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  • 3 Apr 2017
    • Russia

    Putin’s approach to Russian dissent won’t work forever

    Stephen Fortescue
    Given Russia's struggling economy, underlying dissent is unlikely to fade away in the long-term.
  • 15 Mar 2017
    • Russia

    The Russian Revolution, a century on

    Matthew Dal Santo
    Russia’s last emperor Nicholas II remains a divisive subject, posing unresolved questions about the country’s past and present.
  • 27 Feb 2017
    • Russia

    The petty bargain: Trump, Putin and the future of US-Russia relations

    Peter Rutland
    The idea of a ‘grand bargain’ between the US and Russia has evaporated in recent weeks.
  • 17 Feb 2017
    • Nuclear Weapons
    • Russia

    What's behind Russia's missile treaty violation?

    Crispin Rovere
    Russia’s new GLCM is potentially devastatingly effective and difficult for NATO to counter.
  • 2 Feb 2017
    • Russia

    Why Russia's 'slapping law' is bad news for all of us

    Susan Hutchinson , Valerie M Hudson
    The bill defines an initial assault that does not require hospitalisation or sick leave from work as an administrative rather than criminal offence.
  • 27 Jan 2017
    • Global Issues
    • Europe
    • Russia

    A grand bargain: What Russia now wants from the West

    Matthew Dal Santo
    2017 will pose more sharply than at any time since the fall of the Berlin Wall the question of what Russia wants from the United States and the world system more broadly.
  • 22 Dec 2016
    • Russia

    Russia's revolutionary centenary

    Matthew Dal Santo
    For those who would seek to understand Russia today, the Revolution’s unsettled legacy cannot be ignored.
  • 20 Dec 2016
    • Russia
    • Türkiye

    Quick comment: Matthew Dal Santo on Russia-Turkey relations and the Karlov assassination

  • 14 Dec 2016
    • Japan
    • Russia

    The future according to Vlad and Shinzo

    Rikki Kersten
    A peace treaty with Russia is the holy grail of Japanese diplomacy.
  • 9 Dec 2016
    • Russia

    Why Trump shouldn't weaken US sanctions on Russia (Part 2)

    Edward Cavanough
    Russia’s belligerence in Ukraine gave the US an opportunity to constrain Russia’s economy and its economic expansion across Eurasia.
  • 7 Dec 2016
    • United States
    • Russia

    Why Trump shouldn't weaken US sanctions on Russia (part 1)

    Edward Cavanough
    This two-part series examines how US sanctions have kept Putin's empire building in check.
  • 22 Nov 2016
    • Russia

    Russia's naval strategy in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean

    Matthew Dal Santo , Johannes Riber Nordby
    The Kuznetsov’s arrival symbolises Russia’s return to the waters of the Mediterranean.
  • 14 Nov 2016
    • Russia
    • The 2016 US Presidential Election

    The real Trump-Putin connection

    Matthew Dal Santo
    What little the two men share is a perception of the nature of the West’s present moment, as well as of its origins.
  • 7 Nov 2016
    • Global Economy
    • Russia
    • Energy

    TurkStream: Putin’s latest triumph over the West? (Part 2)

    Elizabeth Buchanan
    At its heart, TurkStream is a project aimed at further entrenching European dependence on Russian gas
  • 3 Nov 2016
    • Russia
    • Energy

    TurkStream: Putin’s latest triumph over the West? (Part 1)

    Elizabeth Buchanan
    An avenue of Russian resurgence that has attracted little attention is Putin’s pipeline politics.
  • 20 Oct 2016
    • Russia
    • The 2016 US Presidential Election
    • The Trump Presidency

    US-Russia rivalry takes the stage

    Matthew Sussex
    Trump has absolutely nothing to gain by defending the Kremlin. Russian citizens don’t vote in US elections.
  • 20 Oct 2016
    • United States
    • Russia
    • The Trump Presidency

    Don't count on the Russians backing down this time

    Matthew Dal Santo
    The stakes in Syria remain incredibly high.
  • 14 Oct 2016
    • Europe
    • Russia

    Understanding Boris Johnson's call to protest Russia

    Shashank Joshi
  • 12 Sep 2016
    • South China Sea
    • China
    • Russia

    Russia over a South China Sea barrel

    Euan Graham
  • 31 Aug 2016
    • Syria
    • Russia

    Where the Russian intervention in Syria is headed

    Ian Parmeter
  • 25 Aug 2016
    • Iran
    • Russia

    Iran and Russia: Not an easy relationship

    Dina Esfandiary
  • 17 Aug 2016
    • Russia

    Putin's plan to restore the Romanovs (Part 2)

    Matthew Dal Santo
    If there's a Russian leader whose reputation has been unequivocally rehabilitated during the Putin era, it's Nicholas II.
  • 16 Aug 2016
    • Russia

    Putin's plan to restore the Romanovs (Part 1)

    Matthew Dal Santo
    Official treatment of Stalin reflects the result of this impasse, neither to suppress nor promote popular support for his legacy.
  • 18 Jul 2016
    • Europe
    • Russia

    After Warsaw: NATO, Russia and the Future of Security in Europe

    Bruno Tertrais
  • 29 Jun 2016
    • Russia

    The war of the cold words: Russia, the West and propaganda

    Matthew Sussex
  • 7 Jun 2016
    • Russia

    Putin: Russia’s last ‘pro-Western’ alternative

    Glenn Diesen
  • 6 Apr 2016
    • Russia

    Russia's success in Syria signals an emerging multipolar world order

    Matthew Dal Santo
  • 16 Mar 2016
    • Russia

    Russia's withdrawal from Syria: Mission accomplished?

    Glenn Diesen
  • 24 Feb 2016
    • Russia

    Ending a 60 year stalemate: Japan's push to get a peace treaty with Russia

  • 4 Feb 2016
    • Russia

    What exactly is Russia up to in the East?

    Emma Connors
  • 28 Jan 2016
    • Fiji
    • Russia

    Russia ships arms to Fiji: What will be the quid pro quo?

  • 26 Nov 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Russia

    Turkey's downing of Russian plane: Russia was warned but Turkey may have over-reacted

    Sarah Lain
  • 25 Nov 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Russia

    Turkey shootdown: Russian air power has chinks, but campaign has been decisive

    Geoff Brown
  • 13 Nov 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Russia

    Russia's Syria operation reveals significant improvement in military capability

    Dmitry Gorenburg
  • 9 Nov 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Syria
    • Iran
    • Russia

    How Iran became the first beneficiary of Russia's Syria Intervention

    Rodger Shanahan
  • 23 Oct 2015
    • Syria
    • Russia

    Assad's Moscow cameo shows that Russia wants a deal

    Matthew Dal Santo
  • 14 Oct 2015
    • Syria
    • Russia

    On Syria, the West must face facts: Russia can help

    Matthew Dal Santo
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