Russia Is Steered Back Toward Petro-Stagnation
(EDM) The “historic” trip of King Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud to Moscow, last week (October 4–7) was an affair long on ceremony, featuring a massive delegation, but rather uncertain regarding…
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Familiar Refrains
(Moscow-on-Thames) US Vice President Mike Pence walks out of an NFL game because players knelt. President Donald Trump considers firing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, we’re told, because the latter called…
Russian Studies is Thriving, not Dying
(National Interest) At least in Political Science, Russian studies is alive and well. The APSR is not an exception. Look at recent issues of The Journal of Politics, World Politics, The British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Politics,…
Kramer: WikiLeaks has become a convenient propaganda tool for the Russian government
(BI) Wikileaks’ founder Julian Assange has been actively supporting Catalonia’s push for independence The Kremlin has seized on Assange’s support for Catalonia in an effort to destabilize the EU Edward Snowden, along with…
Russia Tries to Conclude Its Syrian Venture
(EDM) The working dinner in Ankara, last Thursday (September 27), between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin, was not a productive affair or a cordial meeting of…
In The Bud – A global system of digital certificates is “wrongheaded”
(Moscow-on-Thames) People trying to sound smart about Russian strategy like to use funny words, like zugzwang (what happens in chess when you’re obliged to make a move that will inevitably hasten your own…
The Evolution of Russia’s Views on the Belt and Road Initiative
(Asia Policy) The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), announced by Xi Jinping in 2013 and comprising both the Silk Road Economic Belt and the Maritime Silk Road, has provoked admiration for…
Baev: Relations between Turkey and Russia may appear to be friendly but they are loaded with contradictions
(RUDAW) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday meets his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan for talks on Syria and a key weapons deal, hoping to strengthen an increasingly active relationship…
Russia Seeks to Rebuild Its International Respectability
(EDM) Russian President Vladimir Putin opted not to attend this year’s United Nations General Assembly, in New York City; but he nevertheless kept up the pretense of the wise statesman among…
Baev: We did not see a demonstration of readiness of newly formed divisions in Russia’s military exercises
(Washington Post) VILNIUS, Lithuania — The vast Russian military exercises that ended this week showed off a muscular fighting force practicing state-on-state warfare, NATO’s deputy military commander said, in one of the…