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The Russia-Ukraine War and the Impact of Nuclear Weapons: An Interview with Reid Pauly
Reid Pauly is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Brown University and the Dean’s Assistant Professor of Nuclear Security and...
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May 5, 20234 min read


Russia’s Second Great Emigration
The first Russian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, Ivan Bunin, was unable to do so as a proud representative of his country....
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May 1, 20235 min read


Fighting With Numbers
Ask any government statistician: The B-1 Bomber won us the Cold War. Not in the way you might think. No bomber ever dropped payloads over...
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Apr 26, 20233 min read


You Can’t Sit With Us
It would take Russian forces 60 hours to reach all three Baltic capitals. In less than three days, NATO members Latvia, Lithuania, and...
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Apr 23, 20235 min read


The Chilling Future of Oil in the Arctic
In resource-rich countries, achieving substantive environmental reform can be incompatible with the potential profits of oil and natural...
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Mar 31, 20235 min read
Revisiting Pumpkins in Ukraine Amidst a Gruesome War
One year ago, I wrote an article about the history, culture, and economic potential of pumpkin cultivation in Ukraine. At the time, my...
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Feb 15, 20235 min read


Neutral No More?
Switzerland is best known for its cheese, chocolate, and unwavering commitment to maintaining neutrality in geopolitical conflicts....
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Jan 13, 20234 min read


Sanctions 2.0
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine carries on, economic sanctions remain the principal deterrence strategy of the United States and other...
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Dec 11, 20225 min read


How You Could Have Predicted Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, and Other Lessons in Media Signaling
As we now well know, on February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. Three months earlier to the day, on December 24, Russia made a very...
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Nov 29, 20224 min read


Nicaragua: Putin’s New Client State
On June 11, 2022, the Nicaraguan Government under President Daniel Ortega authorized Russian military forces to enter the country for the...
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Nov 14, 20225 min read


Russia and the New Disinformation Regime
As Putin carries out a military campaign against Ukraine, he’s also driving one of disinformation. Russia has called for the...
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May 30, 20224 min read


Why International Governance Will Fail Ukraine
“If there is no alternative and no option, then the next option would be dissolve yourself altogether,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr...
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May 24, 20225 min read


Why the War against Ukraine Is an Opportunity to Pass Climate Change Legislation
Russia’s war against Ukraine has led to a chain of reactions that pushed many countries, including the United States, towards increasing...
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May 4, 20225 min read


Ukrainian Sacrifice and the American Glorification of War Death
Social media and online news have been flooded with tragic images of carnage, destruction, and human suffering in the short time since...
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May 3, 20224 min read


Putin’s War: Mixed Motives
Eyes glued to the screen, the world watches in horror as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine drags into April. As people speculate how the...
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Apr 27, 20225 min read


Sanctions May Not Be the Solution The West Thinks They Are
Less than two weeks into its invasion of Ukraine, Russia became the target of 2,778 new sanctions—including the previous sanctions...
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Apr 25, 20225 min read


To All The Blocs I’ve Loved Before: India’s Strategic ‘Love Triangle’ in the New World Order
On February 25, 2022, the UN Security Council convened a historic emergency session to discuss Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In a...
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Apr 13, 20225 min read


Ditching Nord Stream for Nuclear
When hostilities between Russia and Ukraine erupted just a few weeks ago, NATO member states took measures to deter crisis by sending...
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Mar 15, 20225 min read


Dancing Russia Goodbye: Ukraine, Russia, and the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest
As President Biden picked up the phone to call Vladimir Putin on February 12, 2022, hundreds of Ukrainians gathered in Kyiv to witness...
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Mar 4, 20225 min read


The Good Fight: The same motivations that drive war are bringing peace to Dagestan
Khabib Nurmagomedov has wrestled and defeated his fair share of bears since his first ursine tussle at age nine. It’s not particularly...
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Jun 30, 20213 min read
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