genocide
Never Again, Again, and Again
Myroslav Laiuk Wed, May 18, 2022, 11:04 AM
On the Crimean Tatar Deportation and Other Genocides Russia Committed in Ukraine.
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Foreign Policy Essay
Setting Expectations for the Helsinki Summit
Carol R. Saivetz Sun, Jul 15, 2018, 10:00 AM
Editor’s Note: The U.S.-Russia relationship is at the center of the Trump administration. At home, the investigation over Russian interference in the 2016 election continues to enrage the president, while abroad Russia appears to be one of the few countries in the world the president respects. So it is not surprising that all eyes are on the Putin-Trump summit. MIT's Carol Saivetz surveys the summit landscape, assessing what might be on the table and how the summit might go.
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National Security Strategy
National Security Adaptations to Below Established Threshold Activities
Phil Walter Mon, Aug 15, 2016, 8:37 AM
Two broad themes emerge when viewing 20th century national security history through a military capability lens: (1) Deterrence works and (2) Competitors adapt. This second phenomenon requires that the US and its allies adapt as well.
Islamic State
Russia and ISIS and International Law
Ingrid (Wuerth) Brunk Wed, Nov 18, 2015, 11:28 AM
Russia now says that it believes that ISIS was behind the crash of a commercial Russian aircraft, Metrojet 9268, over the Sinai desert on October 31 which killed the 224 people on board. Like the Paris attacks, the Metrojet bombing targeted civilian lives. And in the Russian case, those lives included 25 children. Russia has vowed to find and punish the terrorists responsible.
Russia and Eastern Europe
The Unending Saga of Ukrainian Reforms
Steven Pifer Sat, Sep 26, 2015, 4:16 PM
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on Order from Chaos.
Podcasts
The Lawfare Podcast: Russia's Nuclear Threats
Cody M. Poplin Sat, Jul 18, 2015, 2:00 PM
While world powers and Iran were embroiled in last minute negotiations last week, Brookings hosted a panel discussion on the meaning of another power’s recent nuclear threats: Russia's. In recent months, Russia has rattled the saber, with Vladimir Putin remarking on his nuclear options during the Crimea crisis and making a mild threat to nuke the Danish navy. Given that Russia maintains enough nuclear muscle to destroy the world---theoretically anyway---how seriously should we take these provocations?