Timofey Bordachev on the reasons for the restraint of Russia's policy in the CIS for the Valdai Discussion Club (10.11.2020)

Timofey Bordachev, the scientific director of CCEIS, published an article "Imperial Restraint of Russia" at the Valdai Discussion Club, in which he analyzes the necessary transformations of the Russian policy in the post-Soviet region.

In the article, Prof. Bordachev touched upon the following aspects of the topic:

• what explains the restraint of Russia's behavior in the current conflict and crises in the near abroad;
• what are the features of Russia's position in the conflicts in the South Caucasus;
• what are the systemic factors of such restrained imperial behavior of Russia?

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