Yuval Weber

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What Should We Do About the Weakening Ruble, Lower Oil Prices, and Sanctions?

Eurasia Outlook asked several experts what, if anything, can be done by Russian policymakers in order to weather the perfect storm descending on the country’s economy.

· December 23, 2014
commentary
OPEC Cuts Into Russian Coffers, But Will Expensive Grand Strategy Live On?

In reduced economic circumstances the big test for Russia is whether it will be forced to retrench, or whether Vladimir Putin will take his chances on expansionist foreign policy at a moment when there’s less money to go around to combat legitimate threats.

  • Yuval Weber
· December 2, 2014
commentary
Weak Ruble Exchange Rate Represents Political Bargaining Challenge

The financial troubles of the ruble represent the most striking and dangerous strategic challenge facing the Russian state since the conflict in Ukraine began.

  • Yuval Weber
· November 19, 2014
commentary
Will Lustration Help or Hinder Ukrainian Reform?

The Ukrainian government retains the prerogative to exclude violators of public trust from further government service while new political and economic institutions are built. It remains to be seen how lustration and anti-corruption laws will be implemented.

  • Yuval Weber
· October 29, 2014
paper
Russia’s Pacific Future: Solving the South Kuril Islands Dispute

A new strategic approach is needed to end the dispute over the South Kuril Islands that plagues Russia-Japan relations. Solving the issue is in the interest of both countries.

· December 11, 2012
In the Media
For Putin, It Gets More and More Expensive to Buy Loyalty of Russian Ruling Elites

Recent bureaucratic appointments by Vladimir Putin and the installation of longtime Putin ally Igor Sechin as Rosneft’s chief executive offer the international community a glimpse of some of Putin’s chief economic and foreign policy objectives.

  • Yuval Weber
· June 21, 2012
Forbes
In the Media
Why Only Putin 2.0 Has a Chance at Success

Vladimir Putin cannot survive a sustained, nonviolent protest movement unless he creates a regime change by changing himself and addressing corporate influence on politics.

  • Shlomo Weber
  • Yuval Weber
· February 19, 2012
Dallas Morning News