US Experts Consider China a Shifting and India a Stable Friend to Russia
by Arik Burakovsky, Dina Smeltz, and Brendan Helm October 2020 With both Russia and China facing increasingly confrontational relations with
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US Experts Anticipate Future Decline for Russia Among the Great Powers
by Arik Burakovsky, Dina Smeltz, and Brendan Helm October 2020 Although President Trump initially hoped for improved relations between the
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Polarization, the Open Skies Treaty, and the Future of U.S. Treaty Commitments
by Christopher Riehl On May 21st, 2020, U.S. President Donald Trump announced his intent to withdraw the United States from
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Belarus: Between the Hammer and the Anvil
by Nikola Mikovic Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has won the presidential election, as well as the first round of clashes
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Putin Keeps Experts Guessing about His Post-2024 Plans
by Brendan Helm, Dina Smeltz, and Arik Burakovsky Vladimir Putin has served as Russian president or prime minister for two
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Oil Wars: Understanding the Saudi-Russia Game of Chicken
by Ali Bakeer As the world scrambles to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, Saudi Arabia and Russia are locked in
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What Russia Gets About Warfare That the West Does Not
by Ruslan Trad In 2018, three Russian investigative journalists were killed in the Central African Republic (CAR). The same year,
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Professor Chris Miller: “Will Russia’s Pivot to Asia Last?”
Will the Russian Federation’s current “turn to the East” have lasting significance? After the annexation of Crimea and the escalated confrontation with
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Bill Harney Wrote a Report on Rosneft’s Global Expansion
Executive Summary This report examines Rosneft’s international operations and its source of financing while under Western sanctions. Intended to disincentivize
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Professor Chris Miller Reviews a Book on Russia’s ‘Authoritarian Kleptocracy’ by Anders Aslund
“Russia’s Crony Capitalism: The Path From Market Economy to Kleptocracy” By Anders Aslund Yale University Press, May 2019 How does
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