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Is Anyone in Charge of the Russian Nationalists Fighting in Ukraine?

As discussions swirl about the effectiveness of the current cease fire in Ukraine, it is becoming increasingly clear that the separatists fighting there have become important actors in their own…

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New Policy Memo: Identity, Nationalism, and the Limits of Liberalism in Russian Popular Politics

(Co-author: Graeme Robertson) Recent Russian election campaigns and post-election contestation have been characterized by a pervasive rhetoric of ethnonationalism, anti-migrant xenophobia, and other forms of chauvinism. This appears to mirror…

Identity, Nationalism, and the Limits of Liberalism in Russian Popular Politics

Recent Russian election campaigns and post-election contestation have been characterized by a pervasive rhetoric of ethnonationalism, anti-migrant xenophobia, and other forms of chauvinism. This appears to mirror the proliferation of…

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Sergei Ryabkov hopes for continued cooperation

While in Moscow a few weeks ago, I was part of a group of U.S. scholars that met with Sergei Ryabkov, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister and BRICS sherpa, who has particular…

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Putin’s Move: The Collapse of Ukraine’s Faustian Bargain

(The Walrus) As this magazine hits the stands, hundreds of Canadian monitors will be returning from Ukraine, after observing the May 25 presidential election. While we do not yet know…

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Moshes: Eurasian Union will produce low economic and political results

(Global Post) When Russian President Vladimir Putin joined his counterparts from Kazakhstan and Belarus on stage last month to sign an agreement for a new union between their countries, their…

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Kakachia: Anxiety exists over Russia’s ambiguous relationship with Abkhazia

(The Moscow Times) Last week saw the toppling of the president of Abkhazia in mass protests reminiscent of those in Kiev's Maidan Square. But while the new government may resolve some tensions, the breakaway republic's ambiguous relationship to Russia…

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PONARS Experts: Why Washington must try harder to understand the Kremlin

(The Guardian) All of the problems stem from a poorly chosen verb. In May 2012, Congress approved a budget for the fiscal year ending 30 September, 2013. Since 1983, the US…

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Haran: Ukraine’s Future Under Poroshenko (Audio)

(NPR) PONARS Eurasia member Olexiy Haran discussed with NPR's Scott Simon on Weekend Edition the implications surrounding Petro Poroshenko's rise to the Ukrainian presidency. Haran disscusses the immediate administrative priorities…

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Kremlin Paranoia Cooks Up New Threats

(The Moscow Times) The May 23 to 24 Moscow Conference on International Security, sponsored by Russia's Defense Ministry, focused not on conflict zones or technology advances, but on the role of popular protest — specifically "color revolutions," in international…

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Is Anyone in Charge of the Russian Nationalists Fighting in Ukraine?

New Policy Memo: Identity, Nationalism, and the Limits of Liberalism in Russian Popular Politics

Identity, Nationalism, and the Limits of Liberalism in Russian Popular Politics

Sergei Ryabkov hopes for continued cooperation

Putin’s Move: The Collapse of Ukraine’s Faustian Bargain

Moshes: Eurasian Union will produce low economic and political results

Kakachia: Anxiety exists over Russia’s ambiguous relationship with Abkhazia

PONARS Experts: Why Washington must try harder to understand the Kremlin

Haran: Ukraine’s Future Under Poroshenko (Audio)

Kremlin Paranoia Cooks Up New Threats