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  • Putin's Russia: Stability and stagnation
    Insight by Charles Grant, 02 August 2013
    Putin's Russia: Stability and stagnation
  • Navalny's sentence will influence the Russian economy
    Opinion piece 19 July 2013
    Navalny's sentence will influence the Russian economy
  • The EU, Russia and China
    Review article by Charles Grant, 15 March 2013
    The EU, Russia and China
  • Will Putin delete the reset?
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    The International Herald Tribune, 04 April 2012

    In February 2009, Vice President Joe Biden called for the reset button to be pressed in the U.S.-Russia relationship, and for the next three years Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitri Medvedev fostered a rapprochement between Washington and Moscow.

  • The US-Russia reset is over
    Insight by Charles Grant, 02 April 2012

    Can the 'reset' between Russia and the US survive the return to the presidency of Vladimir Putin? Probably not, given the number of divisive issues.
  • Russia, China and global governance
    Report by Charles Grant, 29 February 2012

    Will the 'multipolar' world have strong international institutions, or will balance-of-power politics prevail? The attitudes of Russia and China will be crucial.
  • Le veto russe sur la Syrie n’est pas injustifié
    Opinion piece by Edward Burke
    Le Temps, 28 February 2012

    Sans doute Moscou fait-il de la realpolitik en s’opposant à un projet de résolution du Conseil de sécurité exigeant le départ de Bachar el-Assad. Toutefois, la diplomatie russe a raison de penser qu’un tel texte serait intenable.
  • Russia is not completely wrong about Syria
    Insight by Edward Burke, 17 February 2012

    The Kremlin may be playing realpolitik and taking pride in blocking the West in Syria, but it has drawn attention to some weaknesses in Western diplomacy.
  • True partners? How Russia and China see each other
    Report by Dmitri Trenin, 13 February 2012

    Beijing and Moscow share the goal of curbing US power, but will not become allies. Moscow rejects a junior role, while China sees Russia as a fading power.

  • Three views on modernisation and the rule of law in Russia
    Essay by Christopher Granville, Philip Hanson and Alena Ledeneva, 23 January 2012

    Russia's economy is held back by corruption and a weak legal system. Three experts explain why reform is difficult, but also give cause for hope.
  • Russia, China and the geopolitics of energy in Central Asia
    Report by Katinka Barysch, Alexandros Petersen, 16 November 2011

    China is challenging Russia's traditional dominance over Central Asia's oil and gas. The EU can help the Central Asian countries to prevent losing out in a new 'great game'.