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Winning the Peace by Failing in Geneva: How to Work the Syria Negotiations

(Foreign Affairs) (Article co-authored by Samuel Charap and Jeremy Shapiro) Later this month, the United States, Russia, key regional states, and other members of the international community will attend the Geneva…

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Odessa Network: A New Report on Russian Arms Transfer Networks

I would like to highlight a truly excellent report that came out this month on shipborne Russian international arms transfers. The Odessa Network details the network of Ukraine-based companies that are…

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The Limited-Strike Dilemma

(The Moscow Times) The endless parallels made in recent days between the planned U.S. air strikes on Syria and the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 may actually add to…

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How the US Can Move Russia on Syria

(IISS Voices) For those who miss the comforting certainties of the Cold War, US–Russian animosity over the Syrian tragedy seems a welcome throwback to the era of proxy battles for strategic…

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New Policy Memo: The Pitfalls of Competing Mediation: What Tajikistan Teaches Us about Syria

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s spate of recent meetings with Russian officials are intended to chip away at the icy character of U.S.-Russian relations and bring Washington and Moscow…

The Pitfalls of Competing Mediation: What Tajikistan Teaches Us about Syria

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s spate of recent meetings with Russian officials are intended to chip away at the icy character of U.S.-Russian relations and bring Washington and Moscow…

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Circassian Memorial Day, Sochi, and Syria

Circassians all over the world commemorate the 149th anniversary of the end of the Russian-Caucasus war every year on May 21. In Russia, where about a million Circassians live, meetings…

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What Surkov’s Ousting Signifies About Russia’s Course in Syria

(Eurasia Daily Monitor) Russia has captured much political attention in the West in the last few days because of its allegedly central role in the deadlocked civil war in Syria.…

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New Policy Memo: Not Everything Is Wrong with Russia’s Syria Strategy

Russia’s position on Syria’s civil war has been criticized so devastatingly in the Western media and proven wrong by so many political analyses so convincingly that it might appear useless…

Not Everything Is Wrong with Russia’s Syria Strategy

Russia’s position on Syria’s civil war has been criticized so devastatingly in the Western media and proven wrong by so many political analyses so convincingly that it might appear useless…

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Winning the Peace by Failing in Geneva: How to Work the Syria Negotiations

Odessa Network: A New Report on Russian Arms Transfer Networks

The Limited-Strike Dilemma

How the US Can Move Russia on Syria

New Policy Memo: The Pitfalls of Competing Mediation: What Tajikistan Teaches Us about Syria

The Pitfalls of Competing Mediation: What Tajikistan Teaches Us about Syria

Circassian Memorial Day, Sochi, and Syria

What Surkov’s Ousting Signifies About Russia’s Course in Syria

New Policy Memo: Not Everything Is Wrong with Russia’s Syria Strategy

Not Everything Is Wrong with Russia’s Syria Strategy