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The U.S. and Russian Interventions in Syria: Room for Cooperation or Prelude to Greater Conflict?

The Working Group on the Future of U.S.-Russia Relations, a bilateral collective of rising experts from American and Russian institutions, announces the publication of its fifth joint report: “The U.S. and…

What Is the Meaning of “National” in the Russian Debate about the National Interest?

Reflecting on the Russian debate about the “national interest,” prominent political analyst Gleb Pavlovsky has said: Today, there are no centers that would work to delineate Russian national interests, nor…

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Russian Strategy Seeks to Defy Economic Decline With Military Bravado

(EDM) President Vladimir Putin concluded 2015 with the approval of a revised National Security Strategy, which defines the strengthening of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as a threat and commits…

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Mylonas: construction of national identities occurs primarily when state-building elites feel threatened

(WP) As Syria’s civil war drags on, there seems to be no viable solution in sight. To the non-specialist eye, the conflict is an indecipherable mess of rival militias, peoples and…

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Russia’s policy in the Middle East imperilled by the Syrian intervention

(oDR/NOREF) The Middle East is the only area where Russia can try to prove that it is not just a regional post-Soviet power with a revisionist agenda, but a global…

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The danger of Russian and Turkish competitive machismo in Syria

(Brookings) (Co-authored with Jeremy Shapiro) The downing of a Russian jet by Turkish fighters has brought the dangers posed by Moscow's intervention in Syria into sharp relief. While the Russian…

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Gorenburg: The differing interests of countries involved in Syria make working together a difficult proposition now

(RFE/RL) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country does not want an escalation in tensions with Russia after its jets shot down a Russian Su-24 warplane that Ankara said had…

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Russia Under President Vladimir Putin (Event Video)

(C-Span) Nikolay Petrov and Brian Taylor talked about the domestic politics, economy, and foreign policy of Russia under President Vladimir Putin. Other topics included Russia’s annexation of Crimea, the Ukraine-Russia conflict, Russian…

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Kramer: There is a distinct Soviet approach to counterinsurgency

(Boston Globe) When Russian jets started bombing Syrian insurgents, it was no surprise that fans of President Bashar Assad felt buoyed. What was surprising was the outsized, even over-the-top expectations…

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Kimberly Marten explores Russia’s connection to the fight against ISIS (Audio)

(WNYC Radio) For the first time, officials have confirmed that a homemade bomb brought down a Russian jet flying over the Sinai Peninsula two weeks ago. The crash, which killed all…

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The U.S. and Russian Interventions in Syria: Room for Cooperation or Prelude to Greater Conflict?

What Is the Meaning of “National” in the Russian Debate about the National Interest?

Russian Strategy Seeks to Defy Economic Decline With Military Bravado

Mylonas: construction of national identities occurs primarily when state-building elites feel threatened

Russia’s policy in the Middle East imperilled by the Syrian intervention

The danger of Russian and Turkish competitive machismo in Syria

Gorenburg: The differing interests of countries involved in Syria make working together a difficult proposition now

Russia Under President Vladimir Putin (Event Video)

Kramer: There is a distinct Soviet approach to counterinsurgency

Kimberly Marten explores Russia’s connection to the fight against ISIS (Audio)