U.S.-Russian Relations 24 - PONARS Eurasia

Markedonov: Nagorno-Karabakh is the only issue that Moscow and Washington share the same opinion about

(APA) Moscow does not intend to give up its stance on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and this can be explained by frequent visits of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to Baku…

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Adviser Offers Glimpse of a Trump Administration’s Central Asia Policy

(Eurasianet) An adviser to American presidential candidate Donald Trump has criticized United States policy in Central Asia as unnecessarily antagonistic, giving a rare glimpse into what a Trump presidency could mean…

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Doomed to Cooperate: US-Russian Lab-to-Lab Collaboration

(New Book) An account edited by Siegfried Hecker, Doomed to Cooperate tells the story of the collaboration through the words of American and Russian scientists who traveled to each other’s nuclear complexes…

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Russia in the Middle East: Back to a “Grand Strategy” – or Enforcing Multilateralism?

(Politique étrangère) Abstract: Russian military intervention in Syria was not an attempt to exert dominance as a hegemonic power in the Middle East. Far from promoting a unilateral approach, Moscow in…

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Gorenburg: Russia’s role in Syria is “about ensuring Al Assad’s hold on power and weakening his enemies”

(Gulf News) Washington: Russia and the United States have agreed on the need to improve coordination to avert incidents while conducting military operations in Syria, the Russian defence ministry said…

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Proliferation of Conspiracy Narratives in Post-Soviet Russia: The “Dulles’ Plan” in Social and Political Discourses

(Journal Article) (Co-author: V. Smirnova) Conspiracy theorizing is common in many countries worldwide. It plays a particularly important role in contemporary Russian politics. The substantial part of such “theories” focuses on the…

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Russia and the West in the European Security Architecture: Clash of Interests or a Security Dilemma?

(Chapter from OSCE Yearbook 2015) Russia’s approach towards relations with Ukraine since early 2014 heralds a major shift in Russian foreign policy. It has crossed a Rubicon that it will be difficult –…

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Gerasimov slides from Moscow International Security Conference 2016

A number of people have asked me to post the slides from the MCIS conference. I have a number of sets. First up is Valery Gerasimov’s presentation. These slides can…

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US-Russian relations: The middle cannot hold

(Routledge) (Co-authored with J. Shapiro) The Obama administration has stated its intention to avoid a new Cold War, but it has also demonstrated little interest in addressing the core issue in…

Negotiation in a Stealth Conflict: The Pros and Cons of Plausible Deniability

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Compared to past conflicts between Russia and the West, the Ukraine conflict has been noted for the use of “stealth,” or covert, action. Parties to the conflict…

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Markedonov: Nagorno-Karabakh is the only issue that Moscow and Washington share the same opinion about

Adviser Offers Glimpse of a Trump Administration’s Central Asia Policy

Doomed to Cooperate: US-Russian Lab-to-Lab Collaboration

Russia in the Middle East: Back to a “Grand Strategy” – or Enforcing Multilateralism?

Gorenburg: Russia’s role in Syria is “about ensuring Al Assad’s hold on power and weakening his enemies”

Proliferation of Conspiracy Narratives in Post-Soviet Russia: The “Dulles’ Plan” in Social and Political Discourses

Russia and the West in the European Security Architecture: Clash of Interests or a Security Dilemma?

Gerasimov slides from Moscow International Security Conference 2016

US-Russian relations: The middle cannot hold

Negotiation in a Stealth Conflict: The Pros and Cons of Plausible Deniability