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Russia, China and Their Relations with Central Asia: An Interview with Marlene Laruelle

(Steppe Dispatches) The perceived “East-West” conflict revolving around Russia’s incursions into Ukraine has had the effect of pushing Moscow east. The two landmark Sino-Russian gas deals, each of which totaling…

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The Power of Soft Power in Kazakhstan

(Monkey Cage/WP) Presidential elections were held in Kazakhstan on April 26, 2015. Incumbent president Nursultan Nazarbayev was easily reelected with more than 97 percent of the votes. The majority of the…

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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…

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Mastering a Façade democracy: elections in Uzbekistan

(EUCAM) President Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan has been re-elected after scoring 90 per cent of votes at the Uzbek general elections held on 29 March 2015. According to official estimates,…

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Scared of Putin’s Shadow: In Sanctioning Dugin, Washington Got the Wrong Man

(Foreign Affairs) On March 11, 2015, the U.S. Treasury Department placed a new round of sanctions on 14 figures that Washington considers responsible for the conflict in Ukraine. Until now, sanctions had targeted…

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Russia, Central Asia and the Eurasian Economic Union

(RAD) This edition is co-produced with the Central Asia Program at George Washington University. It considers how the Ukraine crisis and the Russian economic slowdown are impacting the Central Asian Republics,…

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Special Issue: Patriotism from Below in Russia

(Europe-Asia Studies) Introduction: The accession to power of Vladimir Putin in 2000 was followed by a policy of national revival that crystallised under the banner of patriotism. Several government-sponsored programmes of ‘patriotic…

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Laruelle: The Islamist argument is that local regimes are corrupt and unjust because they’re secular

(WP) “He would have kept my house for himself if it wasn’t for the Taliban. They were quick and fair.” Thus did a resident of Kandahar, Afghanistan, recently describe Taliban justice to…

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The Ukrainian Crisis and its Impact on Transforming Russian Nationalism Landscape

(New Book Chapter) The Ukrainian crisis shattered the ideological status quo in Russia, the place of socalled ‘Russian nationalists’ in the public space, and the competition between different groups claiming to…

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Laruelle: The argument Islamists are making is that government regimes are corrupt and unjust because they’re secular

(Reuters Analysis & Opinion) Why did nearly half of Iraq open itself to Islamic State, a militant group seen as one of the most psychotic on record? Why have Boko Haram…

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Laruelle

Russia, China and Their Relations with Central Asia: An Interview with Marlene Laruelle

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Mastering a Façade democracy: elections in Uzbekistan

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Laruelle: The argument Islamists are making is that government regimes are corrupt and unjust because they’re secular