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Who Can Stop a Dictator? Resistance to the War in Ukraine

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When the Wagner mercenary group staged a near coup in Moscow in June, it was seen as the greatest challenge to Vladimir Putin’s regime in decades. Though it didn’t come to fruition, it nevertheless exposed some of the fissures in Putin’s ironclad control...

The Geopolitics of Energy: China’s Coal Regime

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The Russian oil boycott has not only shaken the global economy, but also exposes how overdue the world is for a transition to cleaner energy. Three scholars report on impacts of the boycott and emphasize the need for multilateral solutions that don’t...

Trump’s Impact on the World: Timothy J. Colton on Russia

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Harvard Professor of Government and Russian Studies Timothy Colton discusses the fraught relationship between the US and Russia under the Trump administration. This is the third blog post in a series of edited transcripts from a panel on Trump's...

Insight on Syria: What Are Putin's Motives?

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Russia’s direct entry into the Syrian conflict in September 2015 was spurred by a plethora of motivations. Russian scholars Rawi Abdelal and Alexandra Vacroux unpack the various rationales. By Rawi Abdelal and Alexandra Vacroux Fourth in a series that...