Russia Analytical Report, May 2-9, 2022 | Russia Matters

2022-05-14 21:42:00 By : Ms. Penny Su

“The Refugee Opportunity. Those Fleeing Ukraine and Elsewhere Are a Boon to Host Countries,” Dany Bahar, FA, 05.03.22.  The author, an economist and an Associate Professor of Practice of International and Public Affairs at Brown University, writes:

“Amid Ukraine’s ruins, Russia is rebuilding totalitarianism,” Editorial Board, WP, 05.06.22. The news outlet’s editorial board writes:

“The Push to Prosecute Russia's Vladimir Putin for the Ukraine War,” Niharika Mandhana, WSJ 05.02.22. The author, Southeast Asia bureau chief for the news outlet, writes:

“Russia’s War Has Been Brutal, but Putin Has Shown Some Restraint. Why?” Anton Troianovski and Julian E. Barnes, NYT, 05.03.22. The authors, Moscow bureau chief and a national security reporter for the news outlet, write:

“Russia is losing on the electronic battlefield,” David Ignatius, WP, 05.03.22. The author, a columnist for the news outlet, writes:

“Can Ukraine’s Military Keep Winning?” Margarita Konaev and Polina Beliakova, FA, 05.09.22. The authors, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security and a Ph.D. candidate at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, write:

“Russia’s war tests Europe’s moral mettle as much as its economy, Martin Wolf, FT, 05.03.22. The author, chief economics commentator for the news outlet, writes:

“The US Confiscation Policy,” Ivan Timofeev, Russian International Affair Council, 05.06.22. The author, director of programs at the Russian International Affairs Council, writes:

“The West needs to up its sanctions game against Russia,” Michael McFaul, WP, 05.04.22.  The author, director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and a former U.S. ambassador to Russia, writes:

“The New Cold War Could Soon Heat Up. Why Russia and the West Might Escalate the Fight Over Ukraine,” Ian Bremmer, FA, 05.02.22.  The author, president and founder of Eurasia Group, writes:

“The West vs. the Rest,” Angela Stent, FP, 05.02.22. The author, a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, writes:

“A Message to the Biden Team on Ukraine: Talk Less,” Thomas L. Friedman, NYT, 05.03.22. The author, an opinion columnist for the news outlet, writes:

“The War in Ukraine Calls for a Reset of Biden’s Foreign Policy America Can’t Support Democracy Only When It’s Convenient,” Matthew Duss, FA, 05.04.22. The author, foreign policy adviser to independent U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, writes:

“The Trouble With ‘the Free World’: Why It’s a Bad Idea to Revive a Cold War Concept,” Peter Slezkine, FA, 05.06.22. The author, a postdoctoral fellow at East China Normal University, writes:

“Ukraine and the shadow of the Nazis,” Gideon Rachman, FT, 05.09.22. The author, chief foreign affairs commentator for the news outlet, writes:

“Ukraine: From Bad to Worse?” Andrew J. Bacevich, American Conservative, 05.05.22. The author, a writer at large for the magazine, writes:

“Our democracy at home depends on preserving freedom in Ukraine,” Liz Cheney and  Jake Auchincloss, WP, 05.06.22. The authors, U.S. representatives, write:

“Expanding NATO will deepen east-west fissure: Admitting Finland and Sweden would only broaden the divide between Russia and its neighbors,” Anne-Marie Slaughter, FT, 05.05.22. The author, president of the New America think-tank, writes:

“What Would Finland Bring to the Table for NATO?” Heljä Ossa and Tommi Koivula, War on the Rocks, 05.09.22. The authors, a doctoral student and a professor of strategic and defense studies at the Finnish National Defense University, write:

“Finland’s New Frontier: Will Russia Seek to Disrupt Helsinki’s NATO Bid?” Kimberly Marten, FA, 05.04.22. The author, a professor of political science at Barnard College, writes:

“Why We Are Missing the Cold War,” Andrey Sushentsov, Valdai Discussion Club, 05.06.22. The author, the Valdai Club program director, writes:

“We are now living in a totally new era,” Edward Luce’s interview with Henry Kissinger, FT, 05.09.22. In this interview, Kissinger says:

“China won't repeat Putin's Ukraine mistakes in Taiwan,” Josh Rogin, WP, 05.04.22.  The author, a columnist for the news outlet, writes:

“Putin's Ukraine Adventure Unleashes Nuclear Genies; Russia's conflict in Ukraine raises the risk of nuclear war itself, but it also may well be ushering in a new period of nuclear proliferation,” Gerald F. Seib, WSJ, 05.09.22. The author, executive Washington editor for the news outlet, writes:

“The Use and Misuse of Nuclear Fear,” Michael Krepon, Arms Control Wonk, 05.04.22. The author, co-founder of the Stimson Center, writes:

“Why Washington Should Take Russian Nuclear Threats Seriously,” Stephen M. Walt, FP, 05.05.22. The author, the Robert and Renée Belfer professor of international relations at Harvard University, writes:

“Nuclear Abolitionists Are Getting Ukraine Wrong,” Peter Huessy, NI, 05.08.22. The author, president of GeoStrategic Analysis, writes:

“This crisis cannot be described by the words ‘bounce back.’ We remain in free fall and are yet to hit the bottom,” Interview with Russian economist and MSU professor Natalya Zubarevich in Delovoi Kvartal, 04.28.22. In this interview, the Russian economist and Moscow State University professor says:

“Is Putin’s Popularity (Still) Real? A Cautionary Note on Using List Experiments to Measure Popularity in Authoritarian Regimes,” Timothy Frye, Scott Gehlbach, Kyle L. Marquardt and Ora John Reuter, PONARS, May 2022. The authors of the policy memo write:

“Putin’s Orange Obsession: How a Twenty-Year Fixation With Color Revolutions Drove a Disastrous War,” Lincoln Mitchell, FA, 05.06.22. The author, an adjunct associate research scholar at Columbia University, writes:

“Address by the President of Russia at the military parade,” Vladimir Putin, Kremlin, 05.09.22.  In this address, the Russian president says:

“Putin defends his Ukraine invasion, invoking World War II, but does not signal an escalation,” Anton Troianovski, NYT, 05.09.22. The author, Moscow bureau chief for the news outlet, writes:

“Putin’s Red Square parade will be a squalid spectacle,” Andrei Kozyrev, FT, 05.06.22. The author, a former Russian minister of foreign affairs, writes:

“Now we see, with Putin, why Nuremberg-style Soviet trials were needed,” Natan Sharansky, WP, 05.09.22. The author, chairman of the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy, writes:

“A Heart-to-Heart With Russia's Elites,” Yevgenia Albats, The New Times/MT, 05.04.22. The author, chief editor of The New Times, writes:

“Russia's ultimate political survivor faces a wartime reckoning,” Paul Sonne and Catherine Belton, WP, 05.09.22. The authors, reporters for the news outlet, write:

See subsection "Military aspects of the Ukraine conflict and their impacts" above.

“Is Ukraine's War Just? The Pope Hasn't Said,” Francis Rocca, WSJ, 05.05.22. The author, Vatican correspondent for the news outlet, writes:

“What Ukrainians Think About the War With Russia,” Daniel Twining, WSJ, 05.07.22. The author, president of the International Republican Institute, writes:

“The War Over Ukrainian Identity” Nationalism, Russian Imperialism and the Quest to Define Ukraine’s History,” Georgiy Kasianov, FA, 05.04.22. The author, NAWA Chair Professor in the Department of Political Science and Journalism at Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin, Poland, writes:

“Why Belarus matters: Like Ukraine, democracy is at stake,” Editorial Board, WP 05.02.22. The news outlet’s editorial board writes: