Connections: Trump And Russia [Podcast]
(Connections with Evan Dawson) We sort out the substance from the noise surrounding Donald Trump's relationship with Vladimir Putin. Our guest is Dr. Randy Stone, director of the Skalny Center…
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Russian naval air defense in trouble
(RMR) There have long been reports that the ongoing delays with the commissioning of the Admiral Gorshkov frigate have to do with defects in its air defense systems. These were…
Greene: What matters most to Moscow is simply to ensure that whoever wins on Nov. 8 emerges as a weak figure
(Reuters) The Kremlin says it had zero involvement in the hacking of Democratic Party emails while U.S. officials say the hack originated in Russia. We may never know who is right,…
Charap: As Secretary of State, Clinton’s comments were seized upon by Russia; she became a convenient scapegoat
(Washington Post) Russian President Vladimir Putin repeatedly accused Hillary Clinton when she was secretary of state of interfering in Moscow’s affairs — and if Russian security was behind last week’s…
Petrov: DNC email hack attracted little attention in Russia; state media likely following orders from the Kremlin
(NBC) If the theft of 20,000 emails from the Democratic National Committee caused political shockwaves in the U.S., allegations that Moscow was behind the hack have barely registered a ripple…
Russia’s Economy Deteriorates as Putin Focuses on Squabbles Among Siloviki
(EDM) President Vladimir Putin is not taking a summer vacation. He has instead maintained a busy schedule of meetings with government officials and regional governors. But his grip on the steering…
Active Measures
(Moscow-on-Thames) It’s hard to ignore Paul Krugman. Leading lights of the neo-con foreign policy establishment – people like Anders Aslund and Anne Applebaum – are doing double-takes as they find themselves re-tweeting a recent column by the…
Russia’s “Sovereign Globalization”: Insulation, Influence, and Decline
(PONARS Policy Memo) Economic problems are once again at the center of debates about Russia’s future. For the first time under the Putin presidency, the country faces a protracted decline…
Black Sea Fleet projects power westwards
In April 2016, I published a short article in the Oxford Analytica Daily Brief discussing the role of Russia's Black Sea Fleet post-Crimea annexation. Here’s the text, as usual with…
Dialogue With Russia Produces Universal Frustration
(EDM) The idea of engaging in more dialogue with Russia is eagerly accepted by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), is being pursued by the United States, is cultivated by the…