The Reactions of Businesses to the War in Ukraine

(PONARS Eurasia Commentary) Russia’s war on Ukraine has heavily divided the business world. Some companies chose to depart Russia out of solidarity with Ukraine or out of the increasing inconvenience…

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Who’s to Blame? Sanctions, Economic Hardship, and Putin’s Fear of Color Revolutions

The sanctions now imposed on Russia—as severe as they are—are unlikely by themselves to lead to widespread protests demanding political change. Although at the time of writing, the exact cumulative…

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Sanctions & War: Contending Western-Russian Approaches and Prospects for Strategic Stability

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) There is a conspicuous paradox between the rising frequency and intensity of U.S./EU-Russian sanctions and the mutual resignation about their ineffectiveness at achieving stated objectives. Notwithstanding…

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Russia’s Response to Sanctions: Reciprocal, Asymmetrical, or Orthogonal?

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Western sanctions on Russia have failed demonstratively to secure Moscow’s formal compliance with stated objectives. Both sides seem worlds apart in their expectations and approaches; expert…

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Crimea Come What May: Do Economic Sanctions Backfire Politically?

(Journal of Peace Research) (Co-authored by Henry Hale) Abstract: Do international economic sanctions backfire politically, resulting in increased rather than decreased domestic support for targeted state leaders? Backfire arguments are common,…

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Banking on Politics: How Russia’s Banking Sector Clean-Up Affects Regime Stability

(Point & Counterpoint) Through all the gloom of Russia’s stagnating economy, one bright spot has been the prudent macroeconomic policy coming from the Central Bank. Under the leadership of Elvira Nabiullina,…

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Economic Sanctions and Public Opinion: Survey Experiments From Russia

(Comparative Political Studies) Abstract: Do economic sanctions turn the public against the target government or cause it to rally around the flag? How do sanctions affect attitudes toward the sanctioner?…

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Buyer Beware: Evaluating Russian Exports Under Sanctions and Stagnation

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) The use of sanctions to push Russia to change its foreign policy behavior has come under heated debate. Proponents argue that the sanctions policy pursued by the…

Diminishing Returns: How Effective Are Sanctions Against Russia?

In November 2018, the Trump administration announced another set of sanctions on Russian individuals and entities for supporting Russia’s economic integration of Crimea and for committing human rights violations. Are…

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What Is To Be Done?

(Moscow-on-Thames) Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin’s irrepressible spokesman, said today that Russia would like to know what it could do to get sanctions reduced. This, of course, set tongues wagging, both in Russia…

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