In the words of a former senior Russian national security official, Allison writes, a “functional military alliance” between the two has already emerged. This and more in our latest analytical round-up.
As relations with the West languish, Moscow has built a dual strategy, positioning itself at once as beleaguered and triumphant, an alternative to the U.S.-led world order. In the short term, this is probably its best bet.
Edward Lemon, Vera Mironova and William TobeyDecember 07, 2018
RM Exclusives
Three authors draw on field work and other research to assess the motives, prospects and threats linked to Central Asian jihadists, including the thousands who joined Islamic State and other violent extremists in the Middle East.
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Graham Allison: China and Russia Are in an Increasingly Thick and Consequential Alignment
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Analysis
Isolation and Reconquista: Russia’s Toolkit as a Constrained Great Power
December 12, 2018
Analysis
Jihadists from Ex-Soviet Central Asia: Where Are They? Why Did They Radicalize? What Next?
December 07, 2018
RM Staff Picks
Blog
RM Picks: What to Read on the Kerch Strait Crisis
RM Staff
Looking to make sense of the events between Russia and Ukraine in the Sea of Azov and their implications? Check out our recommendations.
Is Vladimir Putin’s Russia rising, declining or stagnating? If it is rising or declining, then compared to whom? Answers to these questions are of fundamental importance for the U.S. and the global order.
Robert Legvold on Russia: Insights and Recommendations
RM Staff
“The chances in … the next 10-15 years of a nuclear weapon being fired in anger are far greater now than they ever were during the Cold War.” This and more from one of America’s top Russia scholars.
After US Midterms, Dialogue With Russia May Become Easier, Not Harder
Paul J. Saunders
With a less-than-stellar showing by Democrats, a new high-level channel of communication and voters uninterested in Russia, the Trump administration may have a better chance of pursuing dialogue with Moscow than before.
With Russia and the US, Nuclear Risks Never Go Out of Vogue
Jon B. Wolfsthal
Thirty-five years after Able Archer, the lack of sustained, high-level engagement with Russia risks once again putting America and its allies at unnecessary risk of a nuclear conflict no one wants or even expects.
NATO’s Trident Juncture Exercise as a Deterrence Signal to Russia
Dmitry Gorenburg
The military lessons for the exercise’s participants promise to be significant, while the immediate political impact will be minor. Russia’s main worry? A permanent U.S. troop deployment in eastern Europe.
Putin Deepens Confusion About Russian Nuclear Policy
Abigail Stowe-Thurston, Matt Korda and Hans M. Kristensen
Rather than strengthening deterrence, ambiguity surrounding U.S. and Russian nuclear thresholds is causing both sides to make dangerous assumptions about one another’s intentions.
After the INF Treaty: An Objective Look at US and Russian Compliance, Plus a New Arms Control Regime
Kevin Ryan
Russia, according to U.S. officials, has violated the INF Treaty. The U.S. is on the verge of violating, if it has not already done so. What’s needed now is a new treaty focusing on warheads instead of delivery systems.
The ‘Who, What, When’ of Russia Sanctions: A Cheat Sheet for Laymen
Alexey Eremenko
This explainer spells out the major sanctions imposed on Russia by the U.S. and EU since 2014: who has been targeted; what behaviors are to be punished or deterred; what activities have been restricted; and for how long.
