Section: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (USA)
Swallowing South Ossetia
Russia and South Ossetia are about to sign a “Treaty of Alliance and Integration.” The Kremlin is confronting the same dilemma it faces in Moldova and Ukraine: the closer it holds on to separatist territories, the further it pushes the big state away from Russia and towards the West. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
The Russian Military in the Ukraine Crisis
The newest iteration of Russia’s military doctrine was clearly written with an eye to Ukraine. The military operation in late February 2014 to secure the Crimea has revealed new capabilities and tactics that the Russian military possesses today. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Belarus and Kazakhstan: Ukraine Is not our Enemy
The Ukraine crisis has had an increasingly negative effect on Russia’s relations with Belarus and Kazakhstan, its closest allies and partners in the Customs Union and Eurasian Union. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
The Ukraine Crisis’s Central Asian Echoes
After the initial shock the Ukrainian crisis brought, Central Asian states have gradually come to the conclusion that they should continue dealing with Russia. Still, none of these states are prepared to be totally controlled by Russia. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
What Does Russia Really Want in Iran?
Russian participation in the nuclear talks has demonstrated that despite the depth of the Ukrainian crisis and all the existing conflicts between Russia and the West, there are no reasons to consider Russia a purely destructive force that is bent on harming the West. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Merkel’s (and Europe’s) Foreign Policy at the Crossroads
If European leaders weaken their sanctions on Russia, they will destroy any chance of doing foreign policy and strategy. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
The Feudalization of Ukraine?
Ukraine may be heading not towards federalization or decentralization, but feudalization. To avoid this, the focus should not only be on central, macro-level reforms but also on building civil society to make those larger reforms sustainable. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
The End of Consensus: What does Europe Want from Russia?
Many in Russia believe that the EU sanctions appeared as a result of the Ukrainian conflict and pressure from Washington. But the reasons for the current deterioration in Russia’s relations with Europe are far more profound. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Time to End the EU-NATO Standoff
Despite the serious implications of the Ukraine crisis, Cyprus and Turkey have imposed persistent obstacles to EU-NATO cooperation. It is time to break the deadlock. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
The Grozny Attacks and Russia’s Relationship with the West
One of the most important consequences of the dramatic violence in Grozny may be the impact it has on Russia-Western relations. Amidst a stand-off with the West over Ukraine, the Kremlin may interpret this terrorist acts as “Western attempts to fuel instability inside Russia.” …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
