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US, Ukraine Split on Messaging Against Russia
President Biden’s warnings of imminent Russian aggression are clashing with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s efforts to project strength, urge calm and inspire confide...
By Jim Townsend
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Russia’s Revamped Military Learns From Failures of the Past
In The News
Three weeks ago, Russian paratroopers commanded by Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov deployed 4,000km from Moscow to Kazakhstan at the invitation of its government to help quel...
By Michael Kofman
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Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
CNAS Responds: U.S. Sanctions on RussiaWith Russian troops amassing on Ukraine's borders, the United States and its allies are stepping up the pressure to deter an invasion, with sanctions playing a key role in the...
By Emily Kilcrease, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Carisa Nietsche, Jim Townsend, Jason Bartlett, Rachel Ziemba, Edward Fishman & Daniel Silverberg
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Biden Weighs Deploying Thousands of Troops to Eastern Europe and Baltics
In The News
President Biden is considering deploying several thousand U.S. troops, as well as warships and aircraft, to NATO allies in the Baltics and Eastern Europe, an expansion of Amer...
By Jim Townsend
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Russia Raises Pressure by Sending More Troops to Ukraine Border
Diplomats from the US and Russia have shuttled across Europe for security talks over Ukraine but military analysts have had their eye on more ominous movements: the further de...
By Michael Kofman
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The Digital Sleuths Exposing Russia's Military Buildup Near Ukraine
In The News
As Russia has moved tens of thousands of troops toward its border with Ukraine in recent months, hinted of an armed response if NATO does not acquiesce to its demands, and ann...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
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War drums Beat Louder as Blinken Visits Kyiv
In The News
Ahead of decisive talks with Russia's top diplomat, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken touched down in the powder-keg Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Wednesday in a show of N...
By Michael Kofman
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After Crisis talks With Russia, the Threat of War in Ukraine Still Looms. Here’s Why.
Fears of a possible Russian attack on Ukraine have sharpened after no progress was made during talks in Europe seeking to deter Russia’s military buildup near Ukraine and conv...
By Michael Kofman
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Fear of Russia Brings New Purpose and Unity to NATO, Once Again
In The News
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, NATO was an alliance in search of a role. Some suggested that if NATO did not “go out of area,” beyond Europe, it would “go out of busi...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Mud Could Complicate Possible Russian Plans for an Invasion of Ukraine, US Officials Say
A fairly mild winter and muddy ground could complicate possible Russian plans to launch an invasion of Ukraine, potentially delaying plans for military action, senior Biden ad...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
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U.S. Plans to Discuss Missile Deployments With Russia as Part of Effort to Defuse Ukraine Crisis
In The News
Negotiators for the United States are planning to show up to talks with their Russian counterparts Monday with proposals to discuss the placement of missiles and scope of mili...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Putin Dreams of a Russian ‘Sphere of Influence.’ Kazakhstan’s Protesters Are the Latest to Push Back.
In The News
To Russian President Vladimir Putin, the collapse of the Soviet Union “was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century.” He made that statement in 2005, just months a...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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China and Russia Military Cooperation Raises Prospect of New Challenge to American Power
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping oversaw an ambitious joint military exercise in China this summer, which along with reported collaborations in a...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Michael Kofman
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Reports Russia Is Drawing Down Troop Buildup Near Ukraine Are Mistaken
In The News
On Christmas Day, Russia’s Interfax news agency reported that a military exercise begun Dec. 1 in Crimea and around Rostov involving 10,000 soldiers of its Southern Military D...
By Michael Kofman
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Biden’s Stand on Ukraine Is a Wider Test of U.S. Credibility Abroad
The American president had issued a stern warning to Russia’s leader, Vladimir V. Putin: Keep your troops out of Ukraine, or face harsh economic reprisals. The warning went un...
By Richard Fontaine
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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Forget U.S. Military Aid, Putin Eyes Threat from Turkish Drones in UkraineWhile Russian President Vladimir Putin has condemned the ongoing flow of U.S. military assistance to Ukraine as the Eastern European nation faces off with pro-Moscow separatis...
By Michael Kofman & Margarita "Rita" Konaev
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Press Note
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program / Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
The FY2022 National Defense Authorization ActAfter weeks of delay, the United States Congress passed the long-awaited $770 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)—setting the nation’s defense expenditures and p...
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Arms Control and Strategic Stability with Russia: The View from Europe
Press Release
Washington, December 14, 2021— The United States and Russia have completed two rounds of strategic stability talks and have agreed to a basic plan of work on arms control and ...
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Among Ordinary Russians, Little Appetite for War in Ukraine
Whatever Vladimir Putin may have in mind for Ukraine, an independent country he nonetheless considers part of the Russian motherland, ordinary Russians are expressing little e...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
The Situation on the Russia-Ukraine BorderAs Russia's troop build-up near its border with Ukraine raises alarm bells in Washington and across Europe, the Biden administration is consulting with allies and considering ...
