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Blog: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - Carnegie Publications
The Russian political system needs elections. Especially at the regional level, they serve to cultivate loyalty and as an initiation ritual for governors, their aides, and local power brokers.
Blog: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - Carnegie Publications
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia actively borrowed Western-primarily European-legal and bureaucratic practices. Now that the European path appears to be closed off entirely, the Middle East is fast emerging as an alternative route.
Blog: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - Carnegie Publications
As Russia's calculus shifts in response to its war in Ukraine, U.S.-Russian alignment to manage global nuclear risks, especially from Iran and North Korea, is unraveling.
Blog: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - Carnegie Publications
Shared support for Hamas likely means better diplomatic relations between Moscow and Ankara. But any warming of ties will only be situational.
Blog: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - Carnegie Publications
History shows that a change of leader in Russia has almost always been accompanied not by civil strife, but by liberalization.
Blog: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - Carnegie Publications
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is a turning point in the EU-China relationship, and evolution of the China-Russia relationship will continue to impact EU-China relations.
Blog: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - Carnegie Publications
Three factors are helping to sustain Moscow's military technology procurement efforts.
Blog: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - Carnegie Publications
Ukrainians have proven remarkably resilient, bouncing back from each disruption with resolve.
Blog: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - Carnegie Publications
Author Sergei Chuprinin teases out historical parallels in his book, Thaw: Characters, which explores the relative freedoms enjoyed under the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev.
Blog: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - Carnegie Publications
Carnegie Politika podcast host Alex Gabuev is joined by Dr. Hanna Notte, director of the Eurasia Nonproliferation Program at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies and a senior non-resident scholar at CSIS, to discuss Russia's position on the conflict in the Middle East.
Blog: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - Carnegie Publications
More and more people are demanding explanations from local officials. And they're not satisfied with answers that claim all decisions are taken in Moscow.
Blog: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - Carnegie Publications
While China may not want to upend ties with Europe and the United States, it seeks to ensure that Russia remains a stable strategic partner. Providing Russia with dual-use components rather than finished weapons has allowed China to provide support for Russia while claiming plausible deniability.
Blog: Carnegie Middle East Center - Diwan
As the influence of the Assad regime and Russia declines, Iran is emerging as the main actor, which could provoke a major Israeli intervention.
Blog: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - Carnegie Publications
Amid the war in Ukraine, Azerbaijan has become an essential partner for Russia when it comes to both energy exports, and keeping open a transport corridor to Iran.
Blog: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - Carnegie Publications
Northwestern Syria is being consolidated into an effective canton protected and sustained by-and dependent on-Türkiye. Given the lack of prospects for any side to secure a decisive victory in the Syrian war or for a political settlement, the territory is the outcome of conflict management processes pursued by Türkiye, Russia, Iran, and the Syrian regime since 2016.