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Why Can't the West Stop Supplying Technology for Russian Weapons?
Foreign Policy, 9 November 2023

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The imperative to build and sustain sanctioning coalitions
IISS Online Analysis, March 2023

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Lessons for the Next War from Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
Foreign Policy, January 2023

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Russia's status as an energy superpower is waning
IISS Online Analysis, June 2022

Gas crisis shows: Europe's road to energy transition will be bumpy
Raamoprusland, 14 October 2021

Nord Stream 2 is Far From a Done Deal
The Moscow Times, 27 July 2021

No Easy Answer on Belarus Sanctions
The Moscow Times, 27 May 2021

China Enters the Arctic Digitization Race
The National Interest, 17 January 2021 (with Elizabeth Buchanan)

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Ukraine’s sanctions policy: learning the ropes’
Kennan Institute, 23 February 2021

Huawei and Ukraine’s Cybersecurity: A Narrowing Space for Kyiv to Negotiate
Kennan Institute, 16 November 2020

Double Shock: The Impact of COVID-19 and the Oil Price Collapse on Russia’s Energy Sector
Foreign Policy Research Institute, 4 June 2020

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Has Russia’s Pivot to Asia Worked?
The Diplomat, 10 January 2020

Magnitsky-style sanctions in the Eastern Partnership
ECFR, 26 April 2019

US and EU Need to Take on Crimea Sanction Sneaks
Atlantic Council, 25 September 2018

How to make sense of Japan’s delicate balance between Russia and Ukraine
Atlantic Council, 17 May 2018

The future of Yamal LNG in the Asia-Pacific market
Global Risk Insights, 19 February 2018

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Gas sector reform in Ukraine: unfinished business
Global Risk Insights, 19 January 2018

EU divisions and US sanctions to delay Nord Stream 2
Global Risk Insights, 22 November 2018

How Euro-parties imperil democracy in the Eastern Partnership countries
New Eastern Europe, 14 November 2017

Friend or Foe? Mapping the positions of member states on Russia sanctions
The European Leadership Network, 28 June 2017

Ukraine's Reconstruction Will Depend on Security Guarantees
IISS Online Analysis, June 2023

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Russia faces the slow burn of economic sanctions
IISS Online Analysis, February 2023

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Technology Controls Can Strangle Russia - Just Like the Soviet Union
Foreign Policy, August 2022

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The U.S. seems ready for tougher sanctions against Russia. But is Europe?
Washington Post, 14 January 2022

Belarus sanctions and the implications for Russia
Riddle Russia, 13 August 2021

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Russia’s energy sector: Accumulating effects of Western sanctions
The Interpreter, 16 June 2021

Don’t Underestimate Importance of Joe Biden’s First Sanctions Move
The Moscow Times, 27 April 2021

A tale of two pipelines
Riddle, 13 January 2021

Revising EU export controls: a path to greater coherence?
RUSI, 17 November 2020

Russia Wants Its Civil and Military Sectors to Cooperate. So Far, Not So Much
Defense One, 9 July 2020 (with Mathieu Boulegue)

The UK’s post-Brexit sanctions policy towards Russia
New Eastern Europe, 6 February 2020

Japan and Russia: star-crossed economic partners?
Policy Forum, 2 April 2019

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Ukraine’s inconsistent sanctions policy towards Russia
New Eastern Europe, 18 October 2018

Challenges of Arctic shipping in Russia: The case of Novatek
Global Risk Insights, 10 August 2018

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Moldova's fragile energy security
New Eastern Europe, 14 March 2018

The U.S. blacklist of Russian oligarchs: what is the real impact?
Global Risk Insights, 28 January 2018

The EU’s Eastern partnership summit: pragmatism and realpolitik
Global Risk Insights, 11 December 2017

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Ukraine anti-corruption protests signal growing discontent
Global Risk Insights, 31 October 2017

Sanctions aren't stopping Russia's LNG ambitions
Global Risk Insights, 30 October 2017

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