Russia’s Intent
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 […]
Tag Archives: Russian Military
NATO’s Essential Minnows and the Russian Threat
By Joseph Rollwagen & Justin McCauley The Bridge When living on a shoestring budget, it is important to make your limited resources go a long way. Beans are cheaper than meat; […]
Is Putin’s Russia Ready for Trump’s America?
By Joshua Yaffa The New Yorker Last Wednesday morning, members of the Russian parliament broke into spontaneous applause. “Colleagues three minutes ago, Hillary Clinton admitted her defeat in U.S. Presidential […]
Russia’s Perpetual Geopolitics
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 […]
How Hard are Sanctions Hitting Russia?
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 […]
Reclaiming the Initiative From Russia
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 […]
Russia’s Military Buildup in the Arctic: Political Rhetoric vs. Reality
By Ekaterina Klimenko World Policy Although over the last decade there has been concern regarding the possible emergence of territorial conflicts or a ‘resource race’ in the Arctic, in reality the […]
Syria and Turkey’s Place in the New Cold War
By Joseph Dana The National Russia’s grand foray into the Syrian civil war has analysts and policymakers scrambling to make sense of Vladimir Putin’s long-term plans. Let’s be clear, Moscow […]
The Arctic Race that Wasn’t
By Andreas Kuersten Foreign Affairs As the Arctic melts, various ideas about the region are being carried along in the runoff. Depending on whom you ask, the Arctic is either […]
Russia’s War on Ukraine’s Economy
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 […]
