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The Art of Containing Escalation

Alexey Uvarov on contacts between Russian leadership and the Biden administration in 2021−2024 in the context of the Russia-Ukraine war
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Authors
  • Alexey Uvarov

    Visiting researcher at the University of Bonn, Department of Eastern European History.
  • Vladislav Inozemtsev

    Co-founder and Advisory Council Member, Center for Analysis and Strategies in Europe
  • Vakhtang Partsvania

    Economist, Professor of Management at Caucasus University
  • Dmitri Stratievski

    Political scientist and historian (FU Berlin), and director of the Berlin Center for East European Studies (Osteuropa-Zentrum Berlin e.V.).
  • Anton Barbashin

    Editorial director at Riddle, political analyst
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