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Kazakhstan called for assistance. Why did Russia dispatch troops so quickly? Alexander Cooley - January 9, 2022 Preserving autocracies is a primary goal for regional organizations like the CSTO.
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Why Russia starts so many conflicts on its own borders Anna Ohanyan - September 12, 2018 The conventional wisdom is that Russia is too nuclear and
Russia has a years-long plot to influence Balkan politics. The U.S. can learn a lot from it. Jarosław Wiśniewski - September 19, 2016 [caption id="attachment_46382" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during
Why the U.S. does nothing in Ukraine Yuval Weber - March 18, 2015 [caption id="attachment_22829" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Russian Navy sailors take part in
Counter-terrorism in Central Asia requires international cooperation Galymzhan Kirbassov - December 26, 2014 [caption id="attachment_19433" align="alignnone" width="620"] FILE: Then-U.S. Secretary of State Hillary
Why the leaders of Kazakhstan are not (yet) losing sleep over Crimea Galymzhan Kirbassov - March 17, 2014 [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="606" special=""] People holding Russian flags gather
Stopping Ethnic Pogroms in Kyrgyzstan Joshua Tucker - June 22, 2010 For those of you out there not closely following Central