Die Rolle von Nuklearwaffen in Russlands strategischer Abschreckung
Der Ansatz, der Russlands Nuklearstrategie kennzeichnet, wird im Westen oft als »escalate to deescalate” beschrieben. Demnach sei Moskau bereit, in einem Konflikt frühzeitig Nuklearwaffen einzusetzen, um diesen zu seinen Gunsten zu beenden. Die offizielle Doktrin des Kreml, Nuklearübungen des russischen Militärs und die Debatten unter...
Ukraine War Risks Repercussions for Transnistria
Destabilization in Moldova incited by Russia could prompt Kyiv and its allies to deprive Moscow of all its levers of influence there once and for all by purging the self-proclaimed Transnistria republic of Russia’s military presence there. …read more Source:: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Why Is Putin Upping the Ante in Ukraine?
Rapidly unfolding events in Russia are effectively transforming the conflict in Ukraine from a “special operation” on someone else’s territory into a war to defend supposedly Russian land. …read more Source:: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Russia and India: A New Chapter
The balance in Russian-Indian relations is shifting decidedly toward New Delhi. Russia’s break with the West and ever closer ties with China as a result of the war against Ukraine will make sustaining its partnership with India more challenging. …read more Source:: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Russia in the Balkans After Ukraine: A Troubling Actor
Russia has proven that it knows how to be a master of distraction and how to take advantage of ethnic cleavages, bolster hardline nationalist politicians, and complicate the region’s lagging reform agendas. …read more Source:: Carnegie Endowment for International...
SCO Summit in Samarkand: Alliance Politics in the Eurasian Region
Since the start of the Russian war in Ukraine, media reporting has shown an unfortunate tendency to observe international politics from a “friend or foe” perspective. For the sake of simplicity, anything that defies this scheme is placed on one side or the other: Those who are not with us are against us – and vice versa. Interpreting the summit...
Nuclear rhetoric and escalation management in Russia’s war against Ukraine: A Chronology
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Elektrolyseure für die Wasserstoffrevolution
Angesichts der Gaskrise und der russischen Invasion der Ukraine ist der Markthochlauf von Wasserstoff noch dringlicher geworden für die europäische und die deutsche Energiepolitik. Die ehrgeizigen Ziele für grünen Wasserstoff stellen die Europäische Union (EU) und die junge Wasserstoffökonomie allerdings vor enorme Probleme. Abgesehen vom...
Kazakhstan’s Snap Presidential Election: A Shot at Democratization?
The war in Ukraine has enabled Kazakhstan’s Tokayev to reinvent himself as a truly independent figure, no longer reliant on either his predecessor Nazarbayev or Russia’s Putin. Now Tokayev hopes to cement this status by securing a popular mandate to rule. …read more Source:: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Why Is Russia Jeopardizing the Ukraine Grain Deal?
Given Ukraine’s successful counterattack, the fighting there isn’t going Russia’s way. Nor is the gas supply situation in Europe nearly as grim as Russian propaganda makes out. In these circumstances, Putin finds he does not have so many ways of putting pressure on the West at his disposal. Threatening to torpedo the grain deal...
