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Russia-Dependent Armenia Shies Away From Openly Backing Moscow on Ukraine War
Bilateral relations with Russia remain of crucial importance to Armenia, given the small South Caucasus country’s difficult security predicament. Yet these considerations extend beyond hard... MORE
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Dealing With the Naval Blockade of Ukraine: A Diversity of Views
The issue of Russia’s naval blockade of Ukrainian ports, which severely hampers the export of Ukrainian agricultural commodities, has for weeks been dominating headlines and... MORE
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The Russian Far Right and the War in Ukraine
The Russian Far Right is heavily divided on both the pretext and the present course of the Kremlin’s large-scale war against Ukraine, yet this split... MORE
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Missiles and Escorts: Unblocking Ukraine’s Ports on the Black Sea
From the beginning of the 2022 Russo-Ukrainian war, the Russian Black Sea Fleet moved in to block or occupy all of Ukraine’s ports on the Black Sea... MORE
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Watch the Video: China’s External Propaganda and the Ukraine War
The Jamestown Foundation held a webinar on China's External Propaganda and the Ukraine War on Thursday, May 26. The People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) amplification of Russian disinformation... MORE
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Russia Downplays Negative Economic Impact of Ukraine War for Its Central Asian Allies
Russia’s large-scale re-invasion of Ukraine, which prompted the West to adopt ever-tightening economic sanctions against the aggressor, is forcing Central Asian countries to grapple with... MORE
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Inter-Ethnic Animosity Saps Effectiveness of Russia’s Army in Ukraine
Russia’s 2022 re-invasion of Ukraine has damaged not only bilateral relations between the two majority–Eastern Slavic neighbors but also—perhaps inadvertently—destabilized ties, links, goodwill, and mutual... MORE
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Ukraine’s Transcarpathia: The Other Center of Tension in the Heart of Europe
In recent years, relations between Ukraine and Hungary were repeatedly overshadowed by bilateral conflicts and mutual accusations. The primary stumbling block to this day continues... MORE
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Russia’s Space Satellite Problems and the War in Ukraine
Three months into Russia’s full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine, the role of Russian military reconnaissance and communications satellites remains noticeably underdeveloped. Although Moscow has... MORE
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Will the Closure at Azovstal Plant Steel Ukraine’s Resolve to Keep Fighting?
In the seemingly deadlocked but, in fact, fast-evolving war in Ukraine, two impactful events coincided in mid-May, altering the course of the battles and political... MORE