Deciphering Russia’s Playbook: Lessons From the Lead-Up to Putin’s War in Ukraine

Typically overlooked amid the Kremlin’s gross miscalculations of defender resolve, operational setbacks, and the strategic blowback associated with Russia’s war of choice in Ukraine is the repeated failure of the…

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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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Statecraft in U.S.-Russia Relations: Meaning, Dilemmas, and Significance

(International Trends) The article introduces the special issue of International Trends dedicated to the current tendencies in the evolution of statecraft. It sets the analytical agenda for other special issue…

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Turning Rivals into Frenemies: Shifting U.S.-Russian Trajectories at the Nexus of Global Nuclear Commerce and Nonproliferation

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) These days there is much ado about the international security consequences of the slumping U.S. nuclear industry. With cheaper natural gas and the declining cost of renewables,…

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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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The End of Strategic Stability? Nuclear Weapons and the Challenge of Regional Rivalries [NEW BOOK]

(Lawrence Rubin and Adam Stulberg, Editors) During the Cold War, many believed that the superpowers shared a conception of strategic stability, a coexistence where both sides would compete for global influence…

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Special Issue: Making Sense of Russian Foreign Policy

(Problems of Post-Communism) As Peter Gourevitch wrote, “If nations have choices, we need theories and research that explains how countries make these choices.” This special issue of Problems of Post-Communism…

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Газовый кризис: почему Россия не уйдет с европейского рынка

Нынешний газовый конфликт России с Украиной совсем не похож на кризисы 2006 и 2009 годов. Новые правила игры, сложившиеся на европейском газовом рынке, с одной стороны, ограничивают влияние России, с…

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New Policy Memo: Natural Gas and the Ukraine Crisis: From Realpolitik to Network Diplomacy

The current crisis in Ukraine has again foisted natural gas diplomacy to the fore of great power politics. Many view the gas weapon as Moscow’s continuing trump card for coercing…

Natural Gas and the Ukraine Crisis: From Realpolitik to Network Diplomacy

The current crisis in Ukraine has again foisted natural gas diplomacy to the fore of great power politics. Many view the gas weapon as Moscow’s continuing trump card for coercing…

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