Tag: Russia & Eurasia
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- Conflict & Security
PART II: Rethinking Deterrence
So What Now? Applying the experiences of the Cold War to the United States’ present circumstances suggests that a renewed strategy of containment, backed by a nuclear, …
July 11, 2019
- Conflict & Security
PART I: Rethinking Deterrence
Today, the United States finds itself facing two near-peer competitors in Russia and China. Both are asserting their power and exhibiting expansionist tendencies. Both understand…
July 9, 2019
- Human Rights & Development
Part II: Bosnia and Herzegovina after the October 2018 Elections: Highly Volatile, Yet Functionally Inert
The Impetus Must Come from Below At least as worrisome and consequential to Bosnia as the illiberal engagement from Moscow, Ankara, or Beijing is that from Belgrade and Zagreb,…
July 7, 2019
- Human Rights & Development
Part I: Bosnia and Herzegovina after the October 2018 Elections: Highly Volatile, Yet Functionally Inert
More than half a year ago on October 7, 2018, Bosnia and Herzegovina (hereinafter “BiH” or simply “Bosnia”) held general elections in a highly charged environment in…
July 3, 2019
- Conflict & Security
Part II: The Re-Emerging Nuclear Dimension in Russian-European Relations
Reinventing Extended Deterrence Many European politicians find conceptual luggage from the Cold War era both awkward and inappropriate in the evolving new confrontation with…
May 7, 2019
- Conflict & Security
How and Why the Russian-Iranian-Hezbollah Axis Has Won the War in Syria
As opposed to Western powers, the pro-Assad bloc set political objectives that were compatible with the military means. Indeed, it has been a classic Clausewitzian limited war.…
May 5, 2019
- Conflict & Security
Part I: The Re-Emerging Nuclear Dimension in Russian-European Relations
Introduction Russia is anchored to Europe by so many vital ties that all other frontiers in its vast geography are of only secondary importance. In the course of the new and fast…
May 4, 2019
- Business & Economics
Will Moscow Fall Between the West and Beijing?
This article argues that although Russia’s gas industry is facing significant challenges at home and in the West, a closer relationship with China may only create further…
April 29, 2019
- Conflict & Security
Nord Stream 2: A Failed Test for EU Unity and Transatlantic Coordination
While the EU Council has just established that pipelines with third countries must comply with EU gas rules, it remains unclear how this will impact Nord Stream 2–…
April 20, 2019
- Conflict & Security
Mirziyoyev’s Foreign Policy: Globalizing Uzbekistan in the Asian Century
Mirziyoyev’s posture on the advancement of Central Asian regionalism is a breath of fresh air. The policy of regional engagement pursued by the Uzbek leader – who abandoned…
April 2, 2019