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Putin’s Ukrainian Triumph Is a Major Setback for Russia

(Eurasia Daily Monitor) The Ukrainian government’s shocking decision to put on hold the process of finalizing the Association Agreement with the European Union, announced last Thursday (November 21), a week…

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Берлин может взять на вооружение аргументы Кремля

На первый взгляд, Германию и Россию многое объединяет. Оба государства мыслят себя в рамках "большой Европы" и пытаются найти оптимальное сочетание национального суверенитета и интеграционных проектов, односторонних действий и многосторонней…

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Policy Memo: Central Asian Military and Security Forces: Assessing the Impact of Foreign Assistance

As the drawdown of U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan has accelerated in preparation for the end of Operation Enduring Freedom in 2014, media attention has come to focus on…

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Policy Memo: Russia and the Geopolitics of Natural Gas: Leveraging or Succumbing to Revolution?

The changing natural gas landscape—driven by the rise of liquid natural gas (LNG) projects, unconventional boom in North America, protracted global economic slowdown, post-Fukushima recalibration in the nuclear sector, and…

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Policy Memo: How Much Would It Hurt? Exploring Russia’s Vulnerability to a Drop in Energy Prices

Russia’s economy is obviously energy-reliant, but how vulnerable does that make it in practical terms? What would happen if global energy prices dropped significantly? In the shadow of the shale…

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Policy Memo: How Russia’s Energy “Weapon” Turned into an Oil Pillow and Gas Rattle

The transformation of the global energy market has been so swift that strategic thinkers have had difficulty internalizing the consequences of a massive expansion of supply. In the United States,…

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Q&A: Russian who urged Arctic conservation is unbowed after Putin’s insult

(Los Angeles Times) Political science professor Sergei Medvedev, a longtime lover and explorer of the Arctic, drew the ire of Russian President Vladimir Putin when he recently called for international…

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Huge Misses for India in Moscow Visit

(Times Now) In a recent interview, Tomila Lankina discussed the challenges for improved future relations between India and Russia. "The corporation possibilities between the two countries are limitless…There is a…

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(Video) Andrey Makarychev on Russia’s Changing Economic and Political Regimes

A new book co-edited by Andrey Makarychev (University of Tartu) and Andre Mommen (University of Amsterdam) discusses the social, ideological and economic changes that have occurred in Russia since 2000,…

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Policy Memo: Managing the Threat of an Olympics Boycott: International Pressure and Russia’s Response

As Russia’s world-class athletes, culture, and economic development will be showcased at the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, its political direction and an array of unresolved issues will be exposed.…

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Putin’s Ukrainian Triumph Is a Major Setback for Russia

Берлин может взять на вооружение аргументы Кремля

Policy Memo: Central Asian Military and Security Forces: Assessing the Impact of Foreign Assistance

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Policy Memo: How Much Would It Hurt? Exploring Russia’s Vulnerability to a Drop in Energy Prices

Policy Memo: How Russia’s Energy “Weapon” Turned into an Oil Pillow and Gas Rattle

Q&A: Russian who urged Arctic conservation is unbowed after Putin’s insult

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(Video) Andrey Makarychev on Russia’s Changing Economic and Political Regimes

Policy Memo: Managing the Threat of an Olympics Boycott: International Pressure and Russia’s Response