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Neutrality: An Alternative to Ukraine’s Membership in NATO

Ukraine is reaching the limit of what it can accomplish alone. The prospect of long-term Ukrainian neutrality after the war could bring Russia to the table.

· January 7, 2025
Council on Foreign Relations
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Trump’s Ambitious Oil Plans Will Not Derail Russia

Since the beginning of the war, the West has managed to put a dent in Russia’s oil revenues, but it is now struggling to reduce them further.

  • Sergey Vakulenko
· January 6, 2025
Financial Times
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Russia’s Weakened Economic Outlook in 2025

A conversation on the Russian economy in the coming year.

· January 6, 2025
War on the Rocks’ The Russia Contingency with Michael Kofman
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The Fall Crisis of 2022: Why Did Russia Not Use Nuclear Arms?

Back in the fall of 2022, parts of the U.S. administration assessed a heightened risk of Russian nuclear use in the Ukraine War. Despite this assessment, nuclear weapons were not used. Why did Russia not use nuclear weapons during the fall of 2022?

· January 2, 2025
Defense & Security Analysis
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Putin Chose Ukraine Over Syria

Given the fall of the Assad regime, other Russian clients may conclude that they can’t rely on Moscow.

· December 26, 2024
Foreign Affairs
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Putin’s Point of No Return

After almost three years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor, Putin is now more committed than ever to the war with Ukraine and his broader confrontation with the West.

· December 18, 2024
Foreign Affairs
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A Table for Five: What to Expect From Each Player at Ukraine Peace Talks

Ukraine, the United States, NATO, and Russia each must come away from the negotiations with something of value—regarding security, economics, and the oh-so-important political coin, saving face.

· December 2, 2024
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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Long-range Missiles Can ‘Alleviate’ Pressure but Not a ‘Game-changer’ for Ukraine

A conversation about President Biden’s decision to allow Ukraine to use long-range American missiles inside Russia.

· November 18, 2024
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ussia's President Vladimir Putin visits the destroyed school, where in 2004 Chechen militants took more than 1,000 people hostage, in Beslan, North Ossetia on August 20, 2024, to commemorate the killing of more than 330 people, mostly children, in the hostage siege
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How the Traumas of 2004 Blinded Putin

A terrorist attack in 2004 shaped Vladimir Putin’s understanding of external actors and other countries. The influence can be felt even today.

· November 18, 2024
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North Korean Troops Join Russian Forces on the Frontlines

A conversation about discuss what’s happening on the battlefield in Ukraine and how President-elect Donald Trump’s victory could change the trajectory of the war in Ukraine.

· November 15, 2024
WBUR’s Here and Now