Russia’s Unclear Motives in Ukraine
(Co-authored by Samuel Charap and Keith Darden) In his book The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, Samuel Huntington makes the case for the utility of an…
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4 reasons why Crimea is not Abkhazia
Ukraine’s acting president, Oleksander Turchynov, has accused Russian-supported forces in Crimea of “working on scenarios which are fully analogous with Abkhazia.” The notion that the “model” of Abkhazia from the…
Why Ukraine is still not (yet) Russia
(openDemocracy) Most observers thought that any threat to the Sochi Olympics would come from disarray to the east and the south, in the fractious Caucasus. But, as it happened, strife…
Winning the Hearts of Eastern Partnership States
Russia and the EU have been increasingly competing for the loyalty of Eastern Partnership (EaP) states or, as Russia calls them, states of the “common neighborhood.” What is the nature…
Crimean Punishment: Why Russia Won’t Invade Ukraine
(Foreign Affairs) There has been much speculation of late about a possible Russian intervention in Ukraine. After Russia ordered large-scale military exercises on Ukraine’s border earlier this week, for example,…
Russia Ready to Give the Falling Ukraine a Push—and Might Follow Suit
The long telephone conversation between United States President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin in the earliest hours of last Saturday was remarkable in its surrealistic detachment from the…
Petrov: Putin Believes Any Protests are Organized by “Somebody Other” than the Protesters
(Christian Science Monitor) Moscow police carted away about 70 people outside a Moscow district court Monday, charging most of them with holding an unauthorized gathering. It was a fairly regular occurrence…
Zhemukhov: Russian Government Still Undecided about Post-Sochi Concept
(The New York Times) Now comes the hard part. After Sunday night’s closing ceremony, Sochi must confront life after the Olympics and the impact of a building boom that, for…
Moshes: One Option for the Kremlin is to Work with the West on Ukraine
(Global Post) Moscow — Russian officials likely are watching with consternation as the country they’re hoping to pull further into their orbit teeters on the brink of uncontrollable chaos. The…
From Moscow to Vilnius: Armenia’s New Attempt to Reconcile the Irreconcilable
Emerging from a September 2013 meeting in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan expressed his readiness to join the Russian-led Customs Union (CU) and disassociated Armenia…