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Russia is asserting itself as an imperial power. Isolated since its invasion of Ukraine, it is seeking to strengthen its ties with non-Western countries. At home, Vladimir Putin's regime is hardening.

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Brazil: the Harder they Fall

Date de publication
05 September 2016
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During the 2000s, Brazil's economy took off, with growth driven primarily by strong Chinese demand for commodities. Within a decade, the Brazilian middle class increased from 30% to 50% of the population.

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Energy Relations between Russia and China: Playing Chess with the Dragon

Date de publication
01 August 2016
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Post-sanctions Russia-China energy relations: what expectations?

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The Far Right in the Conflict between Russia and Ukraine

Date de publication
31 July 2016
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From the very beginning, the armed conflict that broke out in the Donbass in the spring of 2014 drew in right-wing radicals, on the Ukrainian as well as on the Russian side. Organised ultra-nationalist groups and individual activists established their own units of volunteers or joined existing ones.

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The Illusion of Convergence—Russia, China, and the BRICS

Date de publication
16 March 2016
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The discussion about the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) opposes two narratives. The first considers they play an increasing role in the international relations as the West is loosing power; the other sees the BRICS as a charade. But the key role played by the interaction between Russia and China is an evidence shared by most experts.

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Shifting Political Economy of Russian Oil and Gas

Date de publication
01 March 2016
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Dramatic changes in the Russian energy strategy and energy-based political alliances are to be expected due to the evolution of the domestic oil and gas market resulting from the economic crisis and sanctions linked to the annexation of Crimea.

War’s Indirection or the Return of the Limited War

Date de publication
01 December 2015
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Over the last few years both the United States and Russia seem to have changed their conception of how to deploy force. 

Russia's 'dictatorship-of-the-law' approach to internet policy

Date de publication
10 November 2015
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Julien Nocetti outlines the new geopolitical challenges posed by the current stand-off between Russia and the West over Ukraine, which have added to the general defensive leitmotiv in the Russian domestic internet governance with a tighter grip on online communications and transactions, which often contradicts the announced goals of economic stimulation in the information and communications technologies (ICTs) area as one of the vehicles of non-commodity based growth.

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Cross-Domain Coercion: The Current Russian Art of Strategy

Date de publication
02 November 2015
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This paper traces the evolution of Russian views on the art of coercion, and on the role of nuclear weapons in it, from the post-Cold War “regional nuclear deterrence” thinking to the current “Gerasimov Doctrine”.

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There Will Be Gas: Gazprom’s Transport Strategy in Europe

Date de publication
30 October 2015
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The key role of Ukraine in the transportation of Russian gas and the underground gas storage facilities are a legacy of the Soviet era. From the mid-1990s onwards, Gazprom has repeatedly tried to control gas transit through Ukraine and other infrastructures from the Soviet era without success. 

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The Political and Commercial Dynamics of Russia's Gas Export Strategy

Date de publication
01 September 2015
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A wide-ranging look at the way Gazprom interacts with an increasingly challenging global gas market for Russia.

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