Russia

Religion in International Relations and the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Simon Polinder • Sep 30 2022 • Articles

It is helpful to consider the influence of a quasi-religious worldview with regard to the conflict and the role of Putin.

Review – Beyond the Steppe Frontier

Giulia Sciorati • Sep 25 2022 • Features

This book is a well-collated collection of biographical accounts and empirical studies that gives life to the Sino-Russian border.

Remembering Mikhail Gorbachev

Martin Duffy • Aug 31 2022 • Articles

Gorbachev’s legacy is complex, but perhaps his greatest achievement will be that he contributed so manifestly to a spirit of peace at a vital time in world history.

The British and the Kyakhta Accords

Matteo Miele • Aug 19 2022 • Articles

For the Russians, the Agreement did not come into conflict with the status of Outer Mongolia defined with the Chinese in 1913, because Urga was autonomous in terms of internal administration and commercial and industrial matters.

Mongolian Independence and the British: The Chinese Backdown

Matteo Miele • Aug 19 2022 • Articles

The Sino-Russian Agreement of 1913 was to become the model for an Anglo-Chinese agreement on Tibet

Opinion – The West’s Mental Lockdown over Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine

Maarten Wensink • Aug 17 2022 • Articles

Can the West really not hang together discussing a more complex narrative in which Russia’s concerns do not constitute just cause for atrocities, but may nevertheless have some basis?

Interview – Dawid Walentek

E-International Relations • Aug 8 2022 • Features

Dawid Walentek discusses his research into sanctions and counter-sanctions as well as cooperation on coercion.

The Conditionality of American Support for Sanctions on Russia

Timothy S Rich, Ian Milden and Annie Whaley • Aug 7 2022 • Articles

Americans are less willing to tolerate policies targeting foreign actors that increase their cost of living over a sustained period.

Great Power Management of the Ukraine Conflict

Martin A. Smith • Jul 13 2022 • Articles

EU candidate status, and the institutional engagement that it entails, has the potential to alter power relations in eastern Europe and between Russia and the West.

Opinion – NATO’s Real Message to the Kremlin

Maarten Wensink • Jul 5 2022 • Articles

Unfortunately, Western leaders seem more concerned with kudos from Kyiv than with their opponent’s perspective.

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