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The White Whale Chooses Freedom: Hard Choices in Opposing Russian Dominance in the Arctic

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Russia’s claims to “Great Power” status may be overblown and even preposterous, but the country is, without a doubt, a great Arctic power. It has more…

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Azerbaijan Through the Prism of BRI: China’s Mounting Interests and Influence in the Region

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) With the diminishing engagement of the United States in the South Caucasus[1] and the weak position of the EU as it deals with Brexit,[2] other world…

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Putin and Xi: Ice Cream Buddies and Tandem Strongmen

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) As Moscow and Beijing enter into the 70th year of their relationship since the Communist Revolution in China, what does the apparent bromance between Presidents Xi…

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Statecraft Overachievement: Sources of Scares in U.S.-Russian Relations

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Actors in world politics often claim positions in the global pecking order on the basis of their ability to achieve desired outcomes in major areas of interest.…

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Russia and the Afghan Peace Process

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) On September 8, 2019, President Donald Trump cancelled his secretly planned Camp David meeting with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s team and the Taliban. The formal pretext was…

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Central Asia and the EU Connectivity Strategy: Rising to the Good Governance Challenge

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) The EU connectivity strategy for Eurasia, adopted by the European Council in October 2018, is the Union’s response to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and its…

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Estonia’s Russophones Tumble Between Two Populisms

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Current political developments in Estonia are primarily shaped by the highly controversial and divisive effects of its March 2019 parliamentary election. For the first time, the right-wing…

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Russia as a Bogeyman in Poland’s 2019 Domestic Political Wars

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Poland will hold general elections on October 13, 2019. Recent exit polls suggest that the ruling right-wing, conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party will maintain its dominant…

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Washington’s Security Assistance to Kyiv: Improving Long-Term Returns on Military Investments in Ukraine

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Since Russia’s annexation of Crimea and invasion of the Donbas in 2014, the United States has committed over $1.5 billion in military aid to Ukraine. This…

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On the (Belt &) Road to Failure? The Challenges of China’s Soft Power Policy in Central Asia (and Beyond)

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Notwithstanding twenty years of increasingly prominent political, economic and security relations, China remains poorly understood and even feared among Central Asians. Despite its emergence as the…

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The White Whale Chooses Freedom: Hard Choices in Opposing Russian Dominance in the Arctic

Azerbaijan Through the Prism of BRI: China’s Mounting Interests and Influence in the Region

Putin and Xi: Ice Cream Buddies and Tandem Strongmen

Statecraft Overachievement: Sources of Scares in U.S.-Russian Relations

Russia and the Afghan Peace Process

Central Asia and the EU Connectivity Strategy: Rising to the Good Governance Challenge

Estonia’s Russophones Tumble Between Two Populisms

Russia as a Bogeyman in Poland’s 2019 Domestic Political Wars

Washington’s Security Assistance to Kyiv: Improving Long-Term Returns on Military Investments in Ukraine

On the (Belt &) Road to Failure? The Challenges of China’s Soft Power Policy in Central Asia (and Beyond)