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Analysis | Jun 19, 2020

Plots Against Russia

In this episode of Sean's Russia Blog, host and Eurasia expert Sean Guillory speaks with Eliot Borenstein, professor of Russian and Slavic studies at New York University, about conspiratorial thinking at the Russian state level.
Analysis | Jun 17, 2020

Belton: Russia’s Kleptocracy Is a Tool for Undermining the West

Through interviews with key figures, Belton sheds new light on Putin and argues that the kleptocracy of the Putin era was about far more than just lining pockets: It was about buying influence and threatening the West.
Analysis | Jun 16, 2020

A Farewell to the Open Skies Treaty, and an Era of Imaginative Thinking

President Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from the 1992 Open Skies Treaty (OST). The OST allows for members to conduct unarmed surveillance flights in each others’ air space. The treaty was designed to enhance mutual understanding, build confidence and promote openness and…
Analysis | Jun 16, 2020

Stay Out of the Regime Change Business

Pursuing short-term wins through covert regime change may ultimately undermine U.S. foreign policy.
Analysis | Jun 05, 2020

Decoding Russia’s Official Nuclear Deterrence Paper

Russia's recently released Nuclear Deterrence Policy Guidelines suggest that the Kremlin may be preparing for a world without arms control.
Analysis | Jun 04, 2020

New Document Consolidates Russia’s Nuclear Policy in One Place

Russia’s new nuclear deterrence strategy document confirms that its policy is not “escalate to de-escalate,” but the document isn't likely to put the debate to rest.
Analysis | Jun 02, 2020

The Risks of Autonomous Weapons Systems for Crisis Stability and Conflict Escalation in Future US-Russia Confrontations

Autonomous weapons systems could foster crisis instability, conflict escalation in contests between the U.S. and Russia in multiple ways. Policymakers must consider if the putative advantages of such systems are worth the potential risks they may raise.
Analysis | May 29, 2020

Build a Better Blob

While some see the Blob as a bastion of foreign policy expertise, Ashford argues that portraying Washington's mainstream foreign policy community as "the only game in town" sets up a false choice between "hawkish liberal interventionism" and "Trumpian incompetence.…
Analysis | May 28, 2020

Khodorkovsky Marks the Spot: Russia’s Turning Point From Economic Freedom to State Control

Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s sentencing 15 years ago this month signaled the end of Russia's market reforms and the beginning of ever-increasing state control.
Analysis | May 27, 2020

Russia and Collective Security: Why CSTO Is No Match for Warsaw Pact

The CSTO is too organizationally weak and insufficiently integrated to serve as a capability multiplier for its members, and the weakness of other member states' military forces make them of limited value to Russia as military allies.
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