Witnessing Ukraine, Watersheds in the Balkans
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Common threats unify. Unfortunately, the war on Ukraine had to happen to make clear what already should have been. As French President Emmanuel Macron explained, NATO…
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Dominating Ukraine’s Sky
(PONARS Eurasia Commentary) The demands to provide a no-fly zone (NFZ) over Ukraine will most probably not lead to its introduction. Yet, they need to continue as they might be…
A Weak Link in NATO? Bulgaria, Russia, and the Lure of Espionage
(Davis Center) The latest revelations about the penetration of Bulgaria’s national security bodies by Russian intelligence services have raised a host of troubling security questions for U.S. and NATO policymakers.…
Russia’s policy in the “frozen conflicts” of the post-soviet space: from ethno-politics to geopolitics
(Caucasus Survey) Abstract: The article analyzes the evolution of Russia’s policy in secessionist conflicts in the post-Soviet space in 1991–2018. The authors differentiate the patterns of Russian policy between the…
NATO enlargement: evaluating its consequences in Russia
(International Politics) Abstract: It is often claimed that NATO’s post-Cold War geographic enlargement threatened Russian security interests and caused the downturn in Russia’s relations with the West. This article unpacks and challenges…
Two Grandiose Summits and an Unlawful Verdict in Russia Publication
(EDM) After the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) contentious jubilee summit in London last week (December 3–4) (see EDM, December 2), the fulcrum of European politics has shifted to two different summits,…
Baev: Macron wanted to bring into focus the intensity of today’s problems (US leadership of NATO and problems with Turkey)
(RFI) Allied Heads of State and Government meet in London for a two-day Nato summit to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the alliance. But deep divisions are already evident between US…
The Unrealism of Realists
(Moscow-On-Thames) For the latest another addition to my (very long) list of reasons why the community of international relations scholars who call themselves realists should be banned from using the term,…
Moscow Seeks to Sow Discord During NATO Jubilee
(EDM) Russia regularly mixes demonstrations of military might and claims of devotion to cooperation with the West as a means of weakening Western solidarity. And Moscow has been fine-tuning this conspicuously…
Russia’s Naval Strategy in the Mediterranean
(RMR blog) One more in the series of policy briefs on Russian strategic culture and leadership decision-making, written for a collaborative project organized by the Marshall Center with support from the…