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Two Challenges to U.S.-Russia Relations: Ontological and Epistemological

From an historical perspective, two challenges have been making U.S.-Russia cooperative relations difficult. One challenge has to do with the actions of both sides. The other challenge involves how they…

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Baev: Trump may conclude that since it is so hard to block the anti-Russia drive, it is far easier to lead on it

(Washington Post) They’re resetting expectations in Russia for a reboot of relations with the United States. It wasn’t that long ago that Russia’s establishment was reveling in President-elect Donald Trump’s victory. That…

The Soviet Roots of Meddling in U.S. Politics

(PONARS Policy Memo) The release on January 6 of an unclassified version of the U.S. Intelligence Community’s report describing efforts by Russian security services to influence last year’s U.S. presidential…

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Everything you need to know about the Russian art of ‘kompromat’

(WP) On Tuesday, news broke—in rather sensational fashion—that U.S. intelligence agencies had briefed both President Obama and President-elect Donald Trump on the possibility that Russia possesses compromising information on Trump. While questions continue to swirlabout the…

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Ukrainian Eggs Seek Markets

(GW Food Institute) Ukrainian chickens have been laying large numbers of eggs in one of the bright spots of the country’s post-Soviet economy, but geopolitics is blocking their sale in nearby…

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Marten on NPR: New sanctions and U.S.-Russia relations

(NPR) What actions can be taken against Russia for allegedly interfering in the 2016 election? Siegel: Professor Kimberly Marten of Barnard College is a scholar of U.S.-Russia relations, and she joins us now.…

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Assassination of an Ambassador

(LRB Blog) At 7.05 p.m. Turkish time yesterday, the Russian ambassador, Andrei Karlov, was shot dead in an Ankara art gallery, while visiting an exhibition entitled Russia through Turkish Eyes. The assassin,…

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Darden: Trump’s rhetoric resulted in a surprising number of conservatives seeing Putin in a positive light

(CSM) When the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday proposed a resolution praising outgoing Secretary General Ban Ki-moon for supporting the world’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community, Russia stood up…

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The Kremlin’s New Policy Toward the US

(RAD) Abstract: Following the election of Donald Trump as president of the US, the Kremlin officially announced its conditions for improving relations between the two countries, including demands that it did…

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The Role of Russia in the US Presidential Elections

(RAD) Abstract: Russia played an unusually large role in the chaotic 2016 American presidential election. President Vladimir Putin was an object of debate between the two candidates, while the Russian…

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Two Challenges to U.S.-Russia Relations: Ontological and Epistemological

Baev: Trump may conclude that since it is so hard to block the anti-Russia drive, it is far easier to lead on it

The Soviet Roots of Meddling in U.S. Politics

Everything you need to know about the Russian art of ‘kompromat’

Ukrainian Eggs Seek Markets

Marten on NPR: New sanctions and U.S.-Russia relations

Assassination of an Ambassador

Darden: Trump’s rhetoric resulted in a surprising number of conservatives seeing Putin in a positive light

The Kremlin’s New Policy Toward the US

The Role of Russia in the US Presidential Elections