Marten 8 - PONARS Eurasia

Putin’s Biggest Mistake: The Real Stakes of Intervening In Ukraine

(Foreign Affairs) My previous article on what Russia was likely to do in Ukraine described the costs of a Russian attempt at territorial aggrandizement. The title and subtitle were picked…

View

4 reasons why Crimea is not Abkhazia

Ukraine’s acting president, Oleksander Turchynov, has accused Russian-supported forces in Crimea of “working on scenarios which are fully analogous with Abkhazia.” The notion that the “model” of Abkhazia from the…

View

Crimean Punishment: Why Russia Won’t Invade Ukraine

(Foreign Affairs) There has been much speculation of late about a possible Russian intervention in Ukraine. After Russia ordered large-scale military exercises on Ukraine’s border earlier this week, for example,…

View

Marten: Russian Soft Targets a Concern Almost More Than Sochi

(Bloomberg) Attacks in Russia Raise Olympic Fears—Stratfor Vice President of Intelligence Fred Burton, Barnard College Professor & Chair of Political Science Kimberly Marten and Former Director of Homeland Security &…

View

New Policy Memo: A New Explanation for Russian Foreign Policy

When most analysts look at Russian foreign policy today, they treat Russia as if it is a unified state with a meaningful strategy and clear goals. They focus on Russian…

A New Explanation for Russian Foreign Policy: The Power of Informal Patronage Networks

When most analysts look at Russian foreign policy today, they treat Russia as if it is a unified state with a meaningful strategy and clear goals. They focus on Russian…

View

Al Jazeera Interview: Kim Marten on Putin’s Syria Offer

View

For Obama & Putin, G-20 Summit Brings a Big Chill

(WNYC Radio) Kimberly Marten joins The Takeaway to decipher how things are going at the G-20 summit. Russian President Vladimir Putin kicked off the summit with a speech that emphasized…

View

Can Tension in U.S.-Russia Relationship Lessen?

(MSNBC) (Discussion with Kimberly Marten) Given the range of critical issues between the U.S. and Russia, including Syria, Afghanistan and Iran, can tensions in the relationship between the two countries…

View

Reactions to Obama’s Decision to Cancel Summit with Putin in September

(The Monkey Cage) Earlier today the White House announced that President Obama would cancel his planned September summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Here are some thoughts on this decision from my colleagues at PONARS Eurasia: Kimberly Marten, Barnard…

Contacts

DIGITAL RESOURCES

Knowledge Hub

RECOMMENDED

Misconceptions about Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia and Their Impact on Policy

Five Years into the War, Ukraine Is Showing Grittiness, Rebounding Confidence in War Fortunes

Russia’s Wartime Internet: A Contested Space with the Regime Still Predominant

Why Georgians Need to Take Hungarian Lessons

The ‘Don’t Lose Lukashenko’ Approach: Kyiv’s (Non-) Strategic Ambiguity Toward the Belarusian Opposition

PONARS Eurasia Podcast

Marten

Putin’s Biggest Mistake: The Real Stakes of Intervening In Ukraine

4 reasons why Crimea is not Abkhazia

Crimean Punishment: Why Russia Won’t Invade Ukraine

Marten: Russian Soft Targets a Concern Almost More Than Sochi

New Policy Memo: A New Explanation for Russian Foreign Policy

A New Explanation for Russian Foreign Policy: The Power of Informal Patronage Networks

Al Jazeera Interview: Kim Marten on Putin’s Syria Offer

For Obama & Putin, G-20 Summit Brings a Big Chill

Can Tension in U.S.-Russia Relationship Lessen?

Reactions to Obama’s Decision to Cancel Summit with Putin in September