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Digest | Jan 09, 2023

Russia Analytical Report, Dec. 19, 2022-Jan. 9, 2023

Digest | Jan 06, 2023

Russia in Review, Dec. 22, 2022-Jan. 6, 2023

Analysis | Jan 04, 2023

Dmitry Medvedev in His Own Words: From Modernizing Liberal to Hateful Hawk

Analysts believe the public metamorphosis is meant to keep the ex-president/ex-prime minister politically relevant and close to Russia's pro-war ruling elite.
Post | Dec 27, 2022

War in Ukraine: RM's Most Read of 2022

Russia's war in Ukraine has dominated news around the world in 2022. From John J. Mearsheimer's analysis of the war's roots and Joe Cirincione's response, to predictions of Russian forces exhausting their capabilities, to the place of nuclear weapons in Russian strategy, our top 10 reads of 2022 provide insight and analysis on the many facets of Russia's war in Ukraine.
Analysis | Dec 26, 2022

NPR 2022 Recognizes Importance of Risk Reduction, Falls Short on Reducing Role of Nukes

The latest Nuclear Posture Review maintains focus on both nuclear modernization and arms control/risk reduction as essential elements of deterrence but, in a way, seems to have broadened the role of nuclear weapons.
Digest | Dec 22, 2022

Russia in Review, Dec. 16-22, 2022

Analysis | Dec 22, 2022

What’s Ahead in the War in Ukraine

The opposing sides have adopted two opposing strategies: Russians are fighting a traditional firepower-centric war of attrition; Ukraine is pursuing a terrain-focused war of maneuver. These opposing strategies are as much a product of national resource availability as a deliberate choice.
Post | Dec 21, 2022

In Nuclear Messaging to West and Ukraine, Putin Plays Bad and Good Cop

Should a nuclear war “never be unleashed” or can nuclear weapons be used to “ensure the safety of the Russian people"? Both, according to Putin, who, as our analysis of his statements since ordering the invasion of Ukraine shows, has become fond of alternating assertive and conciliatory tones in his rhetoric on nuclear arms as he tries to push Ukraine and its Western backers off balance while keeping China content.

Russia’s conventional forces barely had time to launch their multi-pronged offensive into Ukraine on Putin’s orders in the early hours of Feb. 24, 2022, when he was already on Russian TV, issuing veiled threats to use nuclear weapons to dissuade NATO from interfering on Ukraine’s side.  Perhaps concerned that his initial warning was not convincing enough, Putin  then rattled his nuclear saber again on Feb. 27, accusing NATO countries of “aggressive statements” and ordering his top brass to “put the Russian army’s deterrence forces on high combat alert.” The Russian leader then took a two-month break from nuclear threats as his ground forces advanced to re-capture large swaths of Ukrainian land, including a land bridge to Crimea. However, his key aides quickly filled the vacuum, with some trying to outdo each other in rattling Russia’s nuclear saber (see below for our compilation of what Putin and his aides had to say on nuclear weapons, including conditions for their use, during the period of Feb. 24-Dec. 9). 
Analysis | Dec 21, 2022

No One Would Win a Long War in Ukraine

The West must formulate a major policy vision that obviates the desire of Ukraine and its staunchest supporters to have Russia smashed and neutralized.
Digest | Dec 19, 2022

Russia Analytical Report, Dec. 12-19, 2022

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