Press Release—In Memoriam: Vladimir Socor (1945–2025)
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Kremlin Uses Government-Organized NGOs to Promote War
Executive Summary: Russian President Vladimir Putin met with activists from the All-Russian Popular Front (ONF) in July, demonstrating the Kremlin’s reliance on government-organized non-governmental organizations (GONGOs) to mobilize support for his war against Ukraine. The... MORE
First Joint Russian–PRC Submarine Exercise Patrols Pacific
Executive Summary: Russia and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) held the joint Maritime Interaction-2025 naval drills on August 1–5 in the Sea of Japan and East China Sea, coordinating submarine operations for the first... MORE
Returning Veterans Powering Rise of Radical Russian Nationalist ‘Northern Man’ Group
Executive Summary: Veterans returning from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine are powering the rise of the radical Russian nationalist “Northern Man” group, putting it in a position to challenge the better-known Russian Community... MORE
Belarus and Poland Share Military Information Despite Worsening Political Relations
Executive Summary: On September 10, Poland shot down at least 19 Russian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that had violated its airspace. Afterward, Poland invoked Article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) founding treaty.... MORE
Ukraine Ramps Up Defense Production With Increased International Cooperation
Executive Summary: Ukraine is stepping up international cooperation in defense manufacturing to maximize production, drive innovation, and protect critical industrial infrastructure from Russian strikes. Kyiv launched the “Test in Ukraine” platform to allow international defense... MORE
Azerbaijan Attempts Pragmatic Diplomacy at SCO Summit
Executive Summary: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s visit to Beijing for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit on August 31–September 1 emphasizes Baku’s recent push for the formation of a multivector diplomatic position. Baku seeks deeper... MORE
Moscow Using Svalbard to Test NATO’s Readiness and Resolve
Executive Summary: Moscow is using drone incursions in Romania and Poland to test the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO’s) readiness and resolve, seeking to highlight divisions over how to respond to this new form of... MORE
Russia and Belarus Decrease Parameters of Zapad-2025 Joint Military Exercise
Executive Summary: Belarusian officials insist that the joint strategic exercise Zapad-2025 of the Regional Troops Grouping (RTG) of Belarus and Russia poses no threat to neighboring states, has limited parameters, and is purely defensive in... MORE
Russian ‘Code’ and Stalin’s Rehabilitation Highlight Kremlin’s Ideological Turn
Executive Summary: Sergey Karaganov, one of the founders of the Russian Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, has created the “Code of the Russian” to codify an analogue of Soviet ideals adapted to Putin’s Russia.... MORE