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Strategic Sderzhivanie: Understanding Contemporary Russian Approaches to “Deterrence”

  • September 15, 2020
  • Samuel Charap
(Marshall Center) Executive Summary: There is a mismatch between the Western concept of deterrence and the Russian concept of sderzhivanie, and particularly strategic sderzhivanie. Strategic sderzhivanie encompasses the Western concepts…
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A New Approach to Conventional Arms Control in Europe

  • May 5, 2020
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  • October 31, 2019
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  • March 6, 2017
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  • February 7, 2017
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The US Election and the Ukraine Connection

  • January 25, 2017
  • Samuel Charap
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Everyone Loses: The Ukraine Crisis and the Ruinous Contest for Post-Soviet Eurasia [New Book]

  • January 24, 2017
  • Samuel Charap
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  • October 19, 2016
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