Volumes

Years

Volume 16 Issue 88

June 18, 2019

• As Putin’s Grasp on Power Weakens, His Foreign Policy Is Slackening
• Russia Will Not Have a New Aircraft Carrier for at Least 15 Years—and Maybe Never
• Georgia’s Anaklia Deep-Water Port Faces a New Challenge

Volume 16 Issue 87

June 12, 2019

• ‘Icebreaker Diplomacy’: Russia’s New-Old Strategy to Dominate the Arctic
• China Moves Toward Becoming Dominant Player on Northern Sea Route
• Moscow Says Ready for Gas Talks With Kyiv
• Kazakhstan’s New President Faces Street Protests, Tough Choices Ahead

Volume 16 Issue 86

June 11, 2019

• Russian Military Introduces New Automated Command-and-Control Systems
• Two Responses to Fears of Belarus’s Integration Into Russia
• US and Azerbaijan Focus on Common Interests Rather Than Disagreements

Volume 16 Issue 84

June 6, 2019

• Kremlin Rejects US Suggestions That Russian Military Personnel Are Pulling out of Venezuela
• Tajik Military Increasingly Part of Russian Army in All But Name
• Azerbaijan and Georgia Narrowly Avoid Fresh Border Conflict

Volume 16 Issue 83

June 5, 2019

• Russia’s Military Scientists and Future Warfare
• Crimean Drilling Rigs Key to Russia’s Energy Policy in Syria and the Eastern Mediterranean
• Is Russia Cultivating ‘Symmetric Separatism’ in Karabakh?

Volume 16 Issue 82

June 4, 2019

• Russia’s Military Diplomacy in Africa: What Does It Mean?
• New Russian Ambassador in Minsk—More Polite and Likely More Effective
• Realism and Positive Thinking, Belarusian Style

Volume 16 Issue 81

June 3, 2019

• Russian Intrigues in the Middle East
• Russia’s Novatek Allies With French-American TechnipFMC on New Arctic LNG 2 Project
• Political Crisis Underlines Need for Constitutional Reform in Armenia

Volume 16 Issue 80

May 31, 2019

• Russian-Chinese Military Alliance in the Arctic: An (Im)Possible Prospect?
• ‘Regional Patriotism’ Undermines the Kremlin’s Imperial Propaganda
• Turkey Fumes as Greece Offers Use of Eastern Aegean Islands to NATO, US

Volume 16 Issue 79

May 30, 2019

• Russia’s New Electronic Warfare Capabilities in the Arctic
• The Kremlin Is Actively Working to Assimilate All Ukrainians in Occupied Crimea
• Kerch Strait Incident: Ukraine Wins Court Ruling Against Russia
• The Three Russian Attitudes Toward Belarus

Volume 16 Issue 78

May 29, 2019

• Moscow Makes an Overture to Ukraine’s Novice President
• Serbia: Looking West, Going East
• Azerbaijan and China Sign $800 Million Economic Package: The Geo-Economic Implications

Volume 16 Issue 77

May 28, 2019

• Control Over Russian Political Agenda Slipping From Putin’s Hands
• Russia’s Caspian Flotilla Gains an Air Arm
• Ukraine’s Occupied Donbas Adopts Russia’s Youth Militarization Policies

Volume 16 Issue 76

May 23, 2019

• Sacking at Kommersant Tightens Noose on Press Freedom in Russia
• Zelensky-Putin Direct Dialogue? A Whiff in the Air
• Moscow Deploys Large Network of Far Right–Linked GONGOs Against Belarus
• Debating Belarus, A Country In-Between

Volume 16 Issue 75

May 22, 2019

• In Inauguration Address, Ukrainian President Zelensky Gives Hints About His Policies at Home and Abroad
• Ukraine’s New Presidential Administration Filled With Show Business Friends
• EU, Azerbaijan Struggling to Convert Partnership Priorities Into Agreement

Volume 16 Issue 74

May 21, 2019

• Russia’s Special Operations Forces Command and the Strategy of Limited Actions
• Circassians Mark Two Important Anniversaries and Look to Future with Confidence
• ‘Navruz Spirit’ Quietly Vanishes From Central Asian Leaders’ Agenda

Volume 16 Issue 73

May 20, 2019

• Moscow as Beijing’s ‘Useful Partner’ in the Arctic Region
• Increase in Crimes Against Foreigners Has Russian Authorities Worried
• Russia Tries to Bog Down the Anaklia Deep Sea Port Project

Volume 16 Issue 72

May 16, 2019

• Putin and Lavrov Rebuff Pompeo’s Overtures in Sochi
• Ukraine’s State Language Law Enshrines the Lingua Franca
• Kazakhstan’s Troubled Political Transition
• Russia Eyes Joining BTK Railway Across South Caucasus

Volume 16 Issue 71

May 15, 2019

• Russian Aircraft Industry Looking Inward After Latest Sukhoi Crash
• Belarus Celebrates Victory Day Amidst Conflicting Interpretations
• Azerbaijan and NATO Mark 25 Years of Partnership

Volume 16 Issue 70

May 14, 2019

• Russia’s Two-Pronged Approach to Militarizing the Arctic
• Russian Orthodoxy Shaping Moscow’s Nuclear Policies
• Ancient Christian Site Straddling Azerbaijani-Georgian Border Highlights Problems Linked to Incomplete Delimitation of Shared Frontier

Volume 16 Issue 69

May 13, 2019

• Russia Seeks to Exploit Escalating Troubles in the Middle East
• Implacable Adversity: Moscow’s Response to Zelensky’s Election in Ukraine (Part Two)
• Baltic Pipe to Cut Poland’s Gas Dependence on Russia

Volume 16 Issue 68

May 9, 2019

• Victory Day 2019: Kremlin Envelopes Itself in Militaristic Fervor
• Implacable Adversity: Moscow’s Response to Zelensky’s Election in Ukraine (Part One)
• Younger Russian Speakers in Estonia May Not Be as Integrated as Many Think
• Can the ‘Donbas Experience’ Help Kyiv Deal With ‘Hybrid’ Threats?

Volume 16 Issue 67

May 8, 2019

• Nord Stream Two Company Threatens to Sue the European Commission
• Nigeria Seeks Russian Military Aid in Its War on Boko Haram
• Belarus Adopts Information Security Concept Amid Growing Propaganda Pressure From Russia

Volume 16 Issue 66

May 7, 2019

• Russian Air Defense: Showcasing Achievements, Silencing Problems (Part Two)
• Armenians Look to Renewed Alliance With Kurds in Turkey, Expanded Role in Georgia
• Analyzing Belarus: Is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty?

Volume 16 Issue 65

May 6, 2019

• Is Russia Really Cutting Its Military Spending?
• Putin and Kim’s Vladivostok Summit: What Did We Learn?
• Novatek May Be Carving Out a Bigger Role in Russian Energy Diplomacy

Volume 16 Issue 64

May 2, 2019

• Russia Steps Deeper Into the Venezuelan Battleground
• Immigration Collapse Undermines Kremlin Hopes to Recover Russia’s Dominance in Former Soviet Space
• Russia Launches ‘Passportization’ in Occupied Ukrainian Donbas (Part Two)
• Rationalizing the Tonoyan Doctrine: Armenia’s Active Deterrence Strategy

Volume 16 Issue 63

May 1, 2019

• Putin Sacrifices Babich to Keep His Plans to Integrate Belarus on Track
• Russia Launches ‘Passportization’ in Occupied Ukrainian Donbas (Part One)
• Military and Defense Plans of the ‘Zelensky Team’: Old Wine in New Bottles?

Volume 16 Issue 62

April 30, 2019

• Russian Air Defense: Showcasing Achievements, Silencing Problems (Part One)
• Lukashenka’s Trip to China, New Complications in Belarusian-Russian Relations, and the Fallacy of Symmetric Thinking
• Azerbaijan Eyes More Cooperation With China Within Belt and Road Initiative

Volume 16 Issue 61

April 29, 2019

• Putin Tries to Score Three Diplomatic Victories in the Far East
• Kremlin Looks to Military to Quell Public Unrest
• Pankisi Gorge: A Resurgent Flashpoint in Georgia?

Volume 16 Issue 60

April 26, 2019

• Belarus Threatens to Cut off Russia’s Pipeline Flows to Europe
• Belarus Builds Relations With Turkey as Russian Ambassador to Minsk Comes Under Fire
• One Year After Armenia’s ‘Velvet Revolution’: The Plans and Challenges Ahead

Volume 16 Issue 59

April 25, 2019

• Kremlin Sees New Window of Opportunity in Ukraine After Poroshenko’s Massive Electoral Loss
• Russia Punishing Ukraine After the Presidential Election
• Russian Navy Ever Less Capable of Supporting Putin’s War Plans

Volume 16 Issue 58

April 24, 2019

• Moscow Plans to Upgrade the Status of the Northern Fleet
• Russian Proxy Diplomacy in Syria: Crimea and Sevastopol
• Banking Corruption Scandals in the Baltics Spill Over Into Scandinavia

Volume 16 Issue 57

April 23, 2019

• Russia Undecided and Apprehensive About Elections in Ukraine
• Ukrainian President-Elect Zelensky’s Team Emerges From the Shadows
• Moscow Wants to Have It Both Ways on Montreux Convention
• Gazprom Restarts Imports From Turkmenistan After a Long Halt (Part Two)

Volume 16 Issue 56

April 18, 2019

• Moscow Touts the Threat of Direct East-West Confrontation
• Russian Opposition to Putin’s War in Syria Grows Despite Kremlin Propaganda Effort
• Gazprom Resumes Imports of Turkmen Gas After Three-Year Break
• Gazprom Restarts Imports From Turkmenistan After a Long Halt (Part One)

Volume 16 Issue 55

April 17, 2019

• Merkel, Macron Plan Meeting With Putin After Ukraine’s Presidential Election
• Role of Cryptocurrencies in Financing Russia’s ‘Hybrid’ Wars
• Upsurge of Political Passions in Belarus Ahead of Energy Talks With Russia

Volume 16 Issue 54

April 16, 2019

• Sudan Coup Highlights Weaknesses of Putin’s Plan to Create ‘African Empire’ for Russia
• Ukraine Expands Its Missile Capabilities
• Gazprom Feeling the Competition in Europe—Even From Russian Rivals

Volume 16 Issue 53

April 15, 2019

• Putin Lauds Arctic Cooperation While Boosting Regional Militarization
• Putin Seeks to Garner Support of Russian Youth Through Military-Patriotic Upbringing (Part Two)
• Army as a Major Factor in Ukrainian Presidential Elections

Volume 16 Issue 52

April 11, 2019

• Putin’s Russia Symbolically Reenacts Stalin’s Push Into Europe
• Nazarbayev’s Departure Triggering New Russian Exodus From Kazakhstan
• Sharpened Rhetoric Increases Ahead of Second Round of Ukrainian Presidential Elections
• Romania Faces Major Defense Hurdles in 2019

Volume 16 Issue 51

April 10, 2019

• Vega Strategic Services: Russian PMCs as Part of Information Warfare?
• Putin Seeks to Garner Support of Russian Youth Through Military-Patriotic Upbringing (Part One)
• Azerbaijan and the EU Prepare to Finalize a New Partnership Agreement

Volume 16 Issue 50

April 9, 2019

• Russia Develops Niche Military Capabilities for 21st-Century Warfare
• Kadyrov Moves to Expand Chechnya’s Regional and International Influence, Even at Moscow’s Expense
• Kazakhstan Reaffirms Ties to Russia as It Enters the Final Stage of Leadership Succession

Volume 16 Issue 49

April 8, 2019

• Russia Sets an Anniversary Ambush for NATO
• In ‘Great Game Lite,’ Russia and China Compete for Influence in Kyrgyzstan
• One More Standoff in Kuropaty: Slow-Motion Social ‘Civil War’ Rages on in Belarus

Volume 16 Issue 48

April 4, 2019

• Moscow Hopes Ukrainian President Poroshenko Will Finally Be Ousted
• Russia’s Military Undertaking Growing Role in Creation of ‘Sovereign Internet’
• China Will Have Military Bases in Central Asia Within Five Years, Russian Expert Says
• Stitching up the Belarus Archipelago

Volume 16 Issue 47

April 3, 2019

• Does Russia Seek Regime Change in Moldova?
• Gazprom’s Surprise Acknowledgement of Tough Competition from US LNG
• New Caspian–Black Sea Transit Corridor Boosts Geostrategic Importance of South Caucasus

Volume 16 Issue 46

April 2, 2019

• Behind the Scenes of Russia’s Military Detachment to Venezuela
• Moscow Mulls Revising Montreux Convention in Response to NATO Presence in Black Sea
• New Wave of Gubernatorial Resignations and Appointments: The Kremlin’s ‘Political Kickboxing’

Volume 16 Issue 45

April 1, 2019

• Ukrainian Elections Challenge Putin’s Autocracy
• NATO Again Demonstrates Strong Support for Georgia
• Fragile Azerbaijani-Armenian Peace Talks Under Pressure From Bellicose Rhetoric
• Shadows of the April 2016 War: Armenia and Azerbaijan Back in a Deadlock?

Volume 16 Issue 44

March 28, 2019

• The Kremlin Prepares to Defend Venezuela’s Maduro Regime by All Means
• Import Substitution in Russia Failing as Moscow Buys Products Not Technologies
• Saakashvili Continues His Political Struggle in Georgia and Ukraine

Volume 16 Issue 43

March 27, 2019

• Russian Special Operations Forces: Image Versus Substance
• Moscow Is Trying to Weaken Crimean Tatar Resistance With the Help of Tatarstan
• Kazakhstan’s Nazarbayev Steps Down but Remains the Power Behind the Throne

Volume 16 Issue 42

March 26, 2019

• Moscow Plans to Expand Canal System Between Caspian and Azov Seas
• Foreign Policy Context of Azerbaijan’s Major Pardoning Act
• Difficulties of Belarusian National Consolidation in International and Domestic Setting

Volume 16 Issue 41

March 25, 2019

• Kremlin Tries to Pivot Attention to Syria Upon Release of Mueller Report
• Liquidation of the INF Treaty and Ukraine’s Prospects
• Minsk Signals its Red Line on Russian Ambassador’s Behavior

Volume 16 Issue 40

March 21, 2019

• Moscow Increasingly Ready for Major Military Confrontation
• China’s Plan for Railway to Uzbekistan Is Transforming Central Asian Geopolitics
• Not an Enemy: Belarus Seeks Warmer Relations With NATO
• Pashinyan’s Unclear Vision for Armenian Foreign Policy

Volume 16 Issue 39

March 20, 2019

• Moscow Prepares Tests for Hypersonic Cruise Missiles
• The Stillborn Western Naval Convoy to the Sea of Azov: Lessons Learned
• Iran and Azerbaijan Proceed With Rapprochement as Diplomatic Exchanges Multiply

Volume 16 Issue 38

March 19, 2019

• Cossacks in Ukraine Back Kyiv Autocephaly; Cossacks in Russia Want It for Themselves
• Japan Represents Another Russian Failure in Asia
• Words Matter: Belarus’s Self-Awareness on the Rise

Volume 16 Issue 37

March 18, 2019

• Fifth Anniversary of the Land Grab That Cost Russia Its Future
• Moldova’s Parliamentary Elections: One Silver Lining Amid Multiple Negative Trends (Part Two)
• Artillery Wars in Donbas Enter a New Stage

Volume 16 Issue 36

March 14, 2019

• Russia Claims Total Military Superiority in the Arctic
• Moscow Signals a Not-so-Subtle Tilt Toward Baku
• President Lukashenka’s Rhetoric and Belarus’s Future
• Russia Tightens Its Grip on Uzbekistan’s Oil and Gas Industry

Volume 16 Issue 35

March 13, 2019

• ‘Special Outsider’: Russia Joins the Race for Global Leadership in Artificial Intelligence
• In Uzbekistan, Western Powers Compete for Influence With Russia
• Georgian President Travels to Europe, Confirms Her Country’s Pro-Western Course

Volume 16 Issue 34

March 12, 2019

• Beijing Reportedly Ready to Finance Helsinki-Tallinn Tunnel
• Gerasimov Appeals for Military Science to Forge New Forms of Combat
• Moldova’s Political Parties Moving Away From Geopolitics

Volume 16 Issue 33

March 11, 2019

• Hidden Animus in the Russia-China Friendship
• Moldova’s Parliamentary Elections: One Silver Lining Amid Multiple Negative Trends (Part One)
• Transnistrian Voting Raid: A Bad Precedent for Moldova and Other Conflict Theaters
• Kremlin’s Destabilization Strategy Ahead of Ukrainian Presidential Elections

Volume 16 Issue 32

March 7, 2019

• New Wave of Kazakh Nationalism Changing Astana’s Domestic and Foreign Policies
• A New Version of the ‘Gerasimov Doctrine’?
• Lukashenka’s Seven-Hour Marathon With Reporters
• Baku and Tbilisi Reassert Their Strategic Partnership After Election of New Georgian President

Volume 16 Issue 31

March 6, 2019

• Gerasimov Unveils Russia’s ‘Strategy of Limited Actions’
• For Italy’s Ruling Nationalists, Energy Security More Important Than Putin’s Friendship
• Belarus-EU Relations: Uneven Rapprochement

Volume 16 Issue 30

March 5, 2019

• Russian Elite Profiteering Enables Growing Chinese Control of Baikal Region
• Complexities and Challenges of Russia’s Avangard Hypersonic Glide Reentry Vehicle
• Ukrainian Space Sector Anticipates Big Changes

Volume 16 Issue 29

March 4, 2019

• Anniversary of Death of Russian Opposition Leader Boris Nemtsov Reverberates Four Years Later
• Russian Think Tanks Propose Contingency Plans for Sustaining Russian Influence in Belarus
• Karabakh Peace Talks Break Down as Azerbaijan and Armenia Operate at Cross-Purposes

Volume 16 Issue 28

February 28, 2019

• Moscow Sees Threats Multiplying Everywhere
• Will Moscow Open New Military Bases Beyond the Borders of the Former Soviet Union?
• Kyiv Bans Foreign Military Basing on Ukrainian Territory
• Ukrainian President’s Political Ally Implicated in Scandal Over Murky Defense-Sector Supply Chains

Volume 16 Issue 27

February 27, 2019

• Another Step Forward Toward ‘Sovereign’ Russian Internet
• Cautious Optimism in Belarus’s Growing Geopolitical Leverage
• Kazakhstan Draws Closer to Presidential Succession

Volume 16 Issue 26

February 26, 2019

• Putin Promotes New Hypersonic Weapons Systems
• Can the Kremlin Finally Realize the North-South Transit Corridor?
• Growing Populism Trumps Geopolitical Concerns in Moldova’s Parliamentary Election

Volume 16 Issue 25

February 25, 2019

• Five Issues Putin Preferred Not to Talk About
• Turkmenistan Redirects Its Oil Exports From Azerbaijan to Russia
• Head of Uzbekistan’s Powerful Security Service Dismissed After One Year in Job

Volume 16 Issue 24

February 22, 2019

• Belarus’s Relations With the West Receive Growing Scrutiny From Russian Military Intelligence
• US Retreat From Afghanistan Opens New Strategic Opportunities for Russia in Central Asia
• Abkhazia and South Ossetia ‘Block’ Transit Agreement Between Russia and Georgia

Volume 16 Issue 23

February 21, 2019

• Putin Promises Russians Prosperity While Challenging the West With Nuclear Superweapons
• Cossackia: No Longer an Impossible Dream?
• Belarusian Diplomacy and Leadership: Notable Activity on All Flanks
• New Naval Strategy of Ukraine to 2035: Implications and Challenges

Volume 16 Issue 22

February 20, 2019

• Russia’s Armed Forces Expand UAV Strike Capability
• Syrian Experience Provides New Impetus for Russia’s UAV Strategy (Part Two)
• Resettlement of Lezgins Complicates Azerbaijan’s and Russia’s Relations With Ethnic Minorities

Volume 16 Issue 21

February 19, 2019

• Three Conferences and a New Set of Russian Sanctions
• The Broader Regional Meaning of Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov’s Maghreb Tour
• Lithuania Adds China to List of Foreign Intelligence Threats

Volume 16 Issue 20

February 14, 2019

• With Prospect of New Sanctions, US-Russian Relations Continue to Deteriorate
• Russian Warnings of Afghan Threats Bring Decreasing Dividends in Central Asia
• Beyond Lies: A New Stage in the Belarus-Russia Information War

Volume 16 Issue 19

February 13, 2019

• Syrian Experience Provides New Impetus for Russia’s UAV Strategy (Part One)
• Armenian-Azerbaijani Talks on Karabakh Appear Positive Even as Conflict Continues to Simmer Underneath
• Oligarchs and Their Media Outlets Influence Ukrainian Presidential Elections

Volume 16 Issue 18

February 12, 2019

• Moscow Orders Ground-Based Kalibr Cruise Missiles
• Kadyrov Pushing for Highway From Chechnya Into Georgia’s Pankisi Gorge
• Russia’s Hybrid Strategy in the Sea of Azov: Divide and Antagonize (Part Two)

Volume 16 Issue 17

February 11, 2019

• Four Intrigues in Putin’s Support for Maduro
• Comic Zelensky Emerges as Ukrainian Presidential Race leader
• Belarus Explores Economic Opportunities in Zimbabwe

Volume 16 Issue 16

February 7, 2019

• Moscow Announces New Missiles After Washington Suspends Participation in INF Treaty
• Russia’s Current Political Objectives in Moldova
• Kazakhstan Looks to Russian Rivers as Outlets to Global Markets
• ‘Monument Dispute’ Raises Tensions in South Caucasus

Volume 16 Issue 15

February 6, 2019

• Russian Mercenaries and the Survival of the Sudanese Regime
• Moldova’s Vulnerabilities to Russia Are Primarily Internal
• Ukraine Buys Advanced Turkish Strike Drones

Volume 16 Issue 14

February 5, 2019

• Belarusians Apparently More Resilient to Russian Propaganda Than Many Fear
• Alleviating Tensions Between Russia and Belarus: Two Paradigms
• Russian Navy Procures New Electronic Warfare Capabilities

Volume 16 Issue 13

February 4, 2019

• Russia Enters a Treacherous New Post-Arms Control World
• US Now Threatening Sanctions Against Nord Stream Two Contractors, Not Just Partners
• Europeans Make a Move in the Sea of Azov

Volume 16 Issue 12

January 31, 2019

• Russia Following ‘Syrian Playbook’ in Its Approach to Venezuela
• Russia Defends the Minsk Agreements and Status Quo in Ukraine’s East
• Telephone Bomb Threats Forcing Mass Evacuations Across Russia
• Russia Perfecting Its Elections Interference Toolkit in Moldova

Volume 16 Issue 11

January 30, 2019

• Russia’s Hybrid Strategy in the Sea of Azov: Divide and Antagonize (Part One)
• OSCE Officials Reveal Concept for International Mission in Ukraine’s East
• Georgia Renegotiating Gas Transit Contract With Russian Gazprom

Volume 16 Issue 10

January 29, 2019

• Limits and Challenges to Moscow’s Military Airpower Ambitions
• In Belarus, Pseudo-Events are Events, Too—Maybe Even More So
• Charm Offensive: Chinese Ambassador’s Address on the State of the Sino-Mongolian Relationship

Volume 16 Issue 9

January 28, 2019

• The Syrian Predicament Turns Precarious for Russia
• Are Russian Mercenaries Ready to Defend Venezuela’s Maduro?
• Russian Language Losing Its Position in Kyrgyzstan—and Moscow May Be as Well

Volume 16 Issue 8

January 24, 2019

• Russian-Japanese Negotiations Over Kurile Islands: Another Summit Without Much Progress
• Moscow and Kyiv Respond to German Proposal on the Kerch Strait and Azov Sea (Part Two)
• Russia-Ukraine Gas Transit Talks Look Ahead Post-2020
• Belarus-Russia Tensions: Any Alternative to Hype?

Volume 16 Issue 7

January 23, 2019

• Turkey Gives Symbolic Political, Military Support to Ukraine
• Ongoing Environmental Protests in Russia Pose Threat to Kremlin in 2019
• The Kremlin’s Game in the CAR: What Does the Façade Conceal?

Volume 16 Issue 6

January 22, 2019

• Moscow and Kyiv Respond to German Proposal on the Kerch Strait and Azov Sea (Part One)
• Russia’s Future SLCM: Kalibr-M
• Northern Sea Route Being Redefined So Russia Can Appear to Meet Putin’s Projections

Volume 16 Issue 5

January 21, 2019

• Germany Sidelines Ukraine, Negotiates With Russia on the Kerch Strait
• Romania Undertakes Naval Modernization Program (Part Two)
• Azerbaijan Deepens and Expands Its Partnerships With International Arms Suppliers

Volume 16 Issue 4

January 17, 2019

• A Renewed Nuclear Arms Race Between Russia and US Begins to Gather Pace
• Russia Boosts Kaliningrad’s Military Capabilities by Emphasizing the UAV Component
• Population Flight From Rural Belarus: The Security Implications
• Serbia-Kosovo Land Swap Talks: A True Peace Agreement or Moscow-Desired Useful Precedent?

Volume 16 Issue 3

January 16, 2019

• Gerasimov Highlights the Need to Sharpen Russia’s Military ‘Dagger’
• Russia Reacts to US Afghanistan Policy
• Georgian Orthodox Church Opts for Caution Regarding Ukrainian Autocephaly

Volume 16 Issue 2

January 15, 2019

• Russian Military Increasingly Consists of Seriously Undermanned Units
• Belarus and Russia Dispute the Fundamentals of Their Relationship
• A Year in Review: Azerbaijan Optimizes Its Balanced Foreign Policy in 2018

Volume 16 Issue 1

January 14, 2019

• Russia’s Pessimistic Prospects for 2019
• Belarus’s Sovereignty and Russia’s Brotherly Embrace
• Uzbekistan’s President Considers Giving up Some Executive Powers