How I learnt to calm down about the threat of another Ukraine invasion
Maximilian Hess on why gaining concessions from the US is more important to the Kremlin than forcibly returning Ukraine to its sphere of influence
Ukraine
Too proud to pull back? Russia’s Ukraine dilemma
Anton Barbashin argues that Russia’s top foreign policy thinkers are split between moderate attitudes of ‘quit while you’re ahead’ and hawkish views calling for further brinkmanship
Authoritarianism in Russia-2022: In search of new legitimacy
Margarita Zavadskaya discusses whether a return of the “Teflon rating” is possible, as was the case after the Crimea
‘We are being dragged into a war’
Denis Volkov on Russian public opinion on a possible conflict with Ukraine
The drumroll for European security
Anton Barbashin looks at what the Putin-Biden e-meeting has achieved for Ukraine, Russia and NATO
What sanctions can deter Russia from another aggression in Ukraine?
Maria Shagina weighs in on which sanctions tools the West can still deploy to prevent Russia from marching into Ukraine
Will Russia march into Ukraine (again)?
Anton Barbashin looks into what’s motivating Russian military activity along the Ukrainian border
A respite from the sanctions war
Vladislav Inozemtsev on how the sanctions policy against Moscow has become a stage setting for interstate communication instead of a means of persuasion
Passport expansion
Olga Gulina on how geopolitics helps Russia to address socio-economic and demographic challenges
COVID-19 vaccine: lifeline, or geopolitical loyalty?
Olga Gulina looks into how Eurasian countries have set about vaccinating their populations