Russia Program
About
Russian strongman Vladimir Putin is engaged in a strategic confrontation with the United States. In partnership with Beijing, Tehran, and other authoritarian regimes, Moscow seeks to replace the American-led, liberal international order with a new world order that is decidedly illiberal – one in which Russia has a “sphere of influence” over its neighbors, along with increasing influence in the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa.
This confrontation, which Putin increasingly frames in existential terms, has reached new heights amid Russia’s war of imperialist aggression against Ukraine. Meanwhile, Moscow continues to employ political, economic, cyber, and cognitive warfare weapons against the United States and its allies.
FDD’s Russia Program conducts in-depth research, produces insightful and timely analyses, identifies illicit activities, and provides policy options to combat these threats. Chaired by Founder and President Clifford D. May, FDD’s Russia Program includes experts and analysts with diverse backgrounds and expertise on the full spectrum of the Russian threat. FDD’s Russia Program works in coordination with FDD’s three centers on American power to promote the use of all instruments of American power to strengthen U.S. national security and deter Russian aggression.
Experts
Products
U.S. Should Send Cluster Munitions to Ukraine
Policy Brief
Xi, Putin Visit Light on Support for Russia’s Invasion
Inside Sources
The ‘Yugoslavia Scenario’: How Russia Intends to Use an Anniversary in Its Ongoing Information War
The Kremlin has used NATO’s 1999 intervention to justify Russia’s continual assaults on Ukraine, and won’t miss the upcoming opportunity to exploit this further.
Kyiv Post
Washington ignores Putin’s designs on Moldova at its peril
New York Post
How Much Can Iranian Artillery Ammo Help Russia?
FDD's Long War Journal
Russia Supplies Iran With Cyber Weapons as Military Cooperation Grows
The Wall Street Journal
'No Hope': Ukraine Lawmakers Dismiss China Peace Talk After Putin-Xi Meet
Newsweek
Vladimir Putin’s Meddling in the Balkans
The Dispatch
Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin meet in Moscow, discuss Chinese peace plan for Ukraine
South China Morning Post
Events
Rogue Proliferators: Nonproliferation Threats Posed by Iran, Syria, Russia, and North Korea
December 1, 2022 |