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Ukraine’s 2014 Presidential Election Result is Unlikely to be Repeated

The results of Ukraine’s presidential election giving Petro Poroshenko a victory in all oblasts [provinces] across Ukraine may seem puzzling. Ukraine’s region-based electoral divisions have been clearly pronounced in all…

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What’s With the Crisis in Sukhumi? Is the Turmoil Healthy or a Detrimental Vicious Circle?

A political crisis has been going on in Abkhazia for more than a month, unnoticed in the shadow of the Ukrainian events. When the crisis started, at the end of…

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Олимпиада в Сочи и российская идентичность

Главная цель, которую преследовал Путин, проводя Олимпийские игры, – использовать для укрепления своего режима тот патриотический подъем, который обычно возникает в принимающих странах в связи с проведением подобных мероприятий. Российское…

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Moscow Conference on International Security 2014 (Part 1: The plenary speeches)

Last week, I attended the Russian MOD’s Moscow Conference on International Security (MCIS). Over the next few days, I plan to share my impressions of the event. First up, the…

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Crimea Taught Us a Lesson, But Not How the Russian Military Fights

With the rapid operation that resulted in the annexation of Crimea earlier this year, the Russian military returned to the collective consciousness of the American public. Many commentators were impressed…

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Fading Little Green Men?

Fact-finding update from Ukraine—On the surface, the Ukraine crisis is being decided on the country’s eastern battlefields. Yet the essence lies far deeper, behind the unfolding post-revolutionary discourses trying to…

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Боится ли Дальний Восток китайской колонизации?

В 1990-е и начале 2000-х годов российские журналисты, официальные лица и ученые неоднократно предупреждали об угрозе китайской «колонизации» Дальнего Востока России. Среди возможных последствий назывались межэтнические столкновения, вооруженные конфликты вдоль…