Russia

The Rebirth of the Patriarch of Moscow

The Orthodox Church and the Christian tradition have always assumed a role of primary importance in Russian history and tradition. The...

Russian Nemesis? Cold War Pathologies and Analytical Afflictions

There have been numerous articles on the authoritarian strengthening of power in Russia and Putin’s backsliding from democracy throughout the 2000s. Russian positions and...

Russian Victim? Repositioning Strategies and Regional Dreams of Dominance

As a new wave of non-Western countries strive to elevate their profiles and expand their global influence, Russia is taking steps to help secure...

Food power

Last March, as Russia annexed Crimea, the European Union, Canada and the United States imposed sanctions – travel bans and asset freezes against some...

Hypocrisy, Crisis, Catharsis…

A stronger EU-Russia partnership now looks like a pipe-dream, reflects former foreign minister Igor Ivanov. On the plus-side he sees less hypocrisy on both...

America vs. Russia: Bringing a Knife to a Foreign Policy Gunfight

In some ways the United States has played a very strange self-injurious game since 1991 when it comes to Russia. On the one hand,...

Putin-Mongering

If you spend some time listening to reputable news shows all across the West you will start to notice several recurring ‘interpretations’ that explain...

Unbiased Media / Biased Agendas: How to Make a Russian Demon

A little over one year ago the world was given a foundational lesson in how an impartial press can unknowingly construct a partial opinion....

Is one Putin things in order?

Russia is not widely known for its outstanding abilities in soft power. That could be explained, albeit not justified, for the strong concision characteristic...

Football, money and politics

Several days before the FIFA’s presidential elections, one of the biggest corruption scandals in the history of the organization has burst out. ...

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