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Andrei Piontkovsky

Andrei Piontkovsky

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Andrei Piontkovsky is a Russian political scientist and a visiting fellow at the Hudson Institute in Washington, DC.

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  1. Putin’s Brave New World
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    Putin’s Brave New World

    May 30, 2014 Andrei Piontkovsky explains why Russia's president will do whatever it takes to preserve his rule.

  2. The Four Stages of Putinism
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    The Four Stages of Putinism

    Feb 27, 2013 Andrei Piontkovsky

  3. La Nausée Russe
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    La Nausée Russe

    Jan 30, 2012 Andrei Piontkovsky

  4. The Caucasian Dark Circle
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    The Caucasian Dark Circle

    May 31, 2011 Andrei Piontkovsky

  5. The Putin Parody
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    The Putin Parody

    Mar 29, 2010 Andrei Piontkovsky

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    Subsistence Is Not Enough

    Kweilin Ellingrud, et al. highlight the private sector’s potential role in improving affordability and promoting shared prosperity.
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    Europe Needs a Defense Production Act

    Nicu Popescu urges EU member states to bolster their defense capabilities to guard against future Russian aggression.
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    What Tariffs Can and Can’t Do

    Dani Rodrik

    When tariffs are moderate and used to complement a domestic investment agenda, they need not do much harm; they can even be useful. When they are indiscriminate and are not supported by purposeful domestic policies, they do considerable damage – most of it at home.

    argues that import duties are neither an all-purpose tool, as Donald Trump believes, nor a purposeless one.
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    Could Trump’s Tariffs Help Democratize China?

    Yi Fuxian thinks that China will have to shift its focus from running trade surpluses to strengthening the middle class.
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    A Retrospective on Trump’s First Year Back

    Jeffrey Frankel imagines the economic and geopolitical consequences we might be facing in January 2026.
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    Global Cooperation in the Age of Trump

    George Papaconstantinou & Jean Pisani-Ferry suggest how global commons and interdependencies can be managed in the absence of a responsible superpower.
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    Trump Will Put the US and China Back on a Collision Course

    Ian Bremmer

    Donald Trump's return to the White House will almost certainly trigger an unmanaged decoupling of the world’s most important geopolitical relationship, increasing the risk of global economic disruption and crisis. After all, Chinese leaders will be far less conciliatory than they were during his first term.

    thinks Xi Jinping's government will be less accommodative of the “Tariff Man's” demands this time around.
  8. sierakowski114_Lukas SchulzeGettyImages_orban_pis_float Lukas Schulze/Getty Images

    Viktor Orbán’s Home for Populist Fugitives

    Sławomir Sierakowski highlights the Hungarian leader’s policy of offering asylum to European politicians facing corruption charges.
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    Ukraine’s Existential Culture War

    Ian Buruma thinks the country is justified in banning Russian art, even though it runs counter to humanist principles.

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