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Troitskiy: A wedge is being driven between Turkey and the United States as well as NATO in general with the S-400 deal

(Al-Monitor) MOSCOW — This week will see the completed delivery of the first stage of Russian S-400 missile system components to Turkey. As was reported by RIA Novosti, over the course of this supply phase Ankara will receive launching…

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The Mueller Report and the Silence of the Experts

(Medium) The Mueller reports highlights many shortcomings in American democracy, but also reveals a deeper failure that informs our broader politics: the silence of the experts. Those well positioned to comment on…

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Russia Ushers in a Post-Pseudo-Arms-Control World

(EDM) The United States and Russia have entered the final fortnight before time runs out on their pro formacommitment to the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty (1988)—one of the major achievements of…

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Are Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin Partners? Interpreting the Russia-China Rapprochement

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) The blossoming of relations between the Russian and Chinese presidents has been prominently on display. Images have been widely distributed of Xi Jinping awarding Vladimir Putin the…

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Putin’s Fourth Term: The Phantom Breakthrough

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Russian President Vladimir Putin promised a “decisive leap forward in development” in his fourth term (2018-2024), claiming that Russia will create a “modern system of effective governance.”…

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Russian-Turkish Missile Deal Enacted by Weakening Autocrats

(EDM) Since July 12, Russian transport planes have been landing at the Murted Air Base near Ankara, delivering elements of the S-400 surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, which Turkey purchased despite strong…

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Russia’s use of semi-state security forces: the case of the Wagner Group [Open Access]

(Post-Soviet Affairs) Abstract: This article provides a definitive, in-depth case-study, using primarily Russian sources, of Russia’s use of the informal “Wagner Group” private military company (PMC) and its antecedents (from 2012…

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The Russian Orthodox Church’s Expansion is Causing Popular Disaffection

(Point & Counterpoint) The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) is building more and more new churches—30,000 in the past ten years, according to Patriarch Kirill. It has also steadily claimed and received the property…

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Russian ITC Security Policy and Cybercrime

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) The fast expansion of information-communication technology (ITC) as a requisite factor of economic development and improvement of public institutions inevitably creates new opportunities for criminals. Hundreds of…

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Russia’s Regime-on-the-Move

(Russian Politics) (Co-authors: Maria Lipman and Nikolay Petrov) Abstract: Russia’s political system must be understood as inherently dynamic, with constant regime change being essential to how the regime operates and survives. This regime…

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Troitskiy: A wedge is being driven between Turkey and the United States as well as NATO in general with the S-400 deal

The Mueller Report and the Silence of the Experts

Russia Ushers in a Post-Pseudo-Arms-Control World

Are Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin Partners? Interpreting the Russia-China Rapprochement

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Russian-Turkish Missile Deal Enacted by Weakening Autocrats

Russia’s use of semi-state security forces: the case of the Wagner Group [Open Access]

The Russian Orthodox Church’s Expansion is Causing Popular Disaffection

Russian ITC Security Policy and Cybercrime

Russia’s Regime-on-the-Move