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Who’s won the ‘sanctions war’ so far?

18/03/2015 by Andrew KORYBKO / 14 comments

It’s been one year since European sanctions were first enacted against Russia on 17 March, 2014, and it’s worthy to briefly highlight their consequences on Moscow. Likewise, the counter-sanctions that Russia imposed on the EU last summer must also be critically looked at in order to assess the economic and […]

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The Munich conference: Western pseudo-multipolar stability theory in action

04/02/2015 by Andrew KORYBKO / 1 comment

The Munich Security Report 2015 (MSR) debuted at the end of January and is proof that confirmation bias is definitely still en vogue in the West. Although the document touches upon a myriad of other topics aside from Russia, the current article will broadly address the overall fallacies in regards […]

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Will Russia “Lift the Lamp”?

14/10/2014 by Andrew KORYBKO / 3 comments

Thomas Graham’s piece in National Interest places all the emphasis on what the US can do to harm Russia, but pays no heed at all to what Russia can do in kind. In short, Moscow, which is not at all isolated, can cement its existing relationships to create and lead […]

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