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Russia’s Intent

11 April 2019by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Amit K. Chhabra & Brent Robinson The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs Russian foreign policy appears to be driven by offensive realism. Offensive realists believe that power maximization is […]

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Determining NATO’s Next Act

27 June 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Philip M. Breedlove Foreign Affairs In May 2013, when I became commander of U.S. European Command and NATO’s supreme allied commander for Europe, I found U.S. and NATO forces […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

Russia’s Perpetual Geopolitics

10 May 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Stephen Kotkin Foreign Affairs For half a millennium, Russian foreign policy has been characterized by soaring ambitions that have exceeded the country’s capabilities. Beginning with the reign of Ivan […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

How Hard are Sanctions Hitting Russia?

11 April 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Lilia Shevtsova The American Interest The Western sanctions regime against Russia has confirmed that the post-Cold War and post-Communist stage of the world’s history, with all its hopes and […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

Shale we Dance?

23 November 2015by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Andreas Kuersten Georgetown Journal of International Affairs Five years ago, if one were to assert that by 2014 the United States would become the world’s top oil producer, the […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

Reclaiming the Initiative From Russia

22 October 2015by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Jeffrey Gedmin The American Interest “In the history of warfare I do not recollect a more fortunate retreat”, one of George Washington’s closest aides once said. The reference was […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

Why Sanctions Against Russia Can Still Make a Difference

9 October 2015by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Richard Nephew & Simon de Galbert The National Interest Despite the role they played in achieving a nuclear deal with Iran, sanctions continue to face a steep challenge in […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

The Nature of Finnish-Russian Relations

12 August 2015by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Masha Gessen Harper’s Magazine Finns find it difficult to talk about the Winter War. Its history—both the official version in the schoolbooks and the unofficial version recalled by the […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Russia’s War on Ukraine’s Economy

14 July 2015by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Anders Åslund Project Syndicate Ukraine’s economy may no longer be in free fall, but it remains in dire straits. The country’s GDP contracted by 6.8% last year, and is […]

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The Kremlin’s Internet Troll Army

8 June 2015by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Adrian Chen The New York Times Magazine Every day at the Internet Research Agency was essentially the same, Savchuk told me. The first thing employees did upon arriving at […]

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