Publications

Russia Reform Monitor No. 2494

October 25, 2021 Ilan I. BermanKate Flaherty

After September's vote, fissures in the Russian opposition;
Russia freezes diplomatic ties to NATO;
Moscow heads toward partial lockdown;
The Kremlin holds Afghan stability talks;
Communist Party's first electoral lawsuit shot down;
Russia fears a strong Ukraine

China Reform Monitor No. 1480

October 22, 2021 Joshua Eisenman

Mental health survey: Many cases of depression, lack of treatment;
News leaks of U.S. secretly training Taiwan forces...;
...as Beijing warns Washington;
Microsoft to shut down LinkedIn app in China;
Apple Store crackdown hits holy books and Amazon's Audible

Is a sanctions rethink in the works?

October 21, 2021 Lawrence J. Haas The Hill

The Biden administration’s announcement that it will limit economic sanctions as a tool of foreign policy could prove significant, since it follows two decades in which policymakers of both parties dramatically increased the use of sanctions against governments, individuals, and entities that they considered bad actors.