Sanctions on Russia: Implications for the Financial World Order
Following Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, Western sanctions have failed to act as an effective deterrent against Russian aggression. Today, as Vladimir P...
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Pussy Riot is No ‘Riot Grrl’: How Western Media Misinterpreted Russian Protest Culture, 2012-2015
This piece was published in the Acheson Issue, Volume 11 Abstract Between 2012 and 2015, Pussy Riot and Petr Pavlensky gained international fame as artist-activ...
Once Again with the Church and the State: Russian Orthodox Faith in Characterizing Contemporary National Politics
Finalist, High School Essay Contest 2021 “The conversion of Prince Vladimir and the whole of Rus to Orthodoxy were of truly historic significance and played a f...
Nuclear Pacific: Ballistic Missile Defenses Drive an Arms Race in the Pacific
American military leaders’ argument is simple: Pacific adversaries (particularly North Korea) have large and growing ballistic missile arsenals. To combat this ...
Relations with Russia Reveal Intrinsic Flaws in EU Foreign Policy Structure
Winter Issue 2019 Written by: Dalya Soffer, Boston University Following Russia’s occupation of Crimea in 2014, the EU presented an unexpectedly strong and unifi...
The Kremlin’s hybrid warfare in Georgia and Moldova
Written by: Andrey Grashkin, Boston University It is not surprising that the military works of the ancient Chinese strategist Sun Tzu, who famously wrote that “...
Fifty Shades of Gray: An Analysis of Modern Conflict
Written by Henry Suckow-Ziemer Less than a week after Indian PM Narendra Modi promised a “jaw-breaking” response to a terror attack that killed 40 paramilitary ...
A New Cold War Heats Up in Venezuela
Written by Mary Orsak Russia and China vetoed a U.S. Security Council draft resolution on February 28 that supported Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido. T...
Axis of Convenience: Limitations to Russia-Iran Cooperation
Written by Taehwa Hong Introduction Russia’s intervention in the Syrian Civil War in support of the Assad regime in 2015 marked the first Russian military actio...
Fifty lies and a truth: Experiencing controversy in Ukraine and Georgia
Russian BMP-2 of the 58th Army of the North Caucasus Military District in South Ossetia during the 2008 South Ossetia War. This past Spring Break I had the oppo...