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Putin Steals the Asia-Europe Show—and Brings Big Disappointment

(Eurasia Daily Monitor) The most recent Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit attracted a sizeable crowd of world leaders to Milan last week (October 16–17), but the formal agenda was overtaken by…

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De-Modernization and Degradation—An Assessment of Russia’s Domestic Situation Since the Start of 2014

(Eurasia Daily Monitor) Considering Russia’s shocking transformation in the course of just half a year, it is easy to forget that last February the country was united in the joy…

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New Policy Memo: Upgrading Russia’s Quasi-Strategic Pseudo-Partnership with China

The fast-evolving Ukraine crisis has involved such high stakes and demanded so much attention from Russia’s leadership that it has become the decisive force shaping the country’s future. It has…

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Could Putin’s troops ‘be in Warsaw in two days’?

(EUobserver | Baev, Podvig) BRUSSELS – “If I wanted, in two days I could have Russian troops not only in Kiev, but also in Riga, Vilnius, Tallinn, Warsaw, and Bucharest”,…

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The Pause in the Ukraine War Is Not Putin’s Victory

(Eurasia Daily Monitor) The tragic battles around Donetsk and Luhansk (collectively known as the Donbas region) have taken a pause, and as civilians try to rebuild a semblance of normal…

Upgrading Russia’s Quasi-Strategic Pseudo-Partnership with China

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Putin Held Personally Responsible for a War He Is Losing

(Eurasia Daily Monitor) If President Vladimir Putin really thought that the destruction of Flight MH17 with 298 people on board would soon blow over, the White House statement from last…

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Baev: Sanctions not only fully justified, but also clearly insufficient

(Eurasia Daily Monitor) Thursday’s (July 17) missile hit on Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 that killed 298 people and left a field of scattered remains in the Donetsk region, some 50…

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Russia Puts Itself in Peril by Dismembering Ukraine

(Eurasia Daily Monitor) One unique feature of the still surging crisis in Ukraine is the intensity of high-level communications between the key parties to it—which should have eliminated the possibility…

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Obama Slaps Putin’s Hand in Crimea—to Little Avail

The two telephone conversations between United States President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin on March 2 and February 22 marked a dramatic deterioration of relations caused by the…

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