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America's Arctic Moment: Great Power Competition in the Arctic to 2050
March 30, 2020 | Heather A. Conley, Nikos Tsafos, Ian Williams As U.S. Arctic policy remains stagnant, Russia and China are expanding their economic and military presence in the Arctic. In a battleground for great power competition, the United States must restore its presence and leadership in this increasingly strategic region.

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Who’s Afraid of Russian Gas? Bridging the Transatlantic Divide
May 3, 2018 | Nikos Tsafos It is time to separate Russian gas from the broader Russia agenda. Doing so will boost energy security, protect and strengthen the transatlantic alliance, and allow us to focus where the West can resist Russian power more meaningfully.

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A Roadmap for U.S.-Russia Relations
August 14, 2017 At a time when tension between the US and Russia is higher than it has been in decades, we cannot...

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Efficacy of Sanctions against Energy-Producing Countries
November 16, 2015 | Edward C. Chow

Economic sanctions have become the tool of choice for American foreign policy.

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The New Ice Curtain
August 27, 2015 | Heather A. Conley The New Ice Curtain explores Russia’s strategic ambitions for its Arctic region—an understudied and underappreciated area that encompasses nearly the entire northern coast of Eurasia.

Critical Questions
Ukraine’s Future Hanging in the Balance
February 9, 2015 | Andrew C. Kuchins

After five hours of negotiations late into Friday night, no agreement was reached. None of the leaders said much about the content of the negotiations, but it appears that Ukrainian, Russian, French, and German leaders are to meet again this Wednesday in Minsk, site of the...


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TWQ: The Turkey–Russia–Iran Nexus: Eurasian Power Dynamics - Winter 2013
December 18, 2012

Understanding the complex and often contradictory interactions among Turkey, Russia, and Iran is essential to avoiding a wider war in the Middle East, renewed conflict in the Caucasus, and instability in Central Asia following the withdrawal of NATO forces from...


Commentary
Russia’s Failure to Modernize Undermines Relations with United States
November 5, 2012 | Jeffrey Mankoff

 The final presidential debate saw Republican candidate Mitt Romney again describe Russia in hostile terms. Romney qualified but did not repudiate his earlier remark that Russia was the United States’ “number one geopolitical foe,” and he hammered...


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2012 Global Forecast
April 11, 2012 | Craig Cohen, Josiane Gabel

Washington does not typically focus on objective foreign policy analysis and bipartisan solutions six months before a U.S. Presidential election.

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A New Security Architecture for the Arctic
January 17, 2012 | Heather A. Conley

The Arctic will experience extraordinary economic and environmental change over the next several decades. Commercial, human, and state interaction will rise dramatically.

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Critical Questions for 2012
January 6, 2012 | Jennifer G. Cooke, Bonnie S. Glaser, James Andrew Lewis, Frank A. Verrastro

From international security and regional study to global challenges, CSIS experts will address many of the world's most difficult policy concerns and critical questions in 2012.

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Capacity and Resolve
June 28, 2011 | Craig Cohen The last decade has seen the United States involved in two wars, an ongoing worldwide struggle against terrorism, and more recently a severe economic recession.

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