Why Egypt’s Nationalist Hasm Movement Could Gain Greater Traction
Waiting in the Wings: PLAAF General Yi Xiaoguang
Yandex: Tool of Russian Disinformation and Cyber Operations in Ukraine
Uzbekistan Alters Its Vision for Afghanistan
After the change of leadership in Uzbekistan, it has been widely acknowledged that the country’s new president, Shavkat Mirziyaev, is pursuing a more proactive and constructive regional diplomacy in Central Asia than his predecessor (see... MORE
Armenian Government Must Choose Between Energy Diversification and Loyalty to Russia
In mid-June, the CEO of Russia’s gas monopolist Gazprom, Alexei Miller, paid a spontaneous visit to Yerevan, where he met with Armenia’s Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan. Official information about the meeting is rather scarce. Besides... MORE
Why Is Moscow so Afraid of 2,000 Pomors in Karelia?
In 1953, subscribers to the third edition of the Bolshaya Sovetskaya Entsiklopedia were told to cut out the pages in one of its volumes devoted to a biography of the by-then-disgraced Lavrenty Beria, Joseph Stalin’s... MORE
Georgian-Chinese FTA: A Trade Agreement With Caveats
When the Minister of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Zhong Shan and Georgia’s Minister of Economy Giorgi Gakharia signed a bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in Shanghai, on May 13, it all... MORE
Slavic Brotherhood 2017—A Road to Zapad 2017?
Belarus hosted the trilateral military exercise Slavic Brotherhood 2017, on June 6–14, bringing together Armed Forces personnel from Russia, Belarus and Serbia (Vsr.mil.by, June 16). The maneuvers were headed by Lieutenant General Andrei Ravkov (the... MORE
Four Downward Turns in US-Russian Relations
The trajectory of the manageable but mismanaged confrontation between the United States and Russia has fluctuated since the start of the year. And this past week, it registered at least four significant turns for the... MORE
In Memoriam: Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, 1928–2017
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Matthew Czekaj [email protected] 202.483.8888 With deep sadness, The Jamestown Foundation marks the passing of Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, a world-renowned international affairs expert and the National Security Advisor to former U.S.... MORE
Strategic Partnership Agreement: A New Chapter in EU-Azerbaijan Relations
On June 13–14, the European Union and Azerbaijan held another round of talks on the Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA). Those ongoing discussions were first inaugurated on February 6, with the official visit of Azerbaijani President... MORE
Russian Army Again Threatening Georgia From the Occupied Territories
Large-scale military exercises in South Ossetia (the region of Georgia occupied by Moscow as a result of the 2008 Russian invasion) involving units of the locally stationed 58th Army of the Russian Armed Forces came... MORE