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Chinese official media casts President Xi Jinping as an anti-corruption crusader; critics say he’s authoritarian. The reality is that he is a man of contrasts whose traits are difficult to pin down.
The crisis over alleged Russian involvement in a murder attempt on a spy and his daughter in the UK has been called an extension of the Cold War. But that war was about ideology; this crisis isn’t.
As Hitler showed in 1936, there’s nothing like a massive sporting spectacle to promote your regime.
The Death of Stalin has been banned in Russia. While the film is hardly disrespectful to Russian people, it does make Putin uncomfortable with its satirical take of leadership.
The row over suspected Russian involvement in the assassination attempt on Sergei Skripal has sparked some very confrontational social media activity.
Putin and Trump both invoke a kind of religion that emphasises a past golden age, rather than shared practices of church attendance and piety.
Re-elected for a fourth term, Putin is not on the best terms with the rest of the world. But does he actually care?
The reaction of much Russian media to the Russian spy attack highlights the paucity of different viewpoints available in Russian.
Russia’s economy is flatlining and the reasons boil down to poor governance.
Russian president Vladimir Putin draws upon the imperial symbols of the Byzantine Empire to position Russia as the “third Rome.” Meanwhile, Byzantium is erased by western history books.
Russia operates a system you might describe as ‘electoral authoritarianism’.
The result of Russia’s upcoming election is already known: President Vladimir Putin will be re-elected. Will he be content to be a lame duck, or will he undermine democracy to suit his ambition?
Vladimir Putin is leagues ahead of the rest in opinion polls. But he’s more worried about turnout.
Even if Syria’s armed conflict is somehow resolved, new proxy conflicts between regional actors are emerging on the country’s soil.
Despite a devastating toll in the seven-year conflict, which has seen 400,000 people killed and six million displaced, there is no end in sight for the people of Syria.
Russia is a major global power in outlook and reach, locked in a values-based confrontation with the West. But it still lacks all elements of a developed superpower.
Mounting evidence suggests we are so mesmerised by the theatre around Donald Trump that we have lost sight of how the US security establishment wields power.
As tensions between the US and Russia escalate, both sides are developing technological capabilities, including artificial intelligence that could be used in conflict.
Trump generates chaos every day yet there is scant information in any of it Nonetheless, there are hints about his mental health, the consequences of the Russia probe and the power of women in 2018.
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Associate Professor (Adj), Griffith Asia Institute; and Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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Professor of International Relations, Jean Monnet Professor of European Security, National University Odesa Law Academy
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Professor of Military History, University of Calgary
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Senior Lecturer in International Politics, Aberystwyth University
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Lecturer in Modern European History, Queen's University Belfast
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of History and Political Science, University of Michigan
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Assistant Professor and Edward and Emily McWhinney Professor in International Relations, Simon Fraser University
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Senior Lecturer in Military Strategy and Law, University of Portsmouth
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Associate Professor of History, College of the Holy Cross
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Professor of Political Science, Indiana University
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Associate Teaching Professor of Political Science, Penn State
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Professor of International Politics in the Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham
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