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Clearing the Air: Secretary Blinken Visits Ukraine

  • September 19, 2023
  • Volodymyr Dubovyk
Image license/credit Secretary Blinken’s recent visit to Ukraine stands out in a number of ways. Blinken had not been in Ukraine for exactly a year, since September 8, 2022. This…
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Ensuring Genuine Results? A New Electoral Design in Uzbekistan

  • May 19, 2023
  • Akrom Avezov
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Ukraine, Taiwan, and Macron’s “Strategic Autonomy”

  • April 30, 2023
  • Maurizio Delli Santi
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Russia’s Regional Governors: Backing the War, Upholding the Status Quo

  • April 7, 2023
  • Irina Busygina and Mikhail Filippov
(PONARS Eurasia Commentary) Experts have been actively discussing the Russian domestic factors that could influence the course of the war. Considering the country’s territorial size and diversity, the stability of…
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The Desire to Possess: Russia’s War for Territory

  • February 8, 2023
  • Irina Busygina
(PONARS Eurasia Commentary) We know (or think we know) what rationales lie behind Russian lies and propaganda about the “fight against Nazism in Ukraine” or the “existential threat to Russia…
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Kyiv-Washington Relations in Times of Colossal War: The Ultimate Test of a Strategic Partnership

  • January 11, 2023
  • Volodymyr Dubovyk
(PONARS Eurasia Commentary) Ukraine is facing a critical, existential crisis, and the United States stands as its most crucial ally. Over thirty years, bilateral relations went through ups and downs…
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Prevailing Soviet Legacies

  • December 27, 2022
  • Irina Busygina and Mikhail Filippov
(PONARS Eurasia Commentary) The “curse” of the Soviet legacy continues to permeate post-Soviet nations in many ways. For instance, the Russian leadership actively draws on the Soviet past to justify…
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In Russia’s Nuclear Messaging to West and Ukraine, Putin Plays Both Bad and Good Cop

  • December 23, 2022
  • Simon Saradzhyan
(PONARS Eurasia Commentary) Should a nuclear war “never be unleashed?” Can nuclear weapons be used to “ensure the safety of the Russian people?” Both, according to President Vladimir Putin, who…
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Ukraine’s Asymmetric Responses to the Russian Invasion

  • July 28, 2022
  • Nurlan Aliyev
(PONARS Eurasia Commentary) When can a weaker actor win against a far stronger player? For decades, Russian military experts and political elite have suggested that Russia should use asymmetric means…
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Dominating Ukraine’s Sky

  • March 5, 2022
  • Volodymyr Dubovyk
(PONARS Eurasia Commentary) The demands to provide a no-fly zone (NFZ) over Ukraine will most probably not lead to its introduction. Yet, they need to continue as they might be…
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Russian Anti-War Protests and the State’s Response

  • March 4, 2022
  • Lauren McCarthy
(PONARS Eurasia Commentary) With the rise in anti-war protests in Russia, you may be wondering what will happen to the protestors. Last summer, I wrote a policy memo that outlined…
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Путин и Лукашенко

  • August 29, 2020
  • Konstantin Sonin
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