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Russian Politics Today: Stability and Fragility

Edited by Susanne A. Wengle, University of Notre Dame, Indiana Russian Politics Today: Stability and Fragility provides an accessible and nuanced introduction to contemporary Russian politics at a time of increasing uncertainty.…

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Prepare for Russia’s Coming Retrenchment

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has been a catastrophe for Ukraine, imposing staggering human and economic costs across the board. Compared to them, Russia’s woes are on a less harsh…

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Russia’s Road to Economic Ruin

(Foreign Affairs) The Long-Term Costs of the Ukraine War Will Be Staggering. fter Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, the Russian economy seemed destined for a nosedive. International sanctions threatened…

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Deciphering Russia’s Playbook: Lessons From the Lead-Up to Putin’s War in Ukraine

Typically overlooked amid the Kremlin’s gross miscalculations of defender resolve, operational setbacks, and the strategic blowback associated with Russia’s war of choice in Ukraine is the repeated failure of the…

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United We Stand (With Russia)? How Moscow’s Soft Power Shaped Views on the War

The 2022 Russian war against Ukraine elicited worldwide indignation. Wealthy democratic countries levied harsh sanctions on the Russian economy and provided humanitarian and military support to Kyiv. Muted behind the…

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Do Russians Support the War? How the Answer Reflects Biases, Uncertainty, and Old Divisions

The share of pro-war and anti-war Russians has quickly become one of the main bones of contention in the Russian war against Ukraine. Around the world, politicians, journalists, experts, professors,…

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Why Would Western Policymakers Favor a Ukrainian Stalemate Over Victory?

During the first days of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, some Western governments muttered that if the blitzkrieg on Kyiv succeeds, they might accept Ukraine’s…

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The Future of Kazakhstani-Russian Relations: Public Opinion and the CSTO

President Vladimir Putin’s escalation of the war in Ukraine in February 2022 has critical implications for the future of Russia’s relationship with Kazakhstan. One important indicator of the direction of…

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Russians Know the Reality of War, and Many of Them Still Support Putin

(NYTimes) Don’t count your chickens before they hatch, an old English proverb says. Its Russian counterpart advises you to count your chickens in the fall. In Russia, fall starts looming…

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The Limits of the Russia-China Partnership After the Ukraine Invasion

Despite many years of expanding cooperation and engagement between Beijing and Moscow, China’s record on trade, foreign direct investment, weapons sales, and military exercises after the invasion of Ukraine suggests…

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