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Power Problems • March 21, 2018 

# Here Comes the New Russia, Same as the Old Russia 

Vladimir Putin won re-election handily, but the future of U.S.-Russia relations is a tougher question. We chat with Matthew Rojanksy of the Woodrow Wilson Center.

- Guest Bio: [Matthew Rojansky](https://www.wilsoncenter.org/person/matthew-rojansky)
- “[U.S. Russia Policy](https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/our-foreign-policy-choices-white-paper.pdf)” in *Our Foreign Policy Choices*
- “[Why New Russia Sanctions Won’t Change Moscow’s Behavior](https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/russia-fsu/2017-11-22/why-new-russia-sanctions-wont-change-moscows-behavior)” in *Foreign Affairs*
- [The Legacy of George Kennan Conference](https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/kennan-for-our-times-celebrating-the-legacy-george-f-kennan)

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##### [A. Trevor Thrall](/people/trevor-thrall)

Former Senior Fellow, Defense and Foreign Policy Department, Cato Institute

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