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The Clampdown on Internet Activities in Russia and the Implications for Western Policy

One of the most worrying recent trends in Russia has been the government’s clampdown on Internet access and activities. When the World Wide Web emerged in the mid-1990s, the Russian…

The Ukraine Crisis: Repercussions for Georgia

Russia’s annexation of Crimea is reshaping the geopolitical map of Europe and sending ripples of apprehension across the South Caucasus and wider Black Sea region. Amid Moscow’s direct involvement in…

Approaches to State- and Nation-Building in Russia’s Ukraine Policy

A characteristic picture of Western media evaluations of Russian foreign policy toward Ukraine (and the post-Soviet space more generally) can be discerned in the questions of French journalists to Russian…

How Immigration Aids Russia’s Transformation into an Assimilationist Nation-State

Immigration is often discussed in the framework of political economy and security studies. When discussed in the context of national identity, immigration is invariably depicted as a “challenge” or an…

Exceptions Prove the Rule: Ukraine, Iraq, and the Fate of International Borders

Just months apart, the implosions of Ukraine and Iraq have alarmed many policymakers, journalists, and international affairs experts who worry that the modern state and its borders are on the…

The Crisis in Ukraine and the Baltic Sea Region: A Spillover of the Conflict?

This memo discusses the implications of the current crisis in Russian-Ukrainian relations for the Baltic Sea region (BSR), for many years considered one of the greatest success stories of regional…

Ukraine: Trends and Regional Dynamics in Population, Health, and Migration

Today’s conflict in Ukraine hinges on perceptions of a stark East-West political divide. This memo assesses the extent to which geographic variation characterizes other elements of today’s Ukraine, mainly those…

The Psychological Logic of Protracted Conflict in Ukraine

Since the Euromaidan protests began in November 2013, the Ukraine conflict has occurred on several levels. There is a military conflict between a state, a rebel movement, and another state.…

Countering Color Revolutions: Russia’s New Security Strategy and its Implications for U.S. Policy

The May 2014 Moscow Conference on International Security (MCIS), sponsored by the Russian Ministry of Defense, was focused on the role of popular protest, and specifically color revolutions, in international…

Долгосрочные перспективы вступления Украины в Европейский Союз: Препятствия на уровне ЕС

7 июня новый президент Украины Петр Порошенко во время инаугурации заявил о намерении подписать Соглашение об ассоциации с Европейским Союзом, а также добиваться членства в ЕС, как только ЕС даст…

The Troubled Rebirth of Political Opposition in Russia

In the 2000s, most experts considered the role of political opposition in Russia as peripheral at best. But with the protest wave of 2011-12, opposition actors and movements reentered the…

Russian Foreign Policy: Traditional Vectors in a New Geopolitical Situation

The Ukraine crisis is transforming the global geopolitical order. It is eliciting new controversies and clarifying existing ones. It is also intensifying efforts to accelerate integration processes in both the…

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