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Category Archives: Russia & Eurasia

To Defeat Putin’s Totalitarianism, Work With Russians

The White House walked back President Joe Biden’s recent remarks in Poland calling for Russian strongman Vladimir Putin’s removal from power. Coming from the American president, the statement was unnecessarily inflammatory amid a strategic environment fraught with dangers of unintended escalation. Read the full article…

Strategic Petroleum Reserve Release Should Help Americans, Hurt Putin

Oil prices experienced their largest weekly losses in over two years following President Joe Biden’s announcement to release some 180 million barrels of oil (mbd) from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). The 6-month, 1 million barrel per day (bpd) injection is the largest in U.S. history and marks the third time Washington has tapped into Department of Energy

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Can Energy Exports Save The Russian War Machine Facing Western Sanctions?

Last week President Joe Biden announced a complete ban on Russian oil and gas imports – the latest in a series of debilitating sanctions meant to punish Russian President Vladimir Putin for his crimes against Ukraine. The declaration followed an already steady stream of US and Western energy companies who were departing the Russian marketplace on their

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