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Putin’s Desperation Deepens as His Blunders Accumulate

(EDM) Russian foreign policy took an unexpected turn and suffered a serious setback last week when President Vladimir Putin suggested sending to Washington a delegation headed by Prime Minister Dmitry…

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Two Experts Apply IR Theory and Historical Analogies to U.S. Policy on Russia’s Use of Force

Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan—Georgia, Ukraine, Syria? Şener Aktürk (Istanbul): “Russian Military Uses Syria as Proving Ground, and West Takes Notice,” wrote The New York Times. Who would have thought that after pronounced…

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Putin’s Potemkin Intervention: The Weakness of Moscow’s Syrian Adventure

(Foreign Affairs) (Co-author: Daniel H. Nexon) When it comes to foreign policy, U.S. President Obama’s critics have long accused him of being weak, indecisive, and naive. “Restoring resolve” to the…

The “Islamic State” as a Security Problem for Russia: The Nature and Scale of the Threat

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) From the late 2000s, international attention to links between the North Caucasus and the global jihadist movement gradually waned. It has recently resurfaced, however, primarily due…

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War and Sociopolitical Identities in Ukraine

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2014, an armed conflict over the Donbas region has resulted in nearly 8,000 people dead, more than 10,000 wounded, and over 1.1 million…

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Baev: Russia’s options in Syria include firing missiles from bombers and Mediterranean submarines

(CNN) Two weeks after they started, Russian airstrikes in Syria are ratcheting up — and are being closely coordinated with regime ground forces as they try to seize rebel-held territory. According to many observers of…

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Haran: The special status for occupied areas was imposed on Ukraine in Minsk and looks like a reward for Putin

(FP) th a shaky cease-fire between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed rebels appearing to hold, one of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s most immediate challenges may come from nationalist parties within his own government,…

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Gorenburg: The goal remains to consolidate government control of key areas in the western part and around Damascus

(BBC) Just over two weeks on from its first air strikes in Syria, the tempo of Russia's air campaign has significantly stepped up and its focus has shifted. Russian air…

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No Good News for Russia’s Economy

(The Moscow Times) Even such exciting foreign policy news as Russia's intervention in the Syrian civil war does nothing to help the condition of this country's economy. To the contrary, even prior to 2014, Russia spent…

The Security Costs and Benefits of Non-State Militias: The Example of Eastern Ukraine

Non-state (or “informal”) militias play crucial roles on both sides of the conflict in eastern Ukraine. They serve as force multipliers and, in some cases, provide plausible deniability for brutality.…

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Putin’s Desperation Deepens as His Blunders Accumulate

Two Experts Apply IR Theory and Historical Analogies to U.S. Policy on Russia’s Use of Force

Putin’s Potemkin Intervention: The Weakness of Moscow’s Syrian Adventure

The “Islamic State” as a Security Problem for Russia: The Nature and Scale of the Threat

War and Sociopolitical Identities in Ukraine

Baev: Russia’s options in Syria include firing missiles from bombers and Mediterranean submarines

Haran: The special status for occupied areas was imposed on Ukraine in Minsk and looks like a reward for Putin

Gorenburg: The goal remains to consolidate government control of key areas in the western part and around Damascus

No Good News for Russia’s Economy

The Security Costs and Benefits of Non-State Militias: The Example of Eastern Ukraine