Analysis

This listing contains all the analytical materials posted on the Russia Matters website. These include: RM Exclusives, commissioned by Russia Matters exclusively for this website; Recommended Reads, deemed particularly noteworthy by our editorial team; Partner Posts, originally published by our partners elsewhere; and Future Policy Leaders, pieces by promising young scholars and policy thinkers. Content can be filtered by genre and subject-specific criteria and is updated often. Gradually we will be adding older Recommended Reads and Partner Posts dating back as far as 2011.
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Russia's Presidential Election Runs Into Reality

Nikolas K. Gvosdev January 21, 2018 Recommended Reads
The domestic and international problems plaguing Russia won't be solved by the March election.
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The Russification of US Deterrence Policy

Nikolai Sokov December 25, 2017 Recommended Reads
The United States now shares the same concerns as Russia. This might be good news or bad news, depending on political decisions.
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Don’t Speak, Memory

Nikita Petrov December 12, 2017 Recommended Reads
Returning to old habits is a real danger if Russia does not acknowledge the darker chapters in its history for what they are.
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Russia Takes a Step Toward the Post-Putin Era

Leonid Bershidsky December 07, 2017 Recommended Reads
Russian President Vladimir Putin's long tenure has been lacking, especially on the domestic front.
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Whenever America Is in Crisis, Russia Is Its Whipping Boy

Ivan Kurilla December 05, 2017 Recommended Reads
History shows how anti-Russia sentiment rises when the U.S. is at a low.
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US Response to Russia Treaty Violation Plays into Moscow's Hands

Steven Pifer November 15, 2017 Recommended Reads
The proposal to develop U.S. intermediate-range missiles would not just further jeopardize the INF Treaty; it is both impracticable and opens the door for Russia to deploy such missiles without fear.
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What Does Putin Want? To Maintain His Power No Matter What Democracy

William E. Pomeranz October 30, 2017 Recommended Reads
If Putin’s victory in the March 2018 election is big, it would also be a triumph for the Russian autocratic state.
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America and Russia: Back to Basics

Graham Allison August 14, 2017 Recommended Reads
Cold War tenets may be the Trump administration's best hope to keep Americans safe.
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These Two Former Intelligence Chiefs Differ Sharply on Russia and Trump

Paul J. Saunders May 15, 2017 Recommended Reads
Former U.S. intelligence chiefs James Clapper and Robert Gates are a study in contrasts in how they how they view Russia's efforts to interfere in the 2016 election and wider relations between the countries.
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Tom Friedman Is Calling for a Partition of Syria: Trump Should Run the Other Way

Stephen M. Walt April 07, 2017 Recommended Reads
Sending U.S. troops into Syria is not a solution. After all, the U.S. does not have the best track record when it comes to intervention in the Middle East.
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Syria and the Call of the Quagmire

Paul R. Pillar April 06, 2017 Recommended Reads
America's immersion into the Syrian civil war carries with it the risk of widespread warfare.
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How the Sanctions Are Helping Putin

Andrey Movchan March 28, 2017 Recommended Reads
Tougher sanctions could have brought Russia down in months. Instead, Putin has gained leverage in domestic politics and Russian oligarchs have founded new monopolies.
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