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Volume 19 Issue 78

May 26, 2022

• Moscow to Expand Use of Russia’s Commercial Fleet for Military Purposes
• Missiles and Escorts: Unblocking Ukraine’s Ports on the Black Sea
• Growing Scrutiny of Russian ‘Infowars’ in Italy

Volume 19 Issue 77

May 25, 2022

• Inter-Ethnic Animosity Saps Effectiveness of Russia’s Army in Ukraine
• Russia Downplays Negative Economic Impact of Ukraine War for Its Central Asian Allies
• The Ailing Belarusian Economy and Lukashenka’s Plea on Big Brother’s Behalf

Volume 19 Issue 76

May 24, 2022

• Chaos on Tajik-Afghan Border Could Make Russian Intervention More Likely
• Russia’s Space Satellite Problems and the War in Ukraine
• Ukraine’s Transcarpathia: The Other Center of Tension in the Heart of Europe

Volume 19 Issue 75

May 23, 2022

• Will the Closure at Azovstal Plant Steel Ukraine’s Resolve to Keep Fighting?
• Why Is the Kremlin Silent About Attacks on Russian Territory?
• Russia Is Ready to Reward Georgia for Standing Down

Volume 19 Issue 74

May 19, 2022

• Tensions Between Moscow and Circassians Reach Crisis Proportions
• The Oil War: Facing EU Embargo, Russia Targeted Ukraine’s Supplies
• Azerbaijan Strives to Be a Regional Renewable Energy Hub

Volume 19 Issue 73

May 18, 2022

• Agriculture as a Weapon: Russia’s ‘Second Front’ Against Ukraine
• Moscow Unsure How to React to South Ossetian Referendum on Accession to Russian Federation
• Russia Accuses West of Trying to Hijack Armenian-Azerbaijani Peace Process

Volume 19 Issue 72

May 17, 2022

• An Anti-War Underground Emerges in Russia
• Putin Opens Pandora’s Box for Russian Regionalism
• May 9 Celebration in Belarus a Setback to Nationalization of Historical Memory

Volume 19 Issue 71

May 16, 2022

• Could Annexation Be Putin’s Response to NATO Enlargement?
• Not Only War: How the Kremlin Tries to Influence the Policies of Other Countries
• Will Russia Complete Iran’s Rasht–Astara Railway?

Volume 19 Issue 70

May 12, 2022

• Russian Suggestions That Kazakhstan Is Russia’s Enemy Frighten and Outrage Kazakhs
• Russia Denies Recruiting Ethiopian Volunteers for Its ‘Special Military Operation’ in Ukraine
• Mounting Georgian-Ukrainian Tensions Harm Both Sides

Volume 19 Issue 69

May 11, 2022

• Russian Ground Forces Advance Cautiously in Donbas Attrition
• Moldova’s Fragile Defenses: Impaired Neutrality and Deceptive Hopes
• Velvet Counterrevolution: Armenian Opposition Tries to Challenge Pashinian Government on Its Rebalanced Foreign Policy

Volume 19 Issue 68

May 10, 2022

• Russia Seeks to Keep Water Transit Between Caspian and Azov Seas Open Year Round
• Russia’s Cossacks: ‘Fighters’ Versus ‘Cheerleaders’
• Belarusian President Speaks to the West

Volume 19 Issue 67

May 9, 2022

• On the Occasion of May 9, 2022, Putin Had Nothing to Say
• Russian Airborne Troops Again Required to Be Ready for WMD
• Moscow Considers Abolishing Direct Elections of Regional Governors

Volume 19 Issue 66

May 5, 2022

• Debate on Whether Moscow Must Mobilize for Ukrainian War Intensifies Inside Russia
• About Turn: Arms, Oil, Gas and Politics in Bulgaria
• Construction of Highway and Railway Links Between Zangilan and Nakhchivan: The Views From Baku and Tehran

Volume 19 Issue 65

May 4, 2022

• The Economic Aspect of Russia’s War in Ukraine: Sanctions, Implications, Complications (Part Three)
• Belarus and the War: A Survey and a Morality Debate
• The South Caucasus and Central Asia: Diversifying the EU Gas Market

Volume 19 Issue 64

May 3, 2022

• War in Ukraine Coming Home to Russia, Making It Harder for Moscow to Fill the Ranks
• Security Incidents in Moldova’s Transnistrian Region: Pretext for Escalation or Smokescreen?
• Kremlin Forces Change of Foreign Minister in Uzbekistan After ‘Ukraine Comments’

Volume 19 Issue 63

May 2, 2022

• Escalation of Lies and Threats Leaves Putin With Two Bad Choices
• Russia Halts Gas Supplies to Poland and Bulgaria: Short-Term Calm, Long-Term Anxieties
• Ukrainian Guerillas: Fighting Russians in Temporarily Occupied Territories

Volume 19 Issue 62

April 28, 2022

• Gagauzia Now a Bellwether of Putin’s Broader Military Intentions
• Nuclear Escalation and Russian Propaganda: Conjuring a Crisis
• Georgians Support Euro-Atlantic Integration and Want Visa Regime for Russians

Volume 19 Issue 61

April 27, 2022

• Assessing the Risks of Nuclear Confrontation Over Ukraine (Part One)
• Assessing the Risks of Nuclear Confrontation Over Ukraine (Part Two)
• Drones Over Ukraine: How Are UAVs Affecting Battlefield Operations on Both Sides?

Volume 19 Issue 60

April 26, 2022

• No Retreat Permitted for Putin’s Hapless Conscripts in Ukraine
• Armenia May Recognize Karabakh as Legally Azerbaijani Only if Russia Retains de Facto Control
• Baltic States Bet on New LNG Regasification Capacities

Volume 19 Issue 59

April 25, 2022

• No Feasible End-Game for Russia in Badly Mismanaged War
• Cossacks and the Battle for Donbas
• Leaked Makei Letter Suggests Belarusian Efforts to Reach out to the West

Volume 19 Issue 58

April 21, 2022

• Russia’s Space Program in Wartime and Beyond
• Karabakh Dispute Moves Into Post-Minsk Group Era
• Georgia and Ukraine Try to Demonstrate Unity in the Face of Russian Aggression

Volume 19 Issue 57

April 20, 2022

• The Economic Aspect of Russia’s War in Ukraine: Sanctions, Implications, Complications (Part Two)
• Moscow Turns Residents of the Regions Into ‘Cannon Fodder’
• Shifting Maps of Euro-Asian Economic Relations: The Untouched Potential of the South Caucasus and Central Asia

Volume 19 Issue 56

April 19, 2022

• Moscow May Not Be Able to Count on North Caucasians Any Longer to Fill Draft
• Russian ‘Bot Farms’—The New-Old Challenge to Ukraine’s National Security
• Middle Corridor: Potential Alternative to Russian Railways?

Volume 19 Issue 55

April 18, 2022

• Failure Looms Over Russia’s Decisive Offensive in Donbas
• In Russia’s Camp but Keeping Its Options Open: Belarus’s Maneuvering During the War
• With Russian Route Blocked, Uzbekistan Looks to Indian-Iranian-Afghan Chabahar Port Project

Volume 19 Issue 54

April 14, 2022

• Returning Veterans of Putin’s War in Ukraine Pose Serious Threat to Russia’s Future
• Kremlin’s War Against Ukraine Divides Russians in the Baltics
• In Brussels, Armenia and Azerbaijan Make Progress in Peace Talks

Volume 19 Issue 53

April 13, 2022

• In Southern Ukraine, Russian Occupation Policy Takes Shape (Part Three)
• Why the Russian Military Committed Atrocities in Bucha
• Putin’s Leading War Generals and the Legacy of Syria

Volume 19 Issue 52

April 12, 2022

• In Southern Ukraine, Russian Occupation Policy Takes Shape (Part Two)
• Russia Involving Transnistria in Ukrainian War, Raising Stakes for All Parties
• ‘Accomplice’ No More? How the War in Ukraine Stokes Anxieties in Belarus

Volume 19 Issue 51

April 11, 2022

• Russia’s Quick Victory Vanishes, as Protracted War Looks Inevitable
• EW Hype? The Reasons Behind the Limited Effectiveness of Russia’s Electronic Warfare in Ukraine
• The Economic Aspect of Russia’s War in Ukraine: Sanctions, Implications, Complications (Part One)

Volume 19 Issue 50

April 8, 2022

• Putin’s War on Ukraine Throws Black Sea Commercial Shipping Into Turmoil
• Georgia’s Separatist Region of South Ossetia Plans to Join Russia
• Central Asia and Russia Sanctions: Threats and Opportunities

Volume 19 Issue 49

April 7, 2022

• In Southern Ukraine, Russian Occupation Policy Takes Shape (Part One)
• Moscow Using Central Asian Migrants to Fight in Ukraine
• Poland Ready to Discontinue All Imports of Russian Energy by End of 2022

Volume 19 Issue 48

April 6, 2022

• Crimea’s Role as Russian Bastion for the Ongoing War in Ukraine
• Ukrainian Experts: Russian Use of Tactical Nuclear Weapons a Real Possibility
• Divining Belarus’s Future Amidst International and Domestic Unrest

Volume 19 Issue 47

April 5, 2022

• Ukraine's Deeply Flawed Blueprint for Guaranteed Neutrality (Part Three)
• Moscow Outraged That Kazakhstan Becoming ‘a Second Ukraine’
• Amidst Russia-Ukraine War, Armenia Seeks to Normalize Relations With Turkey

Volume 19 Issue 46

April 4, 2022

• Putin’s First Assertive Move on the Energy Front Misfires
• Kyiv’s Request for S-300 Air-Defense Systems, and the Looming Battle for Donbas
• Ukraine’s Deeply Flawed Blueprint for Guaranteed Neutrality (Part Two)

Volume 19 Issue 45

March 31, 2022

• Ukraine’s Deeply Flawed Blueprint for Guaranteed Neutrality (Part One)
• Russia’s Military Draft—Serious Problems That Go Beyond Ukraine
• Russia and the Gulf: Implications for Global Energy Markets and Moscow’s International Isolation

Volume 19 Issue 44

March 30, 2022

• Ukraine in Quest for Internationally Guaranteed Neutrality
• Russian Cossacks and the Continuation of the War in Ukraine
• Russian Migration to Georgia Grows Amidst Putin’s Aggressive War Against Ukraine

Volume 19 Issue 43

March 29, 2022

• Moscow Mulling Wholesale Border Changes in Central Eastern Europe
• War Polarizes Belarusian Analysts and Belarusians Themselves
• Tensions Escalate in Karabakh as Azerbaijan Demands Withdrawal of Armenian Armed Groups

Volume 19 Issue 42

March 28, 2022

• Russia’s Strategic Confusion in Ukraine Deepens and Widens
• Russia Redeploys Troops From Its Bases in Georgia to Ukraine
• Rhetoric Versus Reality: The European Union and Imports of Russian Natural Gas

Volume 19 Issue 41

March 24, 2022

• Putin Opens a Second Front: The Battle Against ‘Traitors’ Inside Russia
• Armenia’s Attempts of Maneuvering Amidst the Russian-Ukrainian War
• Kadyrov’s Fascism Especially Dangerous Because It Is Rooted in Religion, Zakayev Says

Volume 19 Issue 40

March 23, 2022

• Iron Cannot Fight: Putin’s Military Dilemma in Ukraine
• Ukrainian Public Organizations Help the Army Fight Russia
• How Uzbekistan Views the Russian War Against Ukraine

Volume 19 Issue 39

March 22, 2022

• Russia Smashing Ukraine Into Pax Russica (Part Two)
• Some Russian Nationalists See Putin’s War Giving Them a Chance to Recover
• What Do Belarusians Think About the War?

Volume 19 Issue 38

March 21, 2022

• Stalled Military Offensive and Unfolding Political Defeat for Russia in Ukraine
• North Caucasians Feel the Pain of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
• Russia’s War on Ukraine and China’s ‘(Un)Friendly Neutrality’

Volume 19 Issue 37

March 17, 2022

• Russia Smashing Ukraine Into Pax Russica (Part One)
• Russian Forces Claim Control of Land Corridor to Occupied Crimea, but Face Vehement Ukrainian Resistance
• Transfer of Polish Fighter Jets to Ukraine: An Attempt to Internationalize the War? (Part Two)

Volume 19 Issue 36

March 16, 2022

• A Dangerous Drone for All Seasons: Assessing the Ukrainian Military’s Use of the Bayraktar TB-2
• Ukraine Turns Into Hub for Foreign Fighters
• Post-War Status Quo in South Caucasus Trembles While Russia Fights on in Ukraine

Volume 19 Issue 35

March 15, 2022

• Moscow Losing Church War in Ukraine and More Broadly
• Transfer of Polish Fighter Jets to Ukraine: An Attempt to Internationalize the War? (Part One)
• Belarusian Analysts Look for Way out of Russia’s War in Ukraine

Volume 19 Issue 34

March 14, 2022

• Moscow Scrambles to Sustain Its Positions in the Middle East
• Moldova Keeps Out of Russia-Ukraine Fray (Part Two)
• Moscow, Beijing Play the ‘Pakistan Card’ to Crack the Quad Over Ukraine War

Volume 19 Issue 33

March 10, 2022

• Putin Is Losing the War, but Russians Have Stockholm Syndrome
• Moscow Preparing for Possible Blockade of Kaliningrad
• Moldova Keeps out of Russia-Ukraine Fray (Part One)

Volume 19 Issue 32

March 9, 2022

• Russia’s Evolving Military Tactics in the Ukraine War
• New Limits to Russian Conventional Power
• Alternatives to Russian Gas Supplies: Is LNG the EU’s Silver Bullet?

Volume 19 Issue 31

March 8, 2022

• Ukrainian War Unsettles Russian Regions and Non-Russian Republics
• Lukashenka’s Intentions and the Reasoning of the Warring Parties
• Warring Chechen Factions Fight on Opposing Sides in Ukrainian Conflict

Volume 19 Issue 30

March 7, 2022

• Putin Losing the Wars He Started
• Poland Ready to Quit Russian Gas Supplies
• Georgian Government Claims EU Membership to Deflect Public Attention Away From Its Ukraine Response

Volume 19 Issue 29

March 3, 2022

• Russia Never as Strong as It Looks
• Turkish Closure of the Straits Can Hurt Russia’s Syrian Route Should the War Prolong
• Kadyrov’s Ukrainian Maskirovka
• Aliyev Gains Putin’s Support on Karabakh and More—But at What Price?

Volume 19 Issue 28

March 2, 2022

• Russia’s War on Ukraine Exposes Western Balkan Divisions and Dangers
• The Role of Cossacks in the Re-Invasion of Ukraine
• China’s Debt-Trap Diplomacy and Central Asia

Volume 19 Issue 27

March 1, 2022

• Potential Wildcard in Ukrainian Conflict: Russian Army Not Ethnically Homogeneous
• Majority of Russians Not Against War Now, but This Will Change
• The Countries of the South Caucasus Cautiously Follow the Russia-Ukraine War

Volume 19 Issue 26

February 28, 2022

• Russian Strategy and Strategic Capabilities in the War With Ukraine
• Alyaksandr Lukashenka and the War in Ukraine
• Russian Aggression Against Ukraine Activates Pro-Russian Groups in Georgia

Volume 19 Issue 25

February 25, 2022

• Russia’s Invasion Manifesto to Ukraine
• Poland: Ukraine’s Crucial Hinterland
• Azerbaijan and Russia Sign Declaration on Allied Cooperation
• Protests and Political Infighting in Abkhazia: Turbulence on Russia’s Southwestern Flank

Volume 19 Issue 24

February 24, 2022

• Demilitarize, Balkanize, ‘De-Nazify’: Russia’s Aggressive War Against Ukraine Begins
• Kremlin Announces War Aims Against Ukraine
• Putin’s Aggressive War in Ukraine Puts Russia at Risk of Losing Far More Than Moscow Did in 1991
• Moscow Angry About Kyiv’s Support for Middle Volga Nations in Russia

Volume 19 Issue 23

February 23, 2022

• Can the Southern Gas Corridor Save Europe?
• Decades on, Stalin’s Deportation of the Chechens Still Casts a Malevolent Shadow
• Economic Sanctions Deepen Societal Divide in Belarus

Volume 19 Issue 22

February 22, 2022

• Crucial Week in Putin’s Pseudo-War Starts With a Bang, a Feint and a Flop
• Russia Recognizes Donetsk, Luhansk Satrapies as ‘Independent States’
• Russian Propagandists Justify Aggressive Policies as a Battle Against the ‘Western Yoke’
• Push for Circassian Repatriation Set to Spark New Tensions Between Moscow and Ankara

Volume 19 Issue 21

February 17, 2022

• Is the Russian Military Stepping Down or Feigning Withdrawal While Planning an Attack?
• German Chancellor Effectively Takes the Kremlin’s Side in Russia-Ukraine Conflict
• Demographic Shifts Change Power Relations Within and Between Post-Soviet States

Volume 19 Issue 20

February 16, 2022

• New Belarus-Russia Military Doctrine 2021 and Allied Resolve 2022 (Part Two)
• Will There Be War? A View From Belarus
• Delusions of a British-Polish-Ukrainian Alliance?

Volume 19 Issue 19

February 15, 2022

• Chancellor Scholz Brings a Russia-First Approach to Ukraine
• Dirty Bombs and Fake UAVs: Russian Disinformation Exercise or Deliberate Casus Belli?
• Moscow and Kabul Beef up Forces on Tajikistan’s Border as Badakhshan Deteriorates Again

Volume 19 Issue 18

February 14, 2022

• Putin’s Journey From the Munich Speech to the Brink of War With Ukraine
• Final Pieces Falling Into Place to Enable Russian Amphibious Invasion of Ukraine in Black Sea Basin
• Chechen Rosgvardia Troops Head for Ukraine

Volume 19 Issue 17

February 10, 2022

• Macron Meets With Putin as Russian Warships Move Into Position
• Macron’s Ukraine Diplomacy Runs Into a Kremlin Wall
• Russian Demographic Losses Tighten the Noose Around the Kremlin

Volume 19 Issue 16

February 9, 2022

• New Belarus-Russia Military Doctrine 2021 and Allied Resolve 2022 (Part One)
• Azerbaijani President’s Visit to Kyiv During Ukraine Crisis: Motivations and Outcomes
• Georgian Parliament Supports Ukraine, but Fears Mentioning Russia

Volume 19 Issue 15

February 8, 2022

• Moscow Security Experts Say Any Russian Invasion of Ukraine Will Not Be a Cake Walk
• Belarus and the Showdown Over Ukraine
• The Nuclear Potential of Belarus in the Context of NATO-Russia Relations (Part Two)

Volume 19 Issue 14

February 7, 2022

• Putin Takes His Ukraine Crisis to Beijing
• German Security Assistance to Ukraine Perpetually on Hold (Part Two)
• Hungarian Prime Minister Visits Moscow, Seeking Additional Gas Supplies From Russia

Volume 19 Issue 13

February 3, 2022

• Kremlin Must Make Final Decision on War Soon as Diplomatic Runway Grows Short
• German Security Assistance to Ukraine Perpetually on Hold (Part One)
• Moscow Patriarchate Moves Into Africa, Helping Kremlin but Roiling Orthodox World

Volume 19 Issue 12

February 2, 2022

• Allied Resolve 2022: Moscow’s Maskirovka Operation
• Moldovan Government Lacks Strategy to Deal With Effects of Russia-Triggered Security Crisis
• Tensions Deescalate Between Iran and Republic of Azerbaijan

Volume 19 Issue 11

February 1, 2022

• Moscow Needs Beijing in the Arctic but Worries About China’s Expanding Role
• The Nuclear Potential of Belarus in the Context of NATO-Russia Relations (Part One)
• Kazakhstan’s President Tokayev Struggles to Break With Nazarbayev Era

Volume 19 Issue 10

January 31, 2022

• Russia Considers Developing a New Fleet in the Arctic
• Dikoe Pole Cossacks in Occupied Luhansk: Russian Aides de Guerre?
• Lukashenka’s State of the Country Address: No Contrition and No Exit

Volume 19 Issue 9

January 28, 2022

• Moscow, Kyiv Differ Over Goals in Relaunching Normandy Process (Part One)
• Moscow, Kyiv Differ Over Goals in Relaunching Normandy Process (Part Two)
• Construction of Zangezur Corridor Underway Despite Some Remaining Disagreements

Volume 19 Issue 8

January 27, 2022

• Russia and NATO Locked in High-Risk Standoff in Mediterranean and Black Seas
• Ukraine Crisis Elevates Importance of Gagauz in Russian Calculations
• Georgians Support Ukraine, but Georgian Government Fears Irritating Russia

Volume 19 Issue 7

January 26, 2022

• Russia’s Military Exercise in Belarus Prepares for War
• Belarus’s Politics of Memory Swing Back Toward Russo-Centrism
• Crisis in Neighboring Kazakhstan Presents Uzbekistan With Challenges on Multiple Fronts

Volume 19 Issue 6

January 25, 2022

• As Tensions Over Ukraine Rise, Baku Signals Support for Kyiv, Worrying Moscow
• Saudis in the Baltic: Can Poland Break Its Reliance on Russian Oil?
• Year 2021 in Review: The Results of Russia’s Nuclear Weapons Modernization

Volume 19 Issue 5

January 24, 2022

• Putin’s Blackmail-War in Ukraine Continues Under Diplomatic Cover
• The South-Bound Russian Landing Ship Flotilla: Possible Intentions and Implications
• Turkish, Armenian Special Representatives Push for Normalization of Relations

Volume 19 Issue 4

January 21, 2022

• Kremlin Refocuses Its Propaganda in Preparation for War
• The Two Faces of Kazakhstan’s Civil Unrest
• Russian-Led Mission in Kazakhstan Unveils New Peacekeeping Model (Part Two)

Volume 19 Issue 3

January 20, 2022

• Russian Troops Deploy to Belarus With Fanfare
• Social Unrest in Kazakhstan Turns Violent, Ends Nazarbayev Era
• Kazakhstan Protests Involve Russians, Adding to Moscow’s Worries About Stability

Volume 19 Issue 2

January 19, 2022

• CSTO Props up Presidential Succession in Kazakhstan
• Russian-Led Mission in Kazakhstan Unveils New Peacekeeping Model (Part One)
• Kazakhstan, Fertilizer and Belarus’s Political Crisis

Volume 19 Issue 1

January 18, 2022

• Tough Talks Produce New Russia-West Face-Off
• Kazakhstan Events Echo Across Former Soviet Space
• Azerbaijani Perspectives on the Recent Unrest in Kazakhstan