sense of Ukraine’s Local Elections

Netanyahu blames a Palestinian for the Holocaust. What does the evidence say?

Rank Has Its Privileges: How International Ratings Dumb Down Global Governance

Putin’s Desperation Deepens as His Blunders Accumulate

Two Experts Apply IR Theory and Historical Analogies to U.S. Policy on Russia’s Use of Force

Putin’s Potemkin Intervention: The Weakness of Moscow’s Syrian Adventure