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New Policy Memo: Natural Gas and the Ukraine Crisis: From Realpolitik to Network Diplomacy

The current crisis in Ukraine has again foisted natural gas diplomacy to the fore of great power politics. Many view the gas weapon as Moscow’s continuing trump card for coercing…

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Reassuring the Baltic States

Russia’s actions in Ukraine have had a direct impact on the security perceptions of the Baltic States. Baltic leaders see Russia’s intervention in Ukraine as a potentially serious precedent for…

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Two Guys Discussing Russia: Will the Kremlin Shut Down the Internet?

(Video Series) (Special Guest!) Russian politics is increasingly unpredictable. In order to help clarify the issues, Robert Orttung and Sufian Zhemukhov have launched a new talk show called “Two Guys Discussing Russia over…

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Current History: How to Avoid a New Cold War

(IISS | Co-authored with Jeremy Shapiro) This year, the tragedies and outrages of the Ukraine crisis have dominated headlines and thinking about Western relations with Russia. There can be little doubt…

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The Flawed Logic of Russian Sanctions (and Why They Might Be Useful Anyway)

(The Huffington Post) Western sanctions are harming the Russian economy, but that doesn't mean they will achieve anything the West wants in Ukraine. The Minsk ceasefire agreement benefits Russia much…

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Nature Abhors a Vacuum: What Can a Future Russia-West Settlement Rely On?

(Russia in Global Affairs) Europe slipped unexpectedly into a new geopolitical reality in March 2014. A major conflict is brewing between Russia and the West that until recently had been…

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Putin Isn’t Chasing After Empire in Ukraine; He Fears a Color Revolution at Home

(The Moscow Times/Huffington Post) While various commentators have described President Vladimir Putin as playing a chess game against the West, I would argue that he has actually been primarily reacting tactically to what…

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Cooley: Kyrgyzstan is entering a new era as a Russian client state

(The Guardian) While Russia’s relationship with Ukraine has been grabbing the headlines, Moscow has been steadily strengthening its foothold in another of the post-Soviet states – Kyrgyzstan. In the past…

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Nationalism Just a Tool in Putin’s Cynical Hands (Op-ed)

(The Moscow Times) In August, radio station Ekho Moskvy organized a sociological survey asking Russians who they would vote for at the next presidential elections of 2018. Only two names…

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Moshes: The situation in eastern Ukraine is volatile

(Deutsche Welle interview with Arkady Moshes) The parliament in Kyiv has adopted legislation giving the Donbass region in eastern Ukraine limited self-rule. DW asked political analyst Arkady Moshes to explain.…

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New Policy Memo: Natural Gas and the Ukraine Crisis: From Realpolitik to Network Diplomacy

Reassuring the Baltic States

Two Guys Discussing Russia: Will the Kremlin Shut Down the Internet?

Current History: How to Avoid a New Cold War

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Moshes: The situation in eastern Ukraine is volatile