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Eurasia is undergoing profound changes. While the Soviet past has left a lasting imprint, Russia and the countries of Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the South Caucasus have their own trajectory.

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Moldova between Russia and the West: Internal Divisions behind the Commitment to European Integration

Date de publication
02 August 2018
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The traditional characterisation of Moldova as a bridge between two civilisations, Russian Orthodox and the West, seems to have become outdated.

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Tailored Assurance: Balancing Deterrence and Disarmament in Responding to NATO-Russia Tension

Date de publication
03 July 2018
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The 2018 Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) called for tailoring assurance across America’s allies, including NATO, as part of an overall deterrence and assurance strategy. 

Rival public diplomacies in the Ukrainian crisis : RT and Ukraine Today

Date de publication
01 June 2018
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The Ukrainian crisis has brought to light the key role played by new international networks as instruments of public diplomacy in time of war. Focusing on RT and Ukraine Today in the asymmetrical conflict between Russia and Ukraine, this article analyzes the operation and strategies of diffusion of these two media, and inquires into their antagonistic narratives and political rationales. This case study focuses on this conflict’s two dimensions of storytelling and news that several actors and observers have described as a “war of information”.

Anatomy of the Russian cultural diplomacy in the post-Soviet era

Date de publication
01 October 2017
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The article discusses Russia’s cultural diplomacy understandings in the post-Soviet era, as implemented since the mid-2000’s. 

Nordic Countries in the Face of Russian Action in the Baltic and Kaliningrad

Date de publication
20 July 2017
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Nordic countries share the same perception, that Russia does not pose an immediate threat but that its actions nevertheless remain worrying. 

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Minsk-Beijing: What Kind of Strategic Partnership?

Date de publication
26 June 2017
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Sino-Belarusian relations are characterized by a gap between the quality and depth of the countries’ political partnership on the one hand, and the more limited economic reality of bilateral cooperation on the other.

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What Forecast for Crimea?

Date de publication
12 June 2017
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Since Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, the peninsula’s demographics have changed. Thousands have left and new arrivals – Ukrainians fleeing conflict in the east of their country and Russians – have moved in.

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Reforming Ukrainian Defense: No Shortage of Challenges

Date de publication
22 May 2017
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Ukraine’s conflict with Russia has highlighted the catastrophic state of Ukraine’s defense apparatus.

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Living with Russia

Date de publication
10 March 2017
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Russia’s power comes, in part, from the West’s errors and illusions in the wake of the Cold War.

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The NPT and the Origins of NATO’s Nuclear Sharing Arrangements

Date de publication
07 February 2017
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Russia has recently accused the United States and NATO Allies of violating the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) by arguing that NATO's nuclear sharing arrangements are not permitted under the Treaty.

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Russia/Eurasia Center
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Founded in 2005 within Ifri, the Russia/Eurasia Center conducts research and organizes debates on Russia, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the South Caucasus. Its goal is to understand and anticipate the evolution of this complex and rapidly changing geographical area in order to enrich public discourse in France and Europe and to assist in strategic, political, and economic decision-making.

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