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[Putin]'s probably the most formidable adversary America has seen in quite a while. He's clever and duplicitous, very skilled at playing people's own weaknesses and blunders against them — skills he honed as a KGB case officer.

September 9, 2013, Clifford G. Gaddy, Business Insider

Syrie: Poutine profite des divisions occidentals

September 6, 2013, Clifford G. Gaddy

Impact of U.S.-Russia Relations on the G20, Syria and Arms Control

August 29, 2013, Steven Pifer, Clifford G. Gaddy and Angela Stent

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The U.S.-Russia Relationship: What's Next?

August 28, 2013

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Why Economic Expansion in Places Like Turkey and Russia Won’t Stop Protests

August 13, 2013, Clifford G. Gaddy and Carol Graham

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U.S. Cancels September Moscow Summit with Putin

August 7, 2013, Clifford G. Gaddy

Russia and Turkey, Putin and Erdogan: One and the Same?

July 31, 2013, Fiona Hill, Jeremy Shapiro, Kemal Kirişci, Ömer Taşpınar, Clifford G. Gaddy and Hannah Thoburn

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Russia's Financial Police State

July 19, 2013, Clifford G. Gaddy and William Partlett

Russia's Development of Siberia: What is to be Done?

June 18, 2013, Clifford G. Gaddy

Russia's most critical bottleneck in the next 20-30 years is its shrinking labor force. Under those circumstances it makes no sense to have policies to attract more people to Siberia -- that weakens the national economy

June 18, 2013, Clifford G. Gaddy, CNBC

Putin Personality Disorder

February 15, 2013, Fiona Hill and Clifford G. Gaddy

How the 1980s Explains Vladimir Putin

February 14, 2013, Fiona Hill and Clifford G. Gaddy

Mr. Vladimir Putin: Operative in the Kremlin

February 6, 2013

Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin

February 5, 2013, Fiona Hill and Clifford G. Gaddy

Dealing With the Real Putin

February 4, 2013, Fiona Hill and Clifford G. Gaddy

Vladimir Putin as Statist: Restoring the Greatness of Russia

February 1, 2013, Fiona Hill and Clifford G. Gaddy

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The Six Personalities of Vladimir Putin

February 1, 2013, Fiona Hill and Clifford G. Gaddy

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Mr. Putin

Operative in the Kremlin

2013, Fiona Hill and Clifford G. Gaddy

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Putin’s Reelection: Implications for Russia and the World

March 7, 2012

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Vladimir Putin’s League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

January 30, 2012, Clifford G. Gaddy and Fiona Hill

Vladimir Putin and his Use of History in Russia

January 4, 2012, Clifford G. Gaddy and Fiona Hill

Russia and the World Trade Organization: Not the End but the Beginning

December 16, 2011, Clifford G. Gaddy

Putin's Next Move in Russia: Observations from the 8th Annual Valdai International Discussion Club

December 12, 2011, Clifford G. Gaddy and Fiona Hill

Vladimir Putin and the Future of Russia

November 27, 2011, Clifford G. Gaddy

@ Brookings Podcast: Putin's Return to Russia's Presidency

October 21, 2011, Clifford G. Gaddy

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