Policy Memos | Аналитика 33

Circumstances Have Changed Since 1991, but Russia’s Core Foreign Policy Goals Have Not

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Since the Ukraine crisis, the dominant Western perspective on Russian foreign policy has come to emphasize its increasingly confrontational, even revanchist, nature. Experts have focused on…

Можно ли на самом деле считать Россию «фашистской»? Комментарии на публикации Тимоти Снайдера

На протяжении последнего десятилетия и, особенно, с момента аннексии Крыма наблюдается растущая тенденция определять Россию или, как минимум, путинский режим как «фашистский». Среди политиков подобные оценки раздает кто угодно, начиная…

Are Eurasian Conflicts Really All That Eurasian? Lessons for Scholars and Policymakers

(PONARS Policy Memo) Civil and territorial conflicts in Eurasia are often treated as distinct from their counterparts in other parts of the world. The Tajik civil war in the 1990s, the…

To Hack Abroad and Ban at Home: The Kremlin’s Cyber Activism

(PONARS Policy Memo) Russia has been playing a multi-fold game in the digital arena. It engages in international cyber attacks, spreads select narratives strategically overseas using the open media rules of…

A Partnership Not in the Making: Ukrainian-Belarusian Relations After the Euromaidan

(PONARS Policy Memo) After the collapse of the USSR, Ukraine and Belarus pursued competing strategies in their relations with Russia. The question was whether a drift away from Russia, as in…

What Putin’s Exit Could Mean for Chechnya: The Pitfalls of Kadyrov’s State-within-a-State

(PONARS Policy Memo) After the Soviet Union broke apart, the Russian government fought two highly destructive wars against insurgents in Chechnya—in 1994-1996 and in 1999-2009. Both wars caused immense bloodshed, dislocation,…

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How Do Ukrainians Want to End the Donbas War?

(PONARS Policy Memo) Whereas it is hard to imagine the Donbas retuning fully to Ukraine’s control without Russia ending its multi-year military and economic backing of the separatist entities there, the…

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Why Russia’s Strategic Deception Is Popular: The Cultural Appeal of the Trickster

(PONARS Policy Memo) Russia has often been accused of violating the norms of “civilized” international interaction. It has engaged in small-scale incidents such as violations of national airspace and aerial brinkmanship…

Belarus Inside the Bear Hug | And Its Geopolitical Predicament After the Ukraine Crisis

(PONARS Policy Memo) The 2014 crisis between Russia and Ukraine has produced new security concerns in Minsk related to a hypothetical Russian intervention and occupation of Belarus. But the crisis has…

Will Ukraine’s 2019 Elections Be a Turning Point? Unlikely, but Dangers Lurk

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Next year, amid an ongoing conflict with Russia, sluggish economic recovery, and the rise of populism, Ukrainians will elect a new president (in March) and a…

Russia’s Truckers and the Path from Economic to Political Protest

(PONARS Policy Memo) What can truck drivers teach us about protest in Russia’s political system? Truck drivers throughout Russia suddenly joined together in dramatic mobilizations at the end of 2015. While…

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The Nature and Sources of Terrorist Threat in Russia: An “Armed Underground” or ISIL?

(PONARS Policy Memo) The 2018 FIFA World Cup shifted the attention of terrorism watchers to Russia. In advance of the tournament, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)…

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Circumstances Have Changed Since 1991, but Russia’s Core Foreign Policy Goals Have Not

Можно ли на самом деле считать Россию «фашистской»? Комментарии на публикации Тимоти Снайдера

Are Eurasian Conflicts Really All That Eurasian? Lessons for Scholars and Policymakers

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A Partnership Not in the Making: Ukrainian-Belarusian Relations After the Euromaidan

What Putin’s Exit Could Mean for Chechnya: The Pitfalls of Kadyrov’s State-within-a-State

How Do Ukrainians Want to End the Donbas War?

Why Russia’s Strategic Deception Is Popular: The Cultural Appeal of the Trickster

Belarus Inside the Bear Hug | And Its Geopolitical Predicament After the Ukraine Crisis

Will Ukraine’s 2019 Elections Be a Turning Point? Unlikely, but Dangers Lurk

Russia’s Truckers and the Path from Economic to Political Protest

The Nature and Sources of Terrorist Threat in Russia: An “Armed Underground” or ISIL?