News

No Durable Stalemate as European Officials Fear Ukraine’s Battle Positions Could Unravel

November 27, 2023
Plus: Increase in repressions during Putin’s reelection?
Analysis

Gender Norms Keep Russian, Ukrainian Servicewomen From Combat

Jessica Trisko Darden November 22, 2023 RM Exclusives
Despite a century of women’s involvement in the region’s wars, Russian and Ukrainian women's involvement as combatants today echoes a global pattern where women are relegated to roles that distance them from frontline combat. 
Blog

More Russians Advocate for Peace Talks With Ukraine, But Devil Is in Details

Simon Saradzhyan and Angelina Flood November 16, 2023
A second Russian pollster reports that the share of Russians who advocate for peace negotiations with Ukraine has exceeded the share of their compatriots who favor continuing the war. The devil is in details, however.
News
No Durable Stalemate as European Officials Fear Ukraine’s Battle Positions Could Unravel
November 27, 2023
Analysis
Gender Norms Keep Russian, Ukrainian Servicewomen From Combat
November 22, 2023
Blog
More Russians Advocate for Peace Talks With Ukraine, But Devil Is in Details
November 16, 2023
RM Staff Picks
Blog

Average Age of Ukrainian Soldiers Is Past 40 and That Could Be a Problem

Simon Saradzhyan
On its current trajectory, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will have to conscript pre-pension age males in the not-so-distance future.
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Blog

Eric Schmidt on Benefits, Challenges of AI

Conor Cunningham
During a discussion on the future of AI hosted by Graham Allison at the Harvard Institute of Politics, former Google chairman Eric Schmidt spoke on six areas of significant relevance for the future of AI.
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Blog

Mike Johnson on Russia and Ukraine

Olga Kiyan
The new Speaker of the House of Representatives initially expressed support for Ukraine in the context of Russia's war in Ukraine, but has since shown resistance to the provision of aid for Ukraine.
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Analysis

West Sanctions Russian Aviation, But Moscow Decides to Keep Planes Flying Despite Risks

Steven E. Harris
As Russia seeks cracks in Western countries’ united efforts to sanction Russia over its war against Ukraine, U.S. policymakers and their allies need to better explain not only the motifs, but also the goals of their punitive measures against Russia’s...
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Analysis

Thomas Graham on Why and How America Should Start Getting Russia Right

Simon Saradzhyan
The U.S. needs to get Russia right, which requires America to see Russia “plainly and without sentiment,” Graham writes in his new book.
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Analysis

New Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown on Russia

Conor Cunningham, Mikael Pir-Budagyan and RM Staff
What has the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Russia? See our compilation for his observations and recommendations for countering “the acute threat of Russia.”
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Analysis

Putin Returns Empty-Handed From Beijing

The Bell
Despite much back-slapping about the Sino-Russian partnership, no major economic agreements were signed during Putin's recent trip to China.
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Blog

Can Weather Predict Operational Tempo in Ukraine This Winter?

Kate Davidson, Angelina Flood and Simon Saradzhyan
We analyzed five metrics—the percent of Ukraine’s territory occupied, monthly change in territorial control, the number of daily territorial change reports, fatality rate and artillery fire—to assess how the onset of winter impacted fighting intensit...
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