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The Dark Enlightenment and the Return of Political Theology in Russia and the United States

Maria Engström examines the Dark Enlightenment in Russia and the US: a philosophical doctrine that reintegrates metaphysical elements into political thought and promotes a new authoritarian world order
Riddle Political News Week
Military Unity
Andrey Pertsev sums up the political week (February 2−6)
Andrey Pertsev sums up the political week (February 2−6)
By Andrey Pertsev
Riddle Economic News Week
Contradictions of (In)competence
Nicholas Trickett with the economic summary of the week (February 2−6)
Nicholas Trickett with the economic summary of the week (February 2−6)
By Nick Trickett
Can the Russia-Ukraine War Transition to Maneuver Warfare?

Harry Halem on Drones, Middlestrikes, and the Future of Operational Mobility in Ukraine
Russia’s industrial winter

Andras Toth-Czifra on the political economy of industrial decline in Russian car manufacturing and metallurgy
Attrition, Not Victory

Eric Woods on Russia’s tactical gains, attritional strategy, and no strategic breakthrough in sight
Russian Navy Between Practicality and Fantasy

Jeff Hawn on feasibility of a large-scale modernization of the Russian navy
Striking the Gray Zone: Why Sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil Could Prove Decisive

Vakhtang Partsvania On the Cumulative Impact of Sanctions and the Shrinking Space for Russia's Oil Rent
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  • Striking the Gray Zone: Why Sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil Could Prove Decisive

    Vakhtang Partsvania On the Cumulative Impact of Sanctions and the Shrinking Space for Russia's Oil Rent

  • Inequality in Russia at War

    Jem Morrow on why inequality, not military spending, will shape Russia’s wartime future

  • New Year’s Elite Cycles Already Begin in Chechnya

    Harold Chambers on Chechnya’s accelerating elite reshuffle

  • Russia and the «Trump Middle East»: New Realities or Old Patterns?

    Vladimir (Ze'ev) Khanin on the Russian Factor in the Syrian-Israeli Settlement

  • Rostec’s Position Amid the War

    Andrey Pertsev on the Political Influence and Prospects of Sergei Chemezov's «Clan»

  • Russian Navy Between Practicality and Fantasy

    Jeff Hawn on feasibility of a large-scale modernization of the Russian navy

  • Migrants-and-Balloons

    Denis Cenusa on Belarus’s Hybrid Warfare and Its Strategic Alignment with Russian Policy

  • How Moscow Sees the Current U.S.-EU Spat over Greenland

    Nurlan Aliyev on Moscow’s Mix of Schadenfreude and Caution in the U.S.-EU Greenland Dispute

Authors
  • Maria Engström

    Professor of Russian Language, Department of Modern Languages at Uppsala University
  • Harry Halem

    Harry Halem is Senior Fellow at Yorktown Institute and a doctoral candidate in International Relations at the London School of Economics.
  • Andras Toth-Czifra

    Political analyst, author of the analytical blog «No Yardstick»
  • Eric Woods

    Independent researcher and consultant focused on security issues
  • Jeff Hawn

    Researcher, London School of Economics, Department of International History
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