Executive Summary
- Despite initial predictions that sanctions would cripple it, Russia’s economy has shown unexpected resilience, with a modest contraction in 2022 followed by growth in 2023 and 2024. Nonetheless, sanctions and the…
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Addicted to War: Undermining Russia’s Economy CEPA
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Russia’s war against the West will continue until Putin tastes defeat
As speculation mounts over possible negotiations to end the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it is important to understand the…
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The Electricity Front of Russia’s War Against Ukraine – War on the Rocks
Russia is close to achieving a decisive edge on the energy front of the Russo–Ukrainian war. Repeated attacks on key infrastructure have recently intensified, leaving Ukraine’s damaged electrical grid 70 percent reliant on…
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Trump wants a nuclear deal. Can he be the ultimate negotiator?
On April 4, 2019, President Trump pushed for new arms-control agreements with Russia and China ahead of trade talks at the White House with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He. In Davos last week, Trump suggested again that he may try to negotiate a new…
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The Era of Wild Putinism: How War Is Changing the Russian Regime and Elites
Russian President Vladimir Putin is invariably described by outside observers and officials alike as a strong leader known for keeping an iron hand on the helm.
Yet the actual reality is very different from this flattering—and…
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growth of China-led bloc raises questions about a rapidly shifting world order
Brics has emerged as a significant international force since 2009 when it was established at a summit in Russia. What began as a five-member group encompassing Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, is now expanding with the…
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Right now NATO could not win a war with Russia
In 2024, reflecting a popular Western belief, former Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said: “NATO is the most powerful and successful alliance in history.” Yet just two years earlier in 2022, after a 15-year campaign, NATO was defeated by…
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The Trump Administration vs the ‘Axis of Upheaval’? – War on the Rocks
Will the Trump administration try to break the so-called “axis of upheaval”?
The Russo-Ukrainian War has catalyzed the consolidation of two sets of adversarial geopolitical alignments, however loose or imperfect they…
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Australian feared dead in captivity is still alive, Russia says
EPAPrisoners of war are protected from all acts of violence or intimidation by the Geneva convention (file image) The Australian government has been told by Moscow that one of its citizens in Russian captivity is still alive.
Oscar Jenkins, a…
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EU debates return to Russian gas as part of Ukraine peace deal
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European officials are debating whether Russian pipeline gas sales to the EU should be restarted as part of a potential settlement…
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