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From ISIS to Russia's Nuclear Policy: RM's Most Popular Reads
August 04, 2020
Did the U.S. or Russia “defeat” ISIS? Is there an influx of international white supremacist fighters in Ukraine? What keeps the U.S. and Russia from stumbling into war? What is in Russia’s nuclear toolbox and what do recent documents reveal about its nuclear policy? Answers to these questions and many more can be found in our most read commentaries of 2020 through July 31. Check them out below.
Top 10 of 2020 (Jan. 1-July 31)
- Who ‘Defeated’ ISIS? An Analysis of US and Russian Contributions by Domitilla Sagramoso
- Is Ukraine a Hub for International White Supremacist Fighters? by Huseyn Aliyev
- 5 Years Since Russia’s Intervention in Ukraine: Has Putin’s Gamble Paid Off? by Simon Saradzhyan
- What Stops US and Russia From Stumbling Into War? by Simon Saradzhyan
- Poll: Majority of Young Russians Distrust NATO, Don’t Consider Russia a European Country by Thomas Schaffner and Angelina Flood
- The Oil Price War of 2020: Winners, Losers and Ways Forward by Li-Chen Sim
- Is 'Escalate to Deescalate' Part of Russia’s Nuclear Toolbox? by Kevin Ryan
- Russia’s Constitutional Amendments Keep Several Futures Open for Putin by Marlene Laruelle
- Russian Population Decline in Spotlight Again by Daniel Shapiro and Natasha Yefimova-Trilling
- New Document Consolidates Russia’s Nuclear Policy in One Place by Olga Oliker
Top 10 of all time
- 5 Years Since Russia’s Intervention in Ukraine: Has Putin’s Gamble Paid Off? by Simon Saradzhyan
- Russian Population Decline in Spotlight Again by Daniel Shapiro and Natasha Yefimova-Trilling
- Who ‘Defeated’ ISIS? An Analysis of US and Russian Contributions by Domitilla Sagramoso
- Kissinger on Russia: Insights and Recommendations by RM Staff
- Measuring National Power: Is Vladimir Putin’s Russia in Decline? by Simon Saradzhyan and Nabi Abdullaev
- Russia’s National Projects: Economic Reboot or Mucky Bog? by Ben Aris
- What Stops US and Russia From Stumbling Into War? by Simon Saradzhyan
- Is Ukraine a Hub for International White Supremacist Fighters? by Huseyn Aliyev
- Russian Military Buildup in the West: Fact Versus Fiction by Michael Kofman
- John Mearsheimer on Russia: Insights and Recommendations by Thomas Schaffner