• Iceland’s Relations with its Regional Powers: Alignment with the EU-US sanctions on Russia 

      Thorhallsson, Baldur; Gunnarsson, Pétur (NUPI Working Paper;874, Research report, 2017)
      The paper examines the Icelandic government’s consideration to withdraw its support for the sanctions against Russia over Ukraine in 2015. The consideration came as a surprise to many since Iceland in the past has habitually ...
    • Public opinion in Putin’s Russia. The public sphere, opinion climate and ‘authoritarian bias’ 

      Rogov, Kirill (NUPI Working Paper;878, Working paper, 2017)
      Russian public opinion polls regularly report approval ratings of 84% to 86% for President Vladimir Putin – but can we trust those figures? This question has come to the fore after the events of 2014. Although Putin’s ...
    • Putin’s Ancien Régime 

      Trudolyubov, Maxim (NUPI Working Paper;892, Research report, 2020)
      After 20 years with Vladimir Putin in power, Putin’s Russia is becoming an ancien régime. The gap between Russia’s aspirations for a significant global role, and its ability and capacity to sustain such a role (always a ...
    • The Russian political system in transition: Scenarios for power transfer 

      Ekaterina, Schulmann (NUPI Working Paper; 883, Research report, 2018)
      In the aftermath of the March 2018 presidential elections, the Russian political system is preparing for – indeed, already entering – the next phase of its development: the transition of power. This inevitable, but still ...