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The Russian Question in «Alternative»

Dmitry Stratievsky on how Alternative for Germany finds itself caught between the Kremlin and the White House
Riddle Political News Week
Indoctrination for Corporations
Andrey Pertsev sums up the political week (February 16−20)
Andrey Pertsev sums up the political week (February 16−20)
By Andrey Pertsev
Riddle Economic News Week
On the Death Zone and Other Metaphors
Nicholas Trickett with the economic summary of the week (February 16−20)
Nicholas Trickett with the economic summary of the week (February 16−20)
By Nick Trickett
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
Can the Russia-Ukraine War Transition to Maneuver Warfare?

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

  • 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

  • Russian Navy Between Practicality and Fantasy

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

  • 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

Authors
  • 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
  • Maria Engström

    Professor of Russian Language, Department of Modern Languages at Uppsala University
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