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In Southern Ukraine, Russian Occupation Policy Takes Shape (Part One)
Russian forces invaded southern Ukraine on February 24, 2022, from two convergent directions, Crimea and Donetsk, both already occupied since 2014 (see EDM, April 6).... MORE
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Crimea’s Role as Russian Bastion for the Ongoing War in Ukraine
In September 2016, the chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, General Valery Gerasimov, announced the creation of an anti-access, area-denial (A2/AD)... MORE
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Amidst Russia-Ukraine War, Armenia Seeks to Normalize Relations With Turkey
On March 15, following a meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, on the sidelines of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, Armenia’s top diplomat, Ararat Mirzoyan,... MORE
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Moscow Outraged That Kazakhstan Becoming ‘a Second Ukraine’
Moscow-based commentators who remain convinced that Russia saved the current government in Kazakhstan by intervening there in January (see EDM, January 19, 21) are outraged... MORE
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Ukraine’s Deeply Flawed Blueprint for Guaranteed Neutrality (Part Three)
*To read Part One, please click here. *To read Part Two, please click here. Invaded Ukraine is negotiating under duress for a two-part deal with... MORE
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Ukraine’s Deeply Flawed Blueprint for Guaranteed Neutrality (Part Two)
*To read Part One, please click here. *To read Part Three, please click here. Russian forces have perpetrated mass-scale, intentional atrocities on civilians in the... MORE
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Watch the Video: China, Europe and Ukraine
On Thursday, April 7 , the Jamestown Foundation hosted a webinar on China, Europe and Ukraine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uehRBdNSnOI The continuing war in Ukraine was the main... MORE
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Russia’s Military Draft—Serious Problems That Go Beyond Ukraine
Today (March 31), President Vladimir Putin announced that the Russian Armed Forces will draft 134,500 men over the next three months and release a similar... MORE
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Ukraine’s Deeply Flawed Blueprint for Guaranteed Neutrality (Part One)
Turned away from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) purportedly “open door” (see EDM, March 30), Kyiv has submitted its official proposals to Moscow for... MORE
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Russian Migration to Georgia Grows Amidst Putin’s Aggressive War Against Ukraine
In a press briefing on March 11, Georgian Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri revealed that approximately 25,000–30,000 Russian citizens had arrived and stayed in Georgia following... MORE