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Mark N. Katz
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Professor Emeritus, George Mason U. Schar School of Policy and Government; Nonresident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council. Russian foreign policy; great power competition.

Mark N. Katz is a professor of government and politics at George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government in Fairfax, Virginia, United States, and a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council in Washington, DC. He researches and teaches classes about Russian politics and foreign policy, revolution, and the "War on Terror." .. more

Political science 56%
Sociology 15%

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The Kennan Institute returns as an independent, non-partisan institute entering a new era of scholarship and statecraft.

🎥 Watch members of our community reflect on the past, present and future of research and policy analysis on Russia, Ukraine, the South Caucasus and Central Asia.
#KennanInstitute

My thoughts for @kyivpost.com on why the new government in Damascus has allowed Russia to keep its bases in Syria:
www.kyivpost.com/opinion/63284
Opinion: Russia Keeps Its Syrian Bases: What’s in It for Damascus?
Seldom has a major power been able to keep a foothold in country where the government it propped up got overthrown. By staying in Syria, Moscow is an exception to the rule.
www.kyivpost.com

My thoughts on former Iranian foreign minister Zarif's view that Russia does not want Iran to have normal relations with the rest of the world:

www.iranintl.com/en/202510177...
Zarif is right, Moscow wants Tehran locked in confrontation
While relations between Moscow and Tehran have generally been good, ties between former Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and the seemingly perpetual Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov...
www.iranintl.com

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I spoke with Stewart Willy of Times (of London) Radio about how Trump's sanctions are unlikely to induce Putin to agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine:
youtu.be/SG7Ez07WO4U?...
Trump sanctions won’t stop Putin unless militarily action is used | Mark N. Katz
YouTube video by Times Radio
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Long interview with Kyiv-based journalist Liudmila Nemirya, whose work I admire greatly: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTqq...
When will Russia and China turn on each other? Alliances, distrust, mistakes, scenarios? – Mark Katz
YouTube video by NEMYRIALIVE
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Honored that my 2005 article, "Iran and America: Is Rapprochement Finally Possible?" was included in the just published special issue of Middle East Policy, published by @mideastpolicy.bsky.social, on the Israel-Iran War.
All articles in Middle East Policy special issue The Israel-Iran War are free to read without a subscription. Featuring analyses by @thomasjuneau.bsky.social ‬@tparsi.bsky.social ‪@stelhami.bsky.social‬ @marknkatz.bsky.social and many others.
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The Israel-Iran War: Middle East Policy
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All articles in Middle East Policy special issue The Israel-Iran War are free to read without a subscription. Featuring analyses by @thomasjuneau.bsky.social ‬@tparsi.bsky.social ‪@stelhami.bsky.social‬ @marknkatz.bsky.social and many others.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
The Israel-Iran War: Middle East Policy
Click on the title to browse this issue
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My reflections on what Putin did not do to forestall the U.S. attack on Iranian nuclear facilities: www.kyivpost.com/opinion/55053
Opinion: A Path Not Taken: Russia’s Reaction to the US Strike on Iran
How the complex realities of geo-political decision-making can mark the difference between an imagined scenario and a real-world crisis.
www.kyivpost.com

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I argue in The National Interest that, "As more Global South governments that cooperate with the West join BRICS, it will be harder for Russia to orchestrate an anti-Western consensus within an expanded BRICS."
nationalinterest.org/feature/why-...
Why Russia Is Still a Little Skeptical About BRICS Expansion
While Putin sees BRICS expansion as a tool to counter Western influence, internal disagreements and differing group goals limit its effectiveness as a unified anti-Western alliance.
nationalinterest.org

Dr Mark N. Katz – Russia, the Middle East and the US: Shifting Regional Politics and a Changing Global Order
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Dr Mark N. Katz – Russia, the Middle East and the US: Shifting Regional Politics and a Changing Global Order
Dr Mark N.
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