Student Blog – Russia and Eurasia Program

Assessing the “Kalibr” of Russia’s Conventional Deterrence Strategy

By Andre Gellerman, MALD 2022 Alumnus, The Fletcher School As Russia escalates its nuclear saber rattling over Ukraine, the question

By Maxim Kondratenko, MALD 2022 Candidate, The Fletcher School On April 7, 2022, Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), together with

By Nastia Kukunova, MALD 2022 Candidate, The Fletcher School The war in Ukraine has been going on for over two

By Karl Afrikian, MALD 2022 Candidate, The Fletcher School In early February during the weeks leading up to the Russian

By Alex Avaneszadeh, MALD 2022 Candidate, The Fletcher School Background The second Nagorno-Karabakh war – initiated by Azerbaijan during the

By Lark Escobar, MALD 2022 Candidate, The Fletcher School Unfortunately, in any armed conflict, there is considerable risk for gender-based

Lark Escobar, MALD 2022 Candidate, The Fletcher School Predictions of the imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine began floating around the

By Collin Husted, MALD 2023 Candidate, The Fletcher School While the occupation of Ukraine is still evolving, Russia has yet

By Marija Tesla, MALD 2022 Candidate, The Fletcher School I lived in Croatia until 1995 and escaped that summer in

By Dylan Land, MALD 2022 Candidate, The Fletcher School President Vladimir Putin’s order to place Russian “deterrence forces” on a