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

  • April 12, 2021
  • Brian Taylor
(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

  • October 26, 2020
  • PONARS Eurasia
(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]

  • November 12, 2019
  • Brian Taylor
(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

  • September 10, 2019
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Putin’s Fourth Term: The Phantom Breakthrough

  • July 18, 2019
  • Brian Taylor
(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

  • July 8, 2019
  • Brian Taylor
(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

  • April 23, 2019
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Taylor weighs in on Whelan spy case on Australia’s ABC radio

  • January 11, 2019
  • Brian Taylor
(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

  • August 20, 2018
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Putin the hero

  • July 24, 2018
  • Brian Taylor
(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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