Section: Brookings (USA)
Putin plays judo, not chess
By Angela Stent …read more Source::...
Will the INF Treaty’s demise kick-start a new arms race?
By Frank A. RoseFollowing the U.S. withdrawal from the Cold War-era Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia, Frank Rose examines the Trump administration’s reasons for exiting the treaty, steps the U.S. should take to avoid escalating an arms race, and the need for any new arms control treaties to be responsive to the changing...
US efforts to counter Russian disinformation and malign influence
By Alina PolyakovaDear Chairwoman Lowey, Ranking Member Rogers, Distinguished Members of the Subcommittee: It is an honor and privilege to address you today on this important issue. Thank you for inviting me to testify. President Vladimir Putin’s Russia seeks to weaken Western governments and transatlantic institutions, discredit democratic...
Trans-Atlantic Scorecard – July 2019
Welcome to the fourth edition of the Trans-Atlantic Scorecard, a quarterly evaluation of U.S.-European relations produced by Brookings’s Center on the United States and Europe (CUSE), as part of the Brookings – Robert Bosch Foundation Transatlantic Initiative. To produce the Scorecard, we poll Brookings scholars and other experts on the...
Five years after the Revolution of Dignity: Ukraine’s progress and Russia’s malign activities
By Alina PolyakovaDear Chairman Johnson, Ranking Member Shaheen, Distinguished Members of the Subcommittee: It is an honor and privilege to address you on Ukraine’s progress and Russian malign activities five years after Ukraine’s Revolution of Dignity and Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea and invasion of the Donbas. Thank...
Victoria Nuland
By Rachel SlatteryAmbassador Victoria Nuland is senior counselor at the Albright Stonebridge Group, a global strategic advisory and commercial diplomacy firm based in Washington, D.C. She is also a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, distinguished practitioner in grand strategy at Yale University, and a member of the board of...
The Dark Side of European Integration: Social Foundations and Cultural Determinants of the Rise of Radical Right Movements in Contemporary Europe
By Alina PolyakovaAcross Europe, radical right-wing parties are winning increasing electoral support. In “The Dark Side of European Integration” (ibidem-Verlag and Columbia University Press, 2015) Alina Polyakova argues that this rising nationalism and the mobilization of the radical right are the consequences of European economic integration....
Are U.S. and Russia in a new Cold War?
By Alina PolyakovaThe revelation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential elections caught Americans by surprise. As we learn more about how the Russian intelligence agencies, state-controlled media and various proxies worked to influence the U.S. elections in an effort to undermine trust in the electoral process and further divide...
Trans-Atlantic Scorecard – January 2019
Welcome to the second edition of the Trans-Atlantic Scorecard, a quarterly evaluation of U.S.-European relations produced by Brookings’s Center on the United States and Europe (CUSE), as part of the Brookings – Robert Bosch Foundation Transatlantic Initiative. To produce the Scorecard, we poll Brookings scholars and other experts on the...
On Ukraine and Russia
By Alina Polyakova, Scott R. Anderson …read more Source:...
