Central, Eastern, and Southern Europe
Belarus Finds Russia a Useful Distraction From Its Uncoordinated Response to COVID-19
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October 4, 2018
Crying Wolf On Belarus
September 25, 2018
Follow the Money
Dark money is making waves across the free market.
September 19, 2018
Russia’s Defeats
An integral part of Russia’s state propaganda is to create an aura of invincibility and inevitability in its foreign policy. This is reminiscent of claims about the irresistible success of world communism in a previous era. But reality is less sanguine, as the Kremlin’s covert war against the West is experiencing an escalating number of […]
September 18, 2018
Reimagining History
The eightieth anniversary of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact next year will be a good chance to highlight its unique combination of secrecy, hypocrisy, and infamy. If Russia resents being associated with it, the answer is simple: stop trying to defend it. Instead, it adopts the opposite tactic, exemplified by a tweet published on September 14th by the Russian […]
September 10, 2018
Threads of the Past
Nazi memorabilia is not cool. If you hold your nose and look on the internet, you can find flags, T-shirts and bumper stickers commemorating the Third Reich on sale at outlets that also sell pagan-themed cigarette lighters and Ku Klux Klan regalia. But no reputable retailer would stock such merchandise. It would be reasonable to […]
September 9, 2018
Power Politics
Don't look now, but the energy game is changing.
September 7, 2018
Russia’s Primary Targets
External assertiveness often serves as an effective diversionary maneuver to dampen domestic turmoil by acting on the deception that Russia is under threat. Moscow’s tools of aggression against neighboring states rely on stealth and surprise. This was most evident during the attack on Ukraine in 2014 and the takeover of the Crimean peninsula. Russia’s rulers […]
September 4, 2018
A Cure For Chaos
It is not Russia that is strong; it is the West that is weak.
August 31, 2018
Transatlantic Turbulence
Now, with a resurgent and revanchist Russia, European security is front and center again.