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Biden turned the ruble into rubble. Then it quickly came back.
In The News
A raft of punishing sanctions sent Russia’s currency crashing in the weeks after the invasion of Ukraine. Barely a month later, the ruble has staged a dramatic recovery — putt...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Russia ‘is trying to salvage a military fiasco’
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The White House today reacted with deep skepticism to Russia’s promise to reduce violence in Ukraine as a means of paving the way for possible peace talks, with government off...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
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Why the World’s Largest Democracy Won’t Back Ukraine
As the war in Ukraine has raged on, no country has found itself in a more awkward diplomatic position than India. While most of the world’s major democracies have rallied to U...
By Lisa Curtis
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The upcoming defense strategy dubs Russia an ‘acute threat.’ What does that mean?
In The News
Stacie Pettyjohn, director of the defense programs at the Center for a New American Security, agreed that the change in terminology likely reflects the ongoing war in Ukraine,...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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What Does Russia Want in Ukraine?
In The News
Russia’s war in Ukraine has already racked up a serious economic toll by sending gas prices skyrocketing around the world. There is already concern from Eastern European state...
By Jim Townsend
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Technology & National Security
Chechen Wars Offer a Glimpse of Putin’s Next MoveWhen I see images of Mariupol’s devastation, watch footage of burnt-out Russian tanks or hear the increasingly frequent Ukrainian accounts of kidnappings and disappearances, a...
By Margarita "Rita" Konaev
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Russia Claims It Is Open to Peace Negotiations. Few Are Convinced.
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“We don’t know what Putin understands about how the war is going, and I would be surprised if he was already willing to downsize his political objectives,” said Andrea Kendall...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Where Does Putin’s War Go From Here?
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Shortly before dawn on Feb. 24, in an address to the nation peppered with falsehoods and grievances, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced plans to invade neighboring Ukr...
By Jim Townsend & Michael Kofman
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Biden administration kills Trump-era nuclear cruise missile program
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In a rare political win for non-proliferation advocates, the Biden administration has cancelled the Sea-Launched Cruise Missile-Nuclear program, one of the two new nuclear wea...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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NATO, explained: Why the alliance was formed — and what it's doing for Ukraine
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NATO is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's a military and political alliance that was founded in 1949 in response to the actions of the Soviet Union. "The Allies in...
By Jim Townsend
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‘Diminishing returns’: What can change the course for Putin in the Ukraine war?
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Michael Kofman, a Russian military analyst at research group CNA in Virginia, said significant Russian casualties do not necessarily seem to be a political limitation on Putin...
By Michael Kofman
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Russian generals are getting killed at an extraordinary rate
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The war in Ukraine is proving extraordinarily lethal for Russian generals, the gray men bedecked in service medals, who are being aggressively targeted by Ukrainian forces and...
By Margarita "Rita" Konaev & Jeffrey Edmonds
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How Sanctions on Russia, War in Ukraine and Covid in China Are Transforming Global Supply Chains
A new world order is emerging for the vital supply chains that deliver most of the goods we rely on for our daily existence. Companies, especially tech companies, are question...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Technology & National Security
How drones are helping fuel propaganda in Ukraine“[The] Russians are carefully releasing videos of Forpost-R and Orion combat drones as well to try and compete with a Bayraktar narrative,” said Samuel Bendett, an analyst at ...
By Samuel Bendett
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US, G7 freeze Russian gold amid Ukraine war: All you need to know
As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its second month, Western powers have taken new action aimed at destabilising Russia’s sanctions-hit economy following its invasion of Ukraine...
By Rachel Ziemba
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In Ukraine, Biden must relearn Truman’s lessons from the cold war
Joe Biden entered the White House last year styling himself on Franklin Roosevelt. The better model today might be Harry Truman. His words to Congress 75 years ago this month—...
By Richard Fontaine
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EXPLAINER: How the US and allies can freeze Russian gold
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The U.S. and its allies said Thursday they’re moving to block financial transactions with Russia’s Central Bank that involve gold, aiming to further restrict the country’s abi...
By Rachel Ziemba
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White House to Seek $813.3 Billion National Security Budget
President Joe Biden plans to request $813.3 billion in national security spending -- including $773 billion for the Pentagon -- in the federal budget he will send to Congress ...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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The Next 2 Weeks Could Determine the Fate of Ukraine
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After the initial shock of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the biggest surprise of the war may be how badly the Russian army has performed. What at first seemed like a c...
By Michael Kofman
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CNAS Mourns the Passing of Board Member Emerita Madeleine Albright
Press Note
Today, CNAS Chief Executive Officer Richard Fontaine made the following statement on the passing of Board Member Emerita Madeleine Albright: "All of us at CNAS are deeply sad...
