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Coercion and Financial Secrecy in Ukraine’s Emerging Economy: What the IMF Approach Misses

(PONARS Policy Memo) Much analysis of how Ukraine’s economy operates takes place through the lens of International Monetary Fund (IMF) recommendations and reviews, which focus on budget deficits and anti-corruption…

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Here’s how Trump’s election will affect U.S.-Russian relations

(Monkey Cage/WP) Contributors: Yoshiko Herrera, Andrew Kydd, Dmitry Gorenburg, Michael Kofman, Andrew Barnes, Mariya Omelicheva, Eric McGlinchey, and Marlene Laruelle. Over the course of the recent U.S. presidential campaign, Donald…

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Tenth Time’s a Charm? IMF Loans and Conditionality in Ukraine

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) With or without Russian intervention, Ukraine was going to face a difficult road after the Euromaidan revolution. Strikingly, much of the current Western economic aid and…

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Policy Memo: How Much Would It Hurt? Exploring Russia’s Vulnerability to a Drop in Energy Prices

Russia’s economy is obviously energy-reliant, but how vulnerable does that make it in practical terms? What would happen if global energy prices dropped significantly? In the shadow of the shale…

How Much Would It Hurt? Exploring Russia’s Vulnerability to a Drop in Energy Prices

Russia’s economy is obviously energy-reliant, but how vulnerable does that make it in practical terms? What would happen if global energy prices dropped significantly? In the shadow of the shale…

В отсутствие «справедливой» цены: последние российско-китайские переговоры в сфере энергетики

Уже больше десяти лет российское правительство работает над увеличением объёма экспорта энергоносителей в дальневосточном регионе, в то время как Китай продолжает поиск новых источников импорта энергоресурсов по всему миру. Тем…

No Correct Price: Recent Energy Negotiations between Russia and China

For more than a decade, the Russian government has sought to increase energy exports to the Far East, while the Chinese government has searched the world over for new sources…

Petro Power: Can Russia Use Its Energy Endowment and the World Oil System to Its Advantage?

Russia was hit hard by the drop in oil prices in the second half of 2008 and also by the financial turmoil that has since spread around the world. While…

Russian-Chinese Oil Relations: Dominance or Negotiation?

Russia and China are destined by geography and development to be linked. For its part, China needs to import large quantities of oil (and gas). Oil production in the country…

The Political Economy of Oil in Russia: ‘Really Existing Capitalism?’

The past year has seen oil prices return to near-record levels and the Russian economy return to growth. It has also seen major Russian oil companies discuss partnerships and file…

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