Resurgent Russia [What Think Tanks are thinking]

Russia was increasingly assertive in foreign and security policy, posing a challenge to the post-Cold War, rules-based international order. Following the annexation of Crimea, conflict with Ukraine and intervention in Syria, Russia stands accused of seeking to influence electoral outcomes in the United States and some European countries. Vladimir Putin looked set to be re-elected as Russian President in the Presidential Election in March 2018.

This note offers links to commentaries, studies by major international think tanks, which discussed Russia's policies and how to respond to them.

More reports on the topic can be found in previous editions of 'What Think Tanks are Thinking':

+ July 2017
+ October 2016
+ October 2015

Compiler: Marcin Grajewski

• Primary Source

European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service: Briefing, February 2018: The EU's Russia policy: Five guiding principles http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-eus-russia-policy-five-guiding-principles-2/

European Council on Foreign Relations: Policy Brief, March 2018: The arrival of post-Putin Russia http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-arrival-of-post-putin-russia/

European Council on Foreign Relations: Commentary, 20.03.18: And Now What? Russian Foreign Policy in Putin’s Fourth Term http://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_and_now_what_russian_foreign_policy_in_putins_fourth_term

LSE European Institute: EuroppBlog, 28.04.18: Why Russia is economically weak and politically strong http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2018/04/28/why-russia-is-economically-weak-and-politically-strong/

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