Has Russia Won the Sanctions War?
Despite Western economic policy, Russia has been able to continue its war against Ukraine, and even seen economic growth....
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Has Russia Won the Sanctions War?
A nation must think before it acts.
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Why Do Autocrats Make Mistakes?
Almost two years after Russia’s full-scale invasion, Bear Market Brief investigates how we got here in the first place....
Watching Russia
Where does Russian public sentiment on politics and war stand these days? And on a more basic level, how...
Economic War: Ukraine and the Global Conflict Between Russia and the West
On this week’s special episode of the Bear Market Brief, Aaron Schwartzbaum sits down with FPRI Fellow Maximilian Hess...
Kyiv Dispatch: How are Ukraine’s Politics and Society Changing as the War Continues?
Politically and socially, how are Ukrainians contending with a difficult, long war? Fabrice Deprez joins from Kyiv to...
How Do Wars End?
Have you heard calls for Ukraine and Russia to “just negotiate”? What does theory say about how (and why)...
Fight or Flight: Resistance in Russia
If you’re a Russian against the war in Ukraine, what options do you have? And how has resistance...
Dark Sarcasm in the Classroom: Patriotic Education in Russia
Patriotic education in Russia: how does it work? Is this any different from in the West? And among Russia’s...
The Struggle Israel
We take a jaunt south to explore the people and politics behind Israel’s Ukraine policy. What do Israel’s leaders...
Don’t Mention the War
How do you make sense of Russia’s seemingly contradictory narrative about its invasion of Ukraine? And how is support,...