Russia’s Global Engagement
This collection of policy memos is based on the proceedings of a May 2013 workshop of the Program on New Approaches to Research and Security in Eurasia (PONARS Eurasia), held…
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Ambiguous Relations: Russia’s Post-Soviet Neighborhood
This collection of policy memos is based on the proceedings of a May 2013 workshop of the Program on New Approaches to Research and Security in Eurasia (PONARS Eurasia), held…
Putin’s Blurred Arctic Vision
The Arctic touches deeper feelings in the Russian political mind than just greed for resources or fear of military threat. Beneath typically grandiloquent rhetoric, there is a deep sense of belonging to the vast cold and clean spaces…
Rakhmon Haggles with Putin
On August 1, Tajikistan President Emomali Rakhmon paid a quick visit to Moscow to meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Commentators agree the visit is essentially linked to the…
Sochi Olympics Security Measures
President Vladimir Putin has staked his reputation on the 2014 Winter Olympics, scheduled to take place in Sochi, a city on the Black Sea coast, near the Abkhazia border. As…
The Soviet-Era Strategy That Explains What Russia Is Doing With Snowden
(The Atlantic) (Article by Olga Khazan) (Cory Welt is quoted) — When William Averell Harriman, who served as Secretary of Commerce under President Truman, mentioned "Soviet imperialism" in a speech…
From Russia, Lessons for Egypt
(Voice of America) History, it seems, moves too quickly. Not even three short weeks ago, the world’s pundits were consumed by the question of whether to call the military’s return…
Visa-Free Regime for Russian Bureaucrats: End of a Dream?
(by Olga Gulina) The Russian dream to travel to the EU without visas will most likely not come true soon. Honestly, the first reaction of European politicians to Moscow’s insistence…
New Policy Memo: The Energy Factor in Russia’s “Asia Pivot”
For a variety of economic and geostrategic reasons, Russia is again attempting to increase its efforts to develop the economy of its Eastern territories and integrate more deeply into the…
The Energy Factor in Russia’s “Asia Pivot”
For a variety of economic and geostrategic reasons, Russia is again attempting to increase its efforts to develop the economy of its Eastern territories and integrate more deeply into the…