Russia

Demokratizatsiya: Sentiment Shifts and a New Approach to Strategic Narratives Analysis: Russian Rhetoric on Ukraine

Abstract: How do countries’ strategic narratives (SNs) evolve during conflicts? Are changes in sentiment in…

West Point’s Modern War Institute: Teaching Data Analysis to US Army Soldiers

At an exercise during the summer of 2023, several units in the US Army Reserve…

THE CONVERSATION: Decrying Nazism – even when it’s not there – has been Russia’s ‘Invade country for free’ card

Oleg Morozov, a member of the Russian parliament and an ally of President Vladimir Putin’s,…

FOREIGN POLICY ANALYSIS: Focusdata: Foreign Policy through Language and Sentiment

Abstract: Countries routinely translate official statements and state media articles from native languages to English.…

THE CONVERSATION: Using lies and disinformation, Putin and his team have been building the case for a Ukraine invasion for 14 years

As the invasion of Ukraine began in late February 2022, President Vladimir Putin offered several…

Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs: First Georgia, Then Ukraine: How Russian Propaganda Justifies Invasions

The morning that Russia invaded Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared on Russian television outlining…

UPDATE (June 2021)

We’ve added articles from 2020 (all English-language articles available when the sites were scraped in…

Conflict in the Caucasus: Armenia – Azerbaijan – Russia – Iran – Turkey

Conclusion: Of the three powerbrokers in the region: Russia, Turkey and Iran, two attempt to…

Russia and Venezuelan Elections

Congratulations to Rafael Mercedes, an NJCU undergraduate majoring in Security Studies, for being selected as…

Russia, Freedom House and Reporters Without Borders: How Moscow Attempts to Deflect Criticism of Russia’s Domestic Information Controls

Previous research found that when criticized for censorship, internet controls, or lack of a free…