Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
The Russian Analytical Digest (RAD) analyzes recent events, trends and developments within contemporary Russian politics, economics and business, foreign policy, security and society. Each issue contains original academic and policy relevant research articles by authors from across the globe, and topical statistical data, graphics and opinion polls. The series is produced by a partner network that includes the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich, the external page Research Centre for East European Studies (FSO) at the University of Bremen, the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES) and the external page Center for Eastern European Studies (CEES) at the University of Zurich. The RAD is edited by external page Fabian Burkhardt, external page Vassily Klimentov, external page Matthias Neumann, external page Robert Orttung, external page Jeronim Perović, external page Heiko Pleines, and external page Hans-Henning Schröder.
The series is partnered with the German language publication Russland-Analysen, the Russian Regional Report, and the Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD).
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No. 337: Scenarios for Russia's Future
Where is Russia heading? With Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine now having passed the four-year mark, this issue of the RAD explores a perennial question. Mikhail Troitskiy outlines four potential scenarios for Russia’s foreign policy, focusing on conditions that might bring about the end of the war and paths forward thereafter. William Dixon and Maksym Beznosiuk examine the logic of Russia's domestic development, building on Milan Svolik’s theory of authoritarian government. Together, the pieces contribute to an ongoing discussion about trajectories for Russia's future development.
No. 336: Nuclear Arms
On the occasion of the end of the New START arms control treaty, this issue provides an overview of the development of nuclear arms treaties between Russia and the USA. Peter Rutland outlines the fate of the different treaties since the end of the cold war and discusses the rationales of the current Russian and US political leaders concerning nuclear arms. Asya Cooley and Skye Cooley analyse how Russian military thinking about strategic deterrence has evolved since the 1950s. They distinguish seven distinct periods from nuclear proliferation to hybrid strategic deterrence. The issue also contains graphs documenting nuclear arsenals.