Foreign policy
Post-Soviet space

A Doubtful Guarantor

Galiya Ibragimova on the decline of Russian paternalism in Central Asia
Riddle Political News Week
Background PM
Andrey Pertsev sums up the political week (February 23−27)
Andrey Pertsev sums up the political week (February 23−27)
By Andrey Pertsev
Riddle Economic News Week
Damned Lies, Statistics, and Other Bitter Pills
Nicholas Trickett with the economic summary of the week (February 23−27)
Nicholas Trickett with the economic summary of the week (February 23−27)
By Nick Trickett
The Russian Question in «Alternative»

Dmitry Stratievsky on how Alternative for Germany finds itself caught between the Kremlin and the White House
False Start to Reconciliation

Alexey Uvarov On the dynamics of Russia-Poland relations in the early 21st century
Burning Down the House

Nick Trickett on Russia’s commodity dependence in 2026
Neutral in Name Only

Rasmus G. D. Hardt and Lærke Holst on Moldova’s Westward Security Shift and Its Significant Risks
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
Top reads
  • 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

  • Russia’s industrial winter

    Andras Toth-Czifra on the political economy of industrial decline in Russian car manufacturing and metallurgy

  • Can the Russia-Ukraine War Transition to Maneuver Warfare?

    Harry Halem on Drones, Middlestrikes, and the Future of Operational Mobility in Ukraine

  • Attrition, Not Victory

    Eric Woods on Russia’s tactical gains, attritional strategy, and no strategic breakthrough in sight

  • Neutral in Name Only

    Rasmus G. D. Hardt and Lærke Holst on Moldova’s Westward Security Shift and Its Significant Risks

  • Burning Down the House

    Nick Trickett on Russia’s commodity dependence in 2026

  • False Start to Reconciliation

    Alexey Uvarov On the dynamics of Russia-Poland relations in the early 21st century

  • The Russian Question in «Alternative»

    Dmitry Stratievsky on how Alternative for Germany finds itself caught between the Kremlin and the White House

Authors
  • Galiya Ibragimova

    Political scientist, expert on Eastern Europe and Central Asia
  • Dmitri Stratievski

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

    Political Scientist
  • Rasmus G. D. Hardt

    Head of Section, Program Manager, Royal Danish Defence College
  • Lærke Holst

    Research Assistant at the Royal Danish Defence College
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