Could triggering Article 5 also spell the end of NATO? Matt Korda investigates how Vladimir Putin is creating and exploiting vulnerabilities within the western alliance.
Tag: Putin
Sanctions: Turning Russia Eastward
Kristyn Byrnes discusses how escalating violence in Ukraine is likely to extend Western sanctions against Russia while Putin looks to China for survival.
Ukraine’s Hot War Turns Frigid With the Death of Novorossiya
Aspiring Kremlin watcher Matt Korda analyses the abandonment of the Novorossiya project and explores its implications upon the future of the war in Ukraine.
Bearing Down: Modernizing Russia’s Armed Forces
Hasan Siddiqui articulates Russia’s military ambitions, contextualizes it within the broader geopolitical situation in Europe as well as analysing NATO’s attitude towards it.
A Red Card for Russia’s World Cup Bid?
Foreign policy interpreter and soccer enthusiast Matt Korda explores how the World Cup could be utilized as a political sanction against Russia.
Putin’s Realpolitik
Misha Boutilier on Putin’s Skillful Diplomacy
How Obama lost the battle of rhetoric: He got ‘out-framed’
Dylan Crimmins discusses the ongoing issue framing battle Obama is facing against Putin and al-Assad
Withering Rights: Civil Liberties in the Age of Vladimir Putin
James Monteith on the state of Russian civil liberties under Vladimir Putin.