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Mahmoud Abbas’ Visit to Karachay-Cherkessia

Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian National Authority, recently visited Karachay-Cherkessia, a Russian republic in the North Caucasus, and met with republican head Rashid Temrezov. I asked three prominent experts…

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Moscow’s Relations with the Palestinian Authority

Foreign politicians are infrequent visitors to the North Caucasus. That alone would be sufficient reason to pay attention to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ mid-March visit to the North Caucasian republic…

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Three Stories about Putin’s Russia

Among all European countries, Germany has the deepest tradition of not only engaging Eastern Europe politically and economically, but also discursively shaping Osteuropa as a region. Russia is a part…

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Russia and China vie for Influence in Central Asia

I’m still swamped with various projects, so in the meantime, here’s another Oxford Analytica brief. This one is from mid-December… —- Although China and the United States have focused greater…

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Performance as Resistance

Berlin was recently full of posters and billboards announcing a Russian cultural festival, “Wie klingt Russland?” (“How does Russia sound?”), featuring a young lady with her ear to the top…

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Democracy in Retreat?

Rallies for democracy in Russia gather only a small percentage of the population. People can lose interest in democracy. They can (sometimes indirectly) support totalitarian practices or live their own…

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Отношение к Сталину в России, Грузии, Армении и Азербайджане

5 марта исполнится 60 лет со дня смерти И.В. Сталина, и с приближением этой даты разговор о его наследии вновь становится громче. В Вашингтонском Фонде Карнеги за международный мир прошло обсуждение…

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One More Modernization Dialogue?

It seems that German diplomacy found a new role to play in Eastern Europe – assisting housing and labor market reforms in Belarus. Incomprehensible housing tariffs, legal imperfections, unprotected consumer…

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Michelle Obama, Argo, and Iran

Q: Recently, Michelle Obama announced the Academy Award for Argo, a movie about the rescue of Americans in Iran. Some Russian analysts interpreted it as a political move against Iran.…

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‘A Project of Hope’ in Decline?

“Europe doesn’t function!" Ulrique Guerot, one of the leading German voices in European affairs, made this emotional statement at a round table discussion (“Building a European Democracy: Mapping the Approaches”)…

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Armenia 2013: Presidential Elections as Soap Opera

The 2013 presidential election was held in Armenia on February 18. According to the preliminary report of the Central Election Commission, incumbent president Serzh Sargsyan won with 58.6% of the…

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Russian Military Reform Moves Beyond Soviet legacy

Here’s an Oxford Analytica brief I wrote a few months ago. This was originally published November 19, 2012. There have been a number of new developments since then, but this…

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Commentary | Комментарии

Mahmoud Abbas’ Visit to Karachay-Cherkessia

Moscow’s Relations with the Palestinian Authority

Three Stories about Putin’s Russia

Russia and China vie for Influence in Central Asia

Performance as Resistance

Democracy in Retreat?

Отношение к Сталину в России, Грузии, Армении и Азербайджане

One More Modernization Dialogue?

Michelle Obama, Argo, and Iran

‘A Project of Hope’ in Decline?

Armenia 2013: Presidential Elections as Soap Opera

Russian Military Reform Moves Beyond Soviet legacy