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Why Russia’s Vast Security Services Fell Short on Deadly Attack
In The News
“Because the F.S.B. — and Putin — sees the world through the prism that the United States is out to get Russia, any information that is not consistent with that frame is easil...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Ukraine’s Drone Strikes on Russian Oil Refineries Mark New Phase in War
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By the middle of February, drone attacks had damaged five oil refineries. In the immediate aftermath, Russia banned gasoline exports from March 1 until Aug. 31 to ensure suffi...
By Peter Schroeder
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Ukraine’s Allies Keep Hitting Russia with More Sanctions — and Russia Keeps Finding Ways Around Them
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Sanctions have, to some extent, "achieved an economic shock to Russia," said Rachel Ziemba, an adjunct fellow at the Centre for New American Security who tracks the impacts of...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Putin, Trump, Production Capacity: The Defence Challenges Facing Europe
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Jim Townsend, a former US deputy assistant secretary of defense for European and Nato policy, said: “Right now, does Europe have the ability to fill gaps the US might leave? T...
By Jim Townsend
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How Initial U.S. Support for Aiding Ukraine Has Come to a Standstill 2 Years Later
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"I think Putin feels extraordinarily confident heading into the third year of the war in Ukraine," Andrea Kendall-Taylor, a director at the Center for a New American Security ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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CNAS Responds: Two Years of War in Ukraine
Press Note
Saturday, February 24, marks the sobering occasion of two years since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. In preparation for the anniversary, CNAS experts analyze the many impacts t...
By Richard Fontaine, Stacie Pettyjohn, Becca Wasser, Nicholas Lokker, John Hughes & Edward Fishman
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Will the U.S. Abandon Ukraine?
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For all its recent gains in Avdiivka, the Russian military is also an exhausted force—and one that is losing more tanks, howitzers and other military equipment to Ukrainian fo...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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Are Ukraine’s Defenses Starting to Crumble?
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Avdiivka was “not a mere symbolic Russian victory,” said Franz-Stefan Gady, an Austrian military analyst with the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), who travels regula...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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Russia Vs The West: Is Putin Winning?
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"It is a race by both sides to rebuild their offensive capacity," said Andrea Kendall-Taylor, senior fellow at Washington-based Center for New American Security (CNAS). "If th...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Ukraine Deploying Machine-Gun Mounted Robots to Attack Putin's Troops
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Both Russia and Ukraine are developing UGVs intended to "replace human soldiers in the most dangerous and casualty-intensive storming raids," said Samuel Bendett, of the Cente...
By Samuel Bendett
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Next Year Could Be Even Tougher than This Last for Ukraine, Forcing It to Fight Irregularly to Hold On
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The future of Ukraine's war effort, though, is now perhaps more uncertain than it has been at any time since the early days of Russia's failed assault on Kyiv. After its lackl...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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What Happens in Ukraine If U.S. Aid Disappears?
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So both sides seem committed to continuing the war — but what would it look like if the US decides to bow out? “A failure to supply military aid to Ukraine isn’t going to caus...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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Ukraine Aid Remains in Limbo as Congress Nears Recess
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There is little doubt that a significant delay in additional funding from the U.S. would adversely impact Ukraine on the battlefield, but experts differed on the question of h...
By Nicholas Lokker
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U.S. and Ukraine Search for a New Strategy After Failed Counteroffensive
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“I don’t think it’s overstating it to highlight how important the U.S. assistance is,” said Andrea Kendall-Taylor, a scholar at the Center for a New American Security. “If the...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Russian Lawmakers Approve a Budget with a Record Amount Devoted to Defense Spending
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Record low unemployment, higher wages and targeted social spending should help the Kremlin ride out the domestic impact of pivoting the economy to a war footing but could pose...
By Richard Connolly
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Explosive Drones Are Everywhere In Ukraine. So the Infantry Head Underground, And Erect Screens.
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A Ukrainian FPV drone chasing down two Russian air-defenders speeding along on a motorbike. A Ukrainian drone watching a Russian infantry squad take shelter inside a wrecked a...
By Samuel Bendett
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As Kim Inspects Russia’s Military, Putin Cultivates ‘Axis of the Sanctioned’
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“I think it’s really serious,” said Andrea Kendall-Taylor, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, who previously led analyses of Russia by the U.S. intelli...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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‘Nothing left to lose’: Putin embraces role of spoiler with Kim Jong-un summit
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But there is an obvious logic to the Kremlin courting North Korea. It has ammunition that Russia needs to continue its war with Ukraine, where the Kremlin has had to ration it...
By Mike Kofman
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After death of Russia’s Wagner chief, what happens to his mercenary army?
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“Parts may be folded in under the Ministry of Defense, Russian intelligence, or to other oligarchs and leaders found more compliant, but none of those assets will wither at th...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Charred wreckage, burning questions after Putin calls Prigozhin a ‘man of complicated fate’
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If Putin indeed ordered Prigozhin killed, the sheer brazenness of the act would probably deter would-be opponents, at least in the short term, said Andrea Kendall-Taylor, a Ru...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
