Why Ukraine’s Fight Against Corruption Scares Russia
Building democracy is not an easy task. Doing so while defending against the aggression of a neighboring country makes the…
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Modi’s Delicate Balancing Act
As dusk fell on Monday in a chilly New Delhi, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin…
Institutional Reform and Discourse on Democracy in Russia
Abstract This study examines the effects of ideas on the process of institutional reform, with a particular focus on…
What Russia Really Wants in the Balkans
The legendary Bosnian journalist Boro Kontic said recently that Bosnia and Herzegovina feels like a decades-long Groundhog Day: Agreements are being signed, institutions…
Russia Won’t Let Ukraine Go Without a Fight
Ominous signs indicate that Russia may conduct a military offensive in Ukraine as early as the coming winter. Moscow has…
Moscow’s military buildup is raising eyebrows in Washington
By Emma Ashford, a senior fellow in the New American Engagement Initiative at the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and…
Pipeline Politics between Europe and Russia
This paper conducts a historical survey of bilateral energy transactions during the Cold War and the early years of the post-Cold War period to uncover the origins of today’s pipeline politics between Europe and Russia.
Don’t Blame Belarus. Blame Brussels
This is a hybrid attack,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen asserted on Twitter on Nov. 10, referring to the thousands of migrants escorted to Poland’s border by the Belarusian regime. “Not a migration crisis.”
Central Asia Is Turning Back to Moscow
n the sleeper train from Tashkent to Nukus, a drunk Uzbek army officer wants to know where we’re from. “England” is met with a noncommittal shrug.
