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Eurasia Digest, Volume 1, Issue 16
Welcome to Eurasia Digest, a weekly publication of Jamestown’s coverage of Eurasia. Every Friday, Jamestown will publish a compilation of articles written about Eurasia across all our publications. Read the full issue here. In This Issue:... MORE
Lithuania Welcomes German Brigade
Executive Summary: The German Panzerbrigade 45 (Armored Brigade 45) was officially inaugurated in Lithuania on May 22, marking a step towards the permanent deployment of 5,000 German military personnel on NATO’s frontline by 2027. Roughly... MORE
Russia Cannot Find Peace While Operating as an Empire
Executive Summary: The breakdown of Russian-Ukrainian peace negotiations in Istanbul highlights Moscow’s uncompromising demand to annex four Ukrainian regions. Despite lacking full control, Russia insists on its complete annexation, demonstrating its imperial pursuit of territorial... MORE
Kremlin Attacks Unwittingly Generate Non-Russian Nationalism
Executive Summary: Moscow’s attacks on non-Russian nationalism are unintentionally having the opposite effect than the Kremlin intends by causing those attacked to dig in to defend themselves and prompting others to do the same lest... MORE
Russia Details Preconditions to Ukraine For Ceasefire and Political Settlement: Political Terms
(Part One) Executive Summary: Russia has released an embryonic Treaty of final settlement with Ukraine following their June 2 bilateral meeting in Istanbul. The territorial clauses require Ukraine to recognize Russia’s de jure annexations of... MORE
Lithuania Warns Against Engagement With Georgia Over Democratic Backsliding
Executive Summary: Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys warned against diplomatic engagement with Georgia’s ruling party without a renewed commitment to democratic norms on May 20, criticizing recent crackdowns on protests, unfair elections, and restrictive laws... MORE
Russian Drones Pose Growing Danger
Executive Summary: Russia is increasing the production and use of Shahed-type kamikaze drones against Ukraine, constantly improving their effectiveness and ability to break through air defenses. In addition to simpler drones, Moscow is developing and... MORE
Strategic Snapshot: Assessing Threats & Challenges to NATO’s Eastern Flank
Russia’s strategy for challenging the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has evolved into a sophisticated hybrid-warfare doctrine that combines conventional military maneuvers in Ukraine with covert, disruptive operations across Europe’s frontlines. Moscow seeks to probe... MORE
Jamestown Senior Fellow Janusz Bugajski Publishes New Edited Volume
Jamestown Senior Fellow Janusz Bugajski has just edited and published Free Nations, New States: The End Stage of Russian Colonialism, an anthology of insights, experience, and prescriptions by leading experts from the regions of Russia and abroad... MORE