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How Georgia Turned Towards the Kremlin
And Cracked Down on Pro-Western Dissent
Russian Economy's “Unholy Trinity”
Recession, Inflation, Budgetary Crisis
What Russia of the Future Should Learn from Asian Democracies
Executive Summary Russia’s future democratic transition will require more than a return to European models. As a post-imperial, multi-ethnic state spanning Europe and Asia, Russia faces structural challenges—territorial…
Russia’s Escalating Use of Terrorism Charges Against Ukrainians
Forward Note by Professor Jeff Kahn Hamlet observed that it is “an unweeded garden that grows to seed.” Grieving the murder of his father, the king, he bemoans the ugly and dangerous world in which he finds himself, an environment possessed by things “rank…
Russia’s Weaponization of Terrorism Charges Against Ukrainians
A Systematic Tool of Repression
Russia’s Budget Crisis, Explained
And what it means for the war in Ukraine
Ukraine: Russia’s Continuing Violations of International Law Against Civilians and POWs
Updates for 2024–2025
What’s Happening to the Russian Economy?
A perfect storm: budget crisis, looming recession, inflation There are no miracles, and Putin’s much-hailed “economic resilience” since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine was largely explained by three simple factors: There are no miracles, and Putin’s much-hailed “economic resilience” since…
The evolution of the US–Russia sanctions regime
Structure, composition and ways to improve effectiveness
The Russian Orthodox Church and the War
Introduction In early March 2022, as Russian troops occupied Bucha and Hostomel, Patriarch Kirill declared during a sermon at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior: “Russia is waging not a physical, but a metaphysical battle against the forces of evil in Ukraine." He framed this…