Why a new Cold War can be avoided
(Brookings) (Co-authored with J. Shapiro) All is not well in U.S.-Russia relations. Russia’s annexation of Crimea and aggression in eastern Ukraine—and its new airstrikes in Syria—have brought the two to lows…
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Forcing Kiev’s Hand: Why Russia Won’t Accept a Frozen Conflict in Ukraine
(Foreign Affairs) Viewed from Washington, the conflict in Ukraine's east seems to have reached a plateau. Despite several cease-fire agreements, fighting along the frontlines has never ceased completely. Yet the…
Charap: Jury is out on Ukraine financial reforms
(Buzzfeed) Ukrainian officials wanted to make one thing very clear during a visit to the United States this week: we are open for business and we are nothing like Greece.“There…
Charap: Direct US-Russia diplomatic engagement at a senior level had been the missing piece regarding Ukraine
(FT) The US has started muscling in on the shaky European-brokered peace process in Ukraine as the EU approaches a deadline next month for the extension of its sanctions against Russia over Moscow’s…
Special Issue: Making Sense of Russian Foreign Policy
(Problems of Post-Communism) As Peter Gourevitch wrote, “If nations have choices, we need theories and research that explains how countries make these choices.” This special issue of Problems of Post-Communism…
The purpose of Putin’s diplomatic acrobatics
(Financial Times) In the past year, Vladimir Putin has become almost as notorious for his falsehoods as for the truth of his actions in Ukraine. He delivered a perfect example in…
Consequences of a New Cold War
(IISS) (Co-authored with Jeremy Shapiro) The Ukraine crisis poses vexing policy challenges for Washington. President Barack Obama has sought to strike a balance between the imperative of responding to Russian…
Why Sanctions on Russia Will Backfire
(The New York Times) (Co-authored with Bernard Sucher) The American government tends to see sanctions against Russia as a low-cost policy that will eventually force Vladimir Putin to change course in…
Charap: It was clear they couldn’t get a deal on Debaltseve
(NYTimes) Ukrainian soldiers were forced to fight their way out of the embattled town of Debaltseve in the early hours of Wednesday, casting further doubt on the credibility of a days-old…
Charap: Obama can’t seem to hide his disdain for the way Putin views the world
(Bloomberg) The fractured relationship between U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian leader Vladimir Putin has reached a critical juncture in the conflict over Ukraine, with ties between the two nations more…