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Putin’s Rules of the Game: The Pitfalls of Russia’s New Constitution

(Foreign Affairs) Obviously, 2020 was a terrible year. For Russian President Vladimir Putin, however, there was one bright spot. Putin solved his “2024 problem”—the legal constraint to standing for reelection…

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Taylor: In certain areas, it’s easier to see possible so-called “win-win” solutions that just aren’t on the table now

(RFE/RL) If he wins another four years in the White House in the election on November 3, U.S. President Donald Trump may make a new push to mend Washington’s severely strained…

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Putin, Putinism, and U.S.-Russian Relations [VIDEO]

(CISAC Stanford) Abstract: What is Putin up to? In this lecture, Brian Taylor argues that Russian foreign policy is best understood as a product of both Russian power and purpose.…

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Taylor: The authorities thought it was better to take the protests over the summer than it would be to steal the elections in September

(VOX) Russians across the country voted this weekend, but everyone was watching city council elections in Moscow. That’s because this summer, tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters took to Moscow’s streets, demanding…

Putin’s Fourth Term: The Phantom Breakthrough

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Russian President Vladimir Putin promised a “decisive leap forward in development” in his fourth term (2018-2024), claiming that Russia will create a “modern system of effective governance.”…

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What Happened to Soviet Security Studies?: An Essay on the State of the Field

(Russian Politics) Abstract: Security issues were a central part of Soviet studies. This article considers how the study of security issues has changed with respect to Russia and Eurasia since…

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Taylor: The situation between Russia and Ukraine will not change significantly with Zelensky’s election

(Newsweek) Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov responded Monday to the outcome of Ukraine’s election, which saw comedian and actor Volodymyr Zelensky beat incumbent Petro Poroshenko to become the former Soviet…

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Taylor weighs in on Whelan spy case on Australia’s ABC radio

(ABC Radio) Brian Taylor was interviewed on Australia’s ABC radio regarding the detention of former US Marine Paul Whelan in Russia. “At the moment I would lean towards an explanation that has much…

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Interview with Brian Taylor: The Code of Putinism

(Point & Counterpoint) Brian Taylor (Syracuse University) discusses his new book The Code of Putinism (Oxford University Press, 2018). Brian examines the political and economic governance systems that have developed in Vladimir Putin’s Russia,…

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Putin the hero

(The Conversation) After U.S. President Donald Trump’s unprecedented performance at a press conferencewith Vladimir Putin at the Helsinki Summit on July 16, Trump was criticized across the political spectrum for apparently…

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