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Despite Its Siren Song, High-Value Targeting Doesn’t Fit All: Matching Interdiction Patterns to Specific Narcoterrorism and Organized-Crime Contexts

October 1, 2013, Vanda Felbab-Brown

The U.S.-Russia Relationship: Transcending Mutual Deterrence

September 30, 2013

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Syria's Assad Trades Weapons For Time

September 24, 2013, Bessma Momani and Claire Schachter

China’s and Russia’s Interests in Central Asia: Connecting the Dots in Kazakhstan

September 17, 2013, Johannes F. Linn

Lessons in Communication from Vladimir Putin

September 14, 2013, Fiona Hill

The U.S.-Russian Deal on Syria: A Victory for Assad

September 14, 2013, Shadi Hamid

Syria and Russia: What's Putin Up to?

September 13, 2013, Marvin Kalb

Putin Takes Center Stage in Syria Crisis

September 12, 2013, Steven Pifer

Putin Blasts US, American Exceptionalism in Op-Ed

September 12, 2013, Fiona Hill

How Did Putin Get the Upper Hand on Syria?

September 12, 2013, Fiona Hill

If we think about this as judo, which is of course Mr. Putin's favorite sport, this is just one set of moves. And right now, he's managed to get Obama off the mat, at least, and get the terms set down that play to his advantage.

September 12, 2013, Fiona Hill, CNN

The Haunting: Why the Syria Crisis Will Torment Obama for the Rest of His Presidency

September 12, 2013, Salman Shaikh

Vladimir Putin's Stance on U.S. Military Action in Syria

September 12, 2013, Fiona Hill

Syria, Chemical Weapons and the U.S.: Debating the Proposal From Russia

September 10, 2013, Tamara Cofman Wittes, Michael Doran, Jeremy Shapiro, Bruce Riedel, Fiona Hill, Bruce Jones and Kenneth M. Pollack

[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

How Judo and KGB Tactics Inform Putin's Diplomatic Strategy

September 7, 2013, Fiona Hill

Syrie: Poutine profite des divisions occidentals

September 6, 2013, Clifford G. Gaddy

Russian President Putin Scores on Syria

September 6, 2013, Fiona Hill

What is Putin's Goal in Syria?

September 5, 2013, Fiona Hill

Obama Says He'll Continue to Engage Putin

September 4, 2013, Fiona Hill

U.S.-Russian Arms Control in the Absence of a Summit

September 4, 2013, Steven Pifer

Syria might still come up, but it won't dominate the G-20 agenda as it might have had there been a military strike.

September 2, 2013, Angela Stent, USA Today

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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What Will Russia Do if the U.S. Strikes Syria?

August 28, 2013, Fred Dews

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

August 28, 2013

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