Tag: Russia & Eurasia
85 Articles
- Global Governance
The Building of Russia’s Geopolitical Momentum
Putin has thwarted Ukraine’s ability to pursue a westward political trajectory in the short-term, even if Russian hostility has hardened Kyiv’s long-term commitment to the…
March 30, 2019
- Dialogues
Sergey Aleksashenko on Russian Foreign Policy from the 1990s to Today
GJIA: Based on your experience as the deputy Minister of Finance of Russia and as the first deputy chairman of the Central Bank of Russia, what would you say are the most lasting…
February 12, 2019
- Society & Culture
Preventing Violence in Ukraine Following Church Independence
The Ukrainian church’s independence – proclaimed by Orthodoxy’s leading prelate, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I – followed another escalation in Russia’s Ukrainian…
February 7, 2019
- Society & Culture
To Each Their Own: Russian Strategy Toward East Asia and Europe
Russia Embraces Belt and Road, but Aims for Greater Eurasia For a while, Moscow seemed hesitant about how to respond to the BRI. The Kremlin’s calculus changed following the…
December 18, 2018
- Global Governance
Russia’s Struggle for Press Freedom
Further, the country’s inability to have a critical dialogue in the media about the problems that ordinary citizens face makes it impossible for society to realize the full…
April 29, 2018
- Dialogues
Journalism, Opposition, and Democratization in Putin’s Russia
GJIA: How do you predict Putin’s next term will be different from the previous four? VKM: If you look at Vladimir Putin’s rule over the last 18 years, it’s been remarkably…
April 16, 2018
- Dialogues
Zapad 2017: An Initial Assessment with Michael Kofman
GJIA: Why was the U.S. media skeptical about the Zapad Exercises, and was the hype that they created justified? MK: The hype they created was not justified, but there were all…
October 9, 2017
- Global Governance
Mutual Frustration: The State of Russian-American Relations
When President Obama first came into office in January 2009, his administration announced that it wanted to improve Russian-American relations, which it believed had deteriorated…
August 9, 2013
- Online Archive
Russian Arctic Resource Development and Related Policy Considerations
The Arctic’s importance has grown by virtue of its enormous energy holdings and the prospect of increased year-round navigation due to regional climate change. The convergence…
May 16, 2013
- Online Archive
Energy at the Center of 21st Century Geopolitics: Five Minutes with Russian and Central Asian Energy Policy Expert Thane Gustafson
GJIA: Energy has become the symbol of 21st century geopolitics, with growing interest being drawn to Russia and Central Asia as suppliers of oil for Western countries. How would…
April 7, 2013