Analysis

This listing contains all the analytical materials posted on the Russia Matters website. These include: RM Exclusives, commissioned by Russia Matters exclusively for this website; Recommended Reads, deemed particularly noteworthy by our editorial team; Partner Posts, originally published by our partners elsewhere; and Future Policy Leaders, pieces by promising young scholars and policy thinkers. Content can be filtered by genre and subject-specific criteria and is updated often. Gradually we will be adding older Recommended Reads and Partner Posts dating back as far as 2011.
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Comparing Pathways to Peace in Ukraine

Masha Hedberg August 30, 2024 RM Exclusives
How can the war in Ukraine end? Is a negotiated settlement possible? If so, what would it take to achieve it? This review of 25 peace proposals examines the range of options on the table and assesses their viability as effective blueprints for ending the war.
Competing Views on Russia

Tim Walz on Russia and Ukraine

RM Staff August 20, 2024 RM Exclusives
What has Kamala Harris's VP pick said and done regarding Russia, Ukraine and the rest of the former post-Soviet space? Check out our compilation to find out.
Competing Views on Russia

Kamala Harris on Russia

RM Staff August 08, 2024 RM Exclusives
What do Harris’ public words and deeds tell us about her potential policies toward Russia, Ukraine and post-Soviet Eurasia more broadly?
Competing Views on Russia

JD Vance on Russia

Aleksandra Srdanovic and RM staff August 02, 2024 RM Exclusives
Vance, Donald Trump's VP pick, argues for an isolationist U.S. foreign policy, that Ukraine isn't a priority for the U.S. and that Russia isn't a military threat to U.S. allies in Europe.
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Why A Second Donald Trump Presidency Won’t Necessarily Constitute a Win for Putin

Ivan Kurilla July 26, 2024 RM Exclusives
It is worth teasing out, based on what we already know of Trump’s foreign policy preferences and leadership style, what a second Trump term might entail for U.S. policies toward Russia, Ukraine and the war between the two.
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UK Policy Toward Russia, Ukraine: Could It Change Under Labour?

Mary Dejevsky June 27, 2024 RM Exclusives
While there are many areas where Labour’s leader, Sir Keir Starmer, is eyeing change, policy toward Russia and Ukraine will not be among them—good news for the U.S. Biden administration insofar as it continues to consider Ukraine’s defense a vital U.S. national interest.
Clues from Russian Views

Moscow’s Loyal Mayor: Sergei Sobyanin’s Views on Russia, Ukraine and More

Olga Kiyan June 20, 2024 RM Exclusives
Sobyanin has featured in lists of Putin’s successors for some time, partly as a result of Sobyanin’s ability to toe whatever lines Putin sets on key aspects of Russia’s internal policies, while staying mum on trickier external policies (Russia’s war in Ukraine being one exception).
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Is Putin Too Old to Rule Russia?

RM Associates and Staff June 12, 2024 RM Exclusives
Our research shows that in terms of age, Putin is not an outlier among Russia’s rulers of the past century nor among the present rulers of some of Russia’s peers, allies and adversaries.
book review

Stephen Kotkin on Ukraine, Russia, China and the World

Kate Davidson June 06, 2024 RM Exclusives
Stephen Kotkin, a renowned historian and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, surveys what happened, where we stand now and what the United States should do next in his contribution to a collection of essays covering the Russia-Ukraine war.
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Is Russia Shifting Toward Mobilization Economy or Forming New, Loyal Business Elite?

Andrei Yakovlev May 30, 2024 RM Exclusives
Recent events indicate that the Kremlin has set a course for reviewing privatization deals and, more broadly, for the redistribution of property in the Russian economy.
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Expert Survey: What to Expect From Putin’s Fifth Term?

RM Staff May 10, 2024 RM Exclusives
We asked several of America’s leading Russia experts to comment on what to expect from Russia’s relations with the West, China and post-Soviet Eurasia during Vladimir Putin’s new term, and how long his rule may last.
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Fiona Hill on Putin, Ukraine, Global Challenges

Angelina Flood May 01, 2024 RM Exclusives
In this exclusive interview with Russia Matters, Hill paints a picture of a world in flux, in part due to Russia’s revisionist actions.
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