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Volume 19 Issue 176

November 28, 2022

• Russian Influence Fades in the Middle East
• Never Say Forever: How Russia’s Borders Became Imaginary
• Russia Finds a New Way to Survive Defeat

Volume 19 Issue 175

November 22, 2022

• Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant: A Case of Russian State Robbery (Part One)
• Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant: A Case of Russian State Robbery (Part Two)
• Wrangel Island Controversy Resurfaces With a Vengeance
• Kazakhstani President Tokayev Receives Mandate for Promised Reforms

Volume 19 Issue 174

November 21, 2022

• Putin’s Nuclear Blackmail Hits US Resolve and Chinese Wall
• Zangilan Airport: A New Driver of Economic Development in Karabakh
• Russian National Unity Day Against the Backdrop of the War in Ukraine

Volume 19 Issue 173

November 17, 2022

• Beyond Demonstrations and Polls: The Real Face of Anti-War Attitudes in Russia
• Russia’s Defense Industry Growing Increasingly Turbulent
• After Samarkand Summit, the OTS Charts a More Independent Course

Volume 19 Issue 172

November 16, 2022

• Western Belarus Policies: The Geostrategic and Moral Dimensions
• Will General Surovikin Fix Russia’s C2 Problems?
• Minsk Triggers Joint Deployment of Troops With Russia

Volume 19 Issue 171

November 15, 2022

• Russian Flight From the Arctic Undercuts Moscow’s Hold on the Far North
• Romania and Azerbaijan Mull New LNG Project on the Black Sea
• As Russian Influence Plummets, China Capitalizes in Central Asia

Volume 19 Issue 170

November 14, 2022

• Downplaying the Fall of Kherson, Moscow Aims to Freeze War
• Kremlin Analysts Call for Killing of Political Emigrants Abroad
• Russia Ready to Allow Iranian Ships Access to the Volga River and Volga-Don Canal

Volume 19 Issue 169

November 11, 2022

• Ukraine Poised to Liberate Western Kherson
• Russian UAVs: What Has Gone Wrong?
• Russia’s Greater Eurasian Partnership Passes Through the CPEC

Volume 19 Issue 168

November 10, 2022

• Moscow Working to Block Moldova from Leaving CIS
• Russia's Managed Escalation in Ukraine (Part One)
• Putin's Double Standards: A Unitary Empire for a 'Multipolar World'

Volume 19 Issue 167

November 9, 2022

• Grouping of Russian Units in Belarus Continues to Swell
• Challenges Are Mounting for Fragile Belarusian Statehood
• Russia’s Position in Central Asia Continues to Slip

Volume 19 Issue 166

November 8, 2022

• Iran Expanding Its Influence in the Muslim Regions of Russia
• Ukraine Launches Unprecedented Drone Attack on Russian Black Sea Fleet’s Sevastopol Headquarters
• Moscow Actively Conscripting Central Asian Migrant Workers for War Effort

Volume 19 Issue 165

November 7, 2022

• Foreign Policy Setbacks Hamper Putin’s Desires for Bali
• The Sochi Summit Raised More Questions Than Answers
• Kazakhstan Emerges as an Important Center for Track Two Diplomacy

Volume 19 Issue 164

November 3, 2022

• Is Mobilization Really Over in Russia?
• Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan Descending Into Chaos and Full-Scale War
• The Ukraine Grain Agreement After Three Months: Moscow's Blackmail, Boa Constrictor Tactics and Russian Gas

Volume 19 Issue 163

November 2, 2022

• Counterintuitive Consequences of Western Disregard for Belarus
• Viktor Orbán’s Anti-Sanctions Campaign Sparks Fears of EU Disunity on Russia
• One Critical Step Left for Turkish–Armenian Normalization

Volume 19 Issue 162

November 1, 2022

• Moscow Opens the Way for Iran to Increase Its Influence in the Caucasus
• Infantilism and Sacrifice: Why Russians Go to War Even When They Disagree With It
• Ukraine’s and Chechnya’s Veteran Anti-Russian Movements Signal Mutual Support

Volume 19 Issue 161

October 31, 2022

• No Surprises but Putin Reveals Frustrations at Valdai
• The Kremlin’s Economic Mobilization
• Snap Presidential Elections in Kazakhstan: Democratization or Autocracy?

Volume 19 Issue 160

October 27, 2022

• Moscow Alarmed by Growing Non-Russian Nationalism and Ukraine’s Role in It
• Ukraine’s Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Regions Under the Russian State of War (Part Two)
• Ukraine’s Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Regions Under the Russian State of War (Part One)
• The Ghosts of ‘Taras Bul’ba’

Volume 19 Issue 159

October 26, 2022

• Soul-Searching in the Opposition Amid Growing Threats to Belarusian Sovereignty
• As War Rages in Ukraine, the German-Polish Schism Deepens
• Uzbekistan: An Aspiring Transport Hub for Central Asia

Volume 19 Issue 158

October 25, 2022

• Diversity and Conflicts in Central Asia Limiting Chinese Expansion
• As Putin’s War Disrupts Eurasian Railways, China Investigates Alternatives
• Recent Kremlin Policies Bog Down Russian War Effort (Part Two)

Volume 19 Issue 157

October 24, 2022

• Belarus at SCO: Searching for Wiggle Room
• Two Differing Approaches to the Mobilization in Crimea
• Abkhazia Rejects Putin’s Mobilization

Volume 19 Issue 156

October 20, 2022

• Will the CSTO Go the Way of the Warsaw Pact
• Russian Air Power: Vanished or Overstated to Begin With?
• Regime-Change Attempts in Moldova: Russophile, Leftist and Oligarchic
• Moldova’s Russophile Left: A Complicated Picture

Volume 19 Issue 155

October 19, 2022

• What Lies Behind Russia’s Increasingly Esoteric Anti-Western Rhetoric?
• Bravado or Strategic Helplessness: What Is Going on Behind the Façade in Minsk?
• What Does Russia’s New Maritime Doctrine Signify in a Strategic Sense?

Volume 19 Issue 154

October 18, 2022

• Circassian Protest Plays Key Role in Killing Putin’s Mobilization Program
• Walking on Thin Ice: Will Turkey’s ‘Compartmentalization’ Work in Ukraine?
• The Future of Iranian-Ukrainian Relations

Volume 19 Issue 153

October 17, 2022

• Russia Tries to Extend and Exploit a Pause in War
• In Prague, Armenia and Azerbaijan Make a Critical Move Toward Peace
• 300,000 Young People in Cossack Education

Volume 19 Issue 152

October 14, 2022

• Belarus’s Situation: Is Fear an Explanatory Variable?
• Will Georgians Decide in Referendum to Fight Russia?
• Iran Increasingly Uneasy About Threats to Common Border With Armenia

Volume 19 Issue 151

October 13, 2022

• Zelenskyy Defines Putin’s Russia as an Evil Empire
• Russia ‘Normalizing’ Occupation Regime in Southern Ukraine (Part Two)
• Pariah Armed Forces and Russia’s 'Party of War'

Volume 19 Issue 150

October 12, 2022

• Mobilization and Annexation Will Create More Problems for Moscow
• Russia 'Normalizing' Occupation Regime in Southern Ukraine (Part One)
• Recent Kremlin Policies Bog Down Russian War Effort (Part One)

Volume 19 Issue 149

October 11, 2022

• No Escape for Putin From His Lonely and Tight Corner
• Influx of Russians Fleeing Mobilization Increasingly Alienating Central Asians
• Central Asia Comes Together

Volume 19 Issue 148

October 6, 2022

• Putin’s War in Ukraine Leading to Revival of GUAM
• Russia’s Skyrocketing Defense Spending, 2022–2023
• Russia’s Inside-Out Federation

Volume 19 Issue 147

October 5, 2022

• Zelenskyy Bans Negotiations With Putin
• Putin Sees Pakistan as Russia’s Priority Partner in South Asia
• Chinese Companies Are Reshaping Georgia’s Geography

Volume 19 Issue 146

October 4, 2022

• Nord Stream Explosions: Russian Sabotage in the Baltic?
• Are Non-Russians Putin’s Primary Domestic Target for War Effort—or Simply Collateral Damage?
• Escalation in Karabakh Casts Shadow Over Peace Process

Volume 19 Issue 145

October 3, 2022

• Sabotage of Nord Stream Pipelines and Gazprom Policies Fuel Gas Fears in Europe
• Russia Keeps ‘Gathering’ Non-Russian Lands in Ukraine and Beyond
• School Shooting in Izhevsk: A Specter of Further Anti-State Violence in Russia?

Volume 19 Issue 144

September 29, 2022

• Anti-Mobilization Protests in Dagestan Becoming a Maidan in the North Caucasus
• Mobilization as a Triumph of Political Eschatology
• Russia’s New Maritime Doctrine: Desperately Needed and Long Overdue

Volume 19 Issue 143

September 28, 2022

• Russia Consummates Annexation ‘Referendums’ in Occupied Ukrainian Territories
• Minsk Harnesses Anti-Polish Sentiment
• Azerbaijan and Armenia Agree to Start Work on Peace Treaty (Part Two)

Volume 19 Issue 142

September 27, 2022

• Ukrainian War Increasing Gender Imbalance in Russia, Threatening Future
• Belarusian-Russian Cooperation Against the Backdrop of the Ukraine War
• Creeping 'Yuanization' of the Russian Economy: Prospects and Implications

Volume 19 Issue 141

September 26, 2022

• Putin’s Botched Mobilization and Nuclear Non-Option
• Gagauzia Elite Reveal Strong Signs of Russian 'Capture' in Moldova
• Lessons of the Ukraine War Thus Far

Volume 19 Issue 140

September 23, 2022

• Russian ‘Referendums’ in Ukrainian Territories Boosting Putin’s Novorossiya Project
• Russia Staging Blitz ‘Referendums’ to Annex Four Ukrainian Territories
• Iran’s Frustrations With the Zangezur Corridor
• Military Standoff Re-Ignites Between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan

Volume 19 Issue 139

September 22, 2022

• The Impossible Mobilization
• Russia’s Demographic Problems Make Putin’s Mobilization Plans Explosive
• Baltic Sea Countries Utilize LNG and Offshore Wind to Secure Energy Independence

Volume 19 Issue 138

September 21, 2022

• Chechen Leader Lambasts Russian Defense Ministry for Failures in Ukraine
• What Did Lukashenka’s Open History Lesson Demonstrate?
• Costs of Accommodating the Most Ukrainian Refugees Per Capita in the EU: The Czech Case

Volume 19 Issue 137

September 20, 2022

• Failure in Ukraine Increases Moscow’s Repression and Citizens’ Distrust
• Islamist Radicals From Afghanistan Now Fighting for Tajikistan Against Kyrgyzstan
• Azerbaijan and Armenia Agree to Start Work on Peace Treaty (Part One)

Volume 19 Issue 136

September 19, 2022

• Eurasian Summit of Hidden Tensions and Thin Pretenses
• Kazakhstan in the Diplomatic Spotlight
• Putin Is Anti-Gorbachev

Volume 19 Issue 135

September 15, 2022

• Ukraine Evicts Russian Occupation Administration from Kharkiv Region
• Émigré Anti-Putin Opposition Risks Becoming Victim of a New Trust Operation
• Anti-Russian Sanctions Increase Transit Role of Georgia

Volume 19 Issue 134

September 14, 2022

• Vostok 2022: Has Russia Learned From Setbacks in Ukraine?
• Political Maneuvering in and Around Belarus
• Is De-Oligarchization of Georgia Possible?

Volume 19 Issue 133

September 13, 2022

• Ukrainian Balakliya-Kupyansk Offensive: Sequence of Events, Mechanics and Consequences
• The Ukraine Grain Deal After 50 Days
• Moscow Losing Another Nation’s Orthodox Church—This Time Latvia’s

Volume 19 Issue 132

September 12, 2022

• Putin Has Unsheathed His Energy Weapon Too Early—and Too Late
• Russian ‘Referendums’ Delayed, Ukrainian Resistance Mounting in Occupied Kherson and Zaporyzhzhia (Part Two)
• Russian Cossacks’ Integration With the State

Volume 19 Issue 131

September 8, 2022

• Russian 'Referendums' Delayed, Ukrainian Resistance Mounting in Occupied Kherson and Zaporizhzhia (Part One)
• With the Killing of Darya Dugina, Putin Finds Critical Corollaries to Stalin
• Spy Scandal in Albania: Could Russian Intelligence Be Using Bloggers?

Volume 19 Issue 130

September 7, 2022

• Belarusians at Home and Abroad Are Growing Apart
• Gosplan 2.0: Is Russia Taking Another Step Toward a Planned Economy?
• Organization of Turkic State’s Increasing Role in Stabilizing Eurasia

Volume 19 Issue 129

September 6, 2022

• Putin’s Choices in Ukraine: Retreat, Attrition or Escalation
• Moscow’s Attacks on Western Analysts Backfire Again
• Chechen Fighters in Ukraine Set Sights on Homeland

Volume 19 Issue 128

August 19, 2022

• Russia Defers ‘Referendums’ in Southern Ukraine for More Careful Preparation
• Russia's Newest Nuclear Threats
• NATO and EU Strive for Peace Amid Simmering Balkan Tensions
• Türkiye's Heterodox Economic Policy Requires More Foreign Financing

Volume 19 Issue 127

August 18, 2022

• Russia’s Demographic Collapse Is Accelerating
• Wagner PMC Recruits Russian Criminals and Convicts for War in Ukraine
• Ukrainian Strikes Cause Moscow to Re-Think Munitions Supply and Logistics (Part Two)

Volume 19 Issue 126

August 17, 2022

• Moldova’s Bizarre Neutrality: No Obstacle to Western Security Assistance (Part Three)
• Belarusian Opposition and the West’s Belarus Policies
• A Dilemma for US Peace Initiatives Between Armenia and Azerbaijan

Volume 19 Issue 125

August 16, 2022

• New Russian Naval Doctrine Assigns Expanded Role to Caspian Flotilla
• Ukrainian Strikes Cause Moscow to Re-Think Munitions Supply and Logistics (Part One)
• Uzbekistan Grapples With the Specter of Anti-Western Tropes in SCO

Volume 19 Issue 124

August 15, 2022

• Putin’s Next Miscalculation: Russia’s Readiness for a Long War
• New Concept of ‘Russian Sovereignty’ Is Inextricably Linked to the War
• Moldova’s Bizarre Neutrality: No Obstacle to Western Security Assistance (Part Two)

Volume 19 Issue 123

August 11, 2022

• Moldova’s Bizarre Neutrality: No Obstacle to Western Security Assistance (Part One)
• Is Kazakhstan Going to Follow Ukraine as Putin’s Next Target?
• Georgian Fears of Widespread Russification Intensify

Volume 19 Issue 122

August 10, 2022

• Russia's Ferrous Metallurgy Industry Faces First Impacts of Economic Sanctions
• Responding to Moscow's Imperial Revanchism, a "Post-Russia" Forum Is Born
• Cossack Education Policy: Ideological Indoctrination

Volume 19 Issue 121

August 9, 2022

• Pro-Russia Parties Resurgent in Moldova (Part Three)
• Both Baku and Yerevan Angered by Russian Forces’ Failures in Karabakh
• Belarus’s Economic Downturn

Volume 19 Issue 120

August 8, 2022

• Pro-Russia Parties Resurgent in Moldova (Part Two)
• Erdogan and Putin Cordially Probe One Another’s Faults and Failures
• Azerbaijan and European Union Ink Deal on Strategic Partnership in Energy

Volume 19 Issue 119

August 4, 2022

• Pro-Russia Parties Resurgent in Moldova (Part One)
• Gagauz Protest Chisinau’s Actions, Garnering Support From Moscow
• Optimization Efforts to Improve Transit Through the Critical Middle Corridor

Volume 19 Issue 118

August 3, 2022

• As Ukraine Focuses on Retaking Southern Territories, Moscow Raises Stakes
• Belarus’s Sovereignty and Political Opposition Risk Losing Relevance
• Putin’s War Against Ukraine Divides Italy’s Likely Next Ruling Coalition

Volume 19 Issue 117

August 2, 2022

• Moscow Fears ‘De-Russianization’ of Kaliningrad and Steps Up to Block It
• Latvia Contemplates Conscription in Face of Russian Aggression
• Caught in Conflict: Ahiska Turks and the Russo-Ukrainian War

Volume 19 Issue 116

August 1, 2022

• Battle for Kherson and Russia’s Global Downsizing
• Arm Ukraine Now: Game Changers in Russo-Ukrainian War
• Rocket Attacks on Tajikistan and Uzbekistan Undermine Taliban Security Claims

Volume 19 Issue 115

July 28, 2022

• Russian Occupation in Southern Ukraine: The Role of Military-Civil Administrations (Part One)
• Russian Occupation in Southern Ukraine: The Role of Military-Civil Administrations (Part Two)
• Ukrainian Deputies Press Kyiv to Recognize Chechnya-Ichkeria and Circassian Genocide
• Tensions Rise Between Bulgaria and North Macedonia Over Controversial Compromise

Volume 19 Issue 114

July 27, 2022

• Export of Ukrainian Grain Through Seaports: Opportunities and Risks
• Whose Judgments on Belarus Deserve Attention?
• 7th Summit of the Astana Peace Process in Tehran: Implications for the Syrian Crisis

Volume 19 Issue 113

July 26, 2022

• Iran’s Position on Caspian Seriously Impedes Moscow’s Plans to End Sanctions
• Will the Kremlin Send New 'Savage Divisions' to Ukraine?
• Aliyev's Visit to Uzbekistan: Expanding Connectivity Between Caucasus and Central Asia

Volume 19 Issue 112

July 25, 2022

• The Bystre Canal Across the Danube: ‘Mosquito’ Tactics in Ukraine's Grain Shipping
• Can Iranian Drones Respond to Putin’s Call for Help?
• Russia’s Increasing Use of Cossack Reservists Highlights Manpower Shortage

Volume 19 Issue 111

July 22, 2022

• Russia Considers Annexing Ukrainian Territories Through Referendums (Part Two)
• Putin’s Fifth Visit to Tehran: Renewing and Bolstering Russian-Iranian Relations

Volume 19 Issue 110

July 21, 2022

• Russia Considers Annexing Ukrainian Territories Through Referendums (Part One)
• Karakalpak Crisis Far from Over and Not Limited to Republic
• Armenia Pledges to Withdraw Armed Forces From Karabakh

Volume 19 Issue 109

July 20, 2022

• Belarusian Opposition: Feuds Abroad, Harsh Treatment at Home
• Will Western Sanctions Drown Russia's Gold Industry?
• Georgian President Calls for Bans on Pro-Russian Parties and Violent Groups

Volume 19 Issue 108

July 19, 2022

• Kazakhstan Seeks to Attract Western Companies Leaving Russia, Infuriating Moscow
• Is a Military Coup Expected in Russia?
• Uzbekistan Seeks to Enshrine Pragmatic Foreign Policy With Wider Constitutional Reforms

Volume 19 Issue 107

July 18, 2022

• Russia Cherishes Ambitions but Loses Positions in Middle East
• First Trilateral Meeting of the Ministers of Türkiye, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan
• Moldova Shows Modest Revisions on National Defense and Security

Volume 19 Issue 106

July 14, 2022

• Moscow Turns to Regions to Replace Losses and Boost Forces in Ukraine
• The Economic Implications of the Ukraine War on Azerbaijan
• Iran to Clear $1.8 Billion Gas Debt to Turkmenistan, Reopen Korpeje–Kurtkui Pipeline

Volume 19 Issue 105

July 13, 2022

• Summit Shows NATO’s Limited Relevance to Ukraine (Part Three)
• Invasion of Ukraine Has Unintended Consequences for Russian Ethnic Minorities
• The Rise of Multimodal Transportation Among Russia, Iran and India

Volume 19 Issue 104

July 12, 2022

• Kremlin Faces Problems Having Russian Regions Integrate Ukraine and Belarus
• Russia Pushes for Economic Mobilization Amid War and Sanctions
• Who Should Speak on Behalf of Belarusians?

Volume 19 Issue 103

July 11, 2022

• Summit Shows NATO’s Limited Relevance to Ukraine (Part Two)
• Russian Assault on World Order Falters and Fails
• Despite Return of Nord Stream One Turbines, Europe Still Fears Winter Gas Shortages

Volume 19 Issue 102

July 8, 2022

• Summit Shows NATO’s Limited Relevance to Ukraine (Part One)
• The Balkans Are Heating up Again
• Russian Deputy Rebukes Kadyrov for His Flashy Visits to Ukraine War Zone

Volume 19 Issue 101

July 7, 2022

• Challenges to Russian Arms Resupply: Tanks, Combat Aviation, Artillery Ammunition
• Spitzbergen: A New Hotspot in the Cold North Between Russia and the West
• NATO’s New Strategic Concept Gives Short Shrift to Eastern Neighborhood

Volume 19 Issue 100

July 6, 2022

• NATO Summit: New Strategic Concept Brings New Realism About Russia
• War in Ukraine Transforms Russia’s Hydrogen Strategy Into Illusion
• Popular Support for Belarusian Government Grows Amidst Fears of War Next Door

Volume 19 Issue 99

July 5, 2022

• Seeking to Crack Western Unity, Putin Sinks Russian Economy
• Tashkent Cracks Down Hard on Massive Protests in Karakalpakstan
• Georgia-NATO: The Pause ‘Deepens’

Volume 19 Issue 98

June 30, 2022

• Putin’s War in Ukraine Exacerbates Russia’s Serious Demographic Problems
• A Prolonged War in Ukraine Is Advantageous to Russia
• Threat Perceptions of Russia Align in Central Europe

Volume 19 Issue 97

June 29, 2022

• Could Russia’s Next President Be a Non-Russian?
• Lukashenka, Putin and Tikhanovskaya: A Long Echo of Belarus’s Historical Division
• Saakashvili Proposes Creating a Dual Georgian-Abkhazian Federation

Volume 19 Issue 96

June 28, 2022

• As Ties With Moscow Deteriorate, Kazakhstan Seeks Allies and Export Routes Elsewhere
• Polish-Ukrainian Relations Intensify as a Result of Russian Aggression (Part Two)
• Cossacks: Avatars of Religious Nationalism

Volume 19 Issue 95

June 27, 2022

• Russian Experiment With De-Modernization Yields Negative Results
• Russia Pushes for Republican Units in the North Caucasus to Fight in Ukraine
• Georgia Is Europe but Faces Growing Risk of Losing Its Euro-Atlantic Future

Volume 19 Issue 94

June 24, 2022

• The Purchase of F-16s: A Feasible but Thorny Turkish Mission in the US
• Can Russia Repeat the ‘Crimea Scenario’ in Ukraine’s Kherson Region?

Volume 19 Issue 93

June 23, 2022

• Russian Information Warfare Activities in the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine
• Moldova’s EU Candidate Status Exacerbates Transnistria Tensions
• Azerbaijan’s Latest Steps Toward Becoming a Regional Digital Hub

Volume 19 Issue 92

June 22, 2022

• Polish-Ukrainian Relations Intensify as a Result of Russian Aggression (Part One)
• Belarus’s Geopolitical Uncertainties and Its ‘Civilizational Choice’
• Russia, China and the US Assist Tajikistan in Strengthening Its Troubled Border With Afghanistan

Volume 19 Issue 91

June 21, 2022

• How Russia Can Be Defeated but Not Humiliated
• Moscow Threatens to Retaliate for Lithuania’s ‘Blockade of Kaliningrad’
• Tens of Thousands Rally in Tbilisi to Support European Integration

Volume 19 Issue 90

June 16, 2022

• Russian Challenges in Missile Resupply
• China Building Railroads Northward, Enriching Moscow but Threatening Russia
• Russia’s War in Ukraine and Kaliningrad’s Final Farewell to the Gains of the Past

Volume 19 Issue 89

June 15, 2022

• War in Ukraine, Public Pressure Compel Moldovan Authorities to Review National Defense Policy
• Lavrov’s Yerevan Visit Raises Questions in Armenia and Azerbaijan About Russian Regional Intentions
• Assessing Czech and Slovak Dependence on Russian Gas

Volume 19 Issue 88

June 14, 2022

• Putin’s War Accelerating Ukraine’s Demographic Collapse, Experts Say
• Colossus With Feet of Clay
• Iran Opens Ababil-2 Drone Factory in Tajikistan: Reasons and Implications

Volume 19 Issue 87

June 13, 2022

• Russian Elites Demonstrate Loyalty to Putin, but Are Preparing for Unruly Succession
• Surveys and Opinion Makers Shed Light on Events Affecting Belarus
• Macron’s France Struggles to Chart Course in Russia’s War on Ukraine

Volume 19 Issue 86

June 9, 2022

• As War Rages in Ukraine, Turkey Expanding Its Soft Power in North Caucasus
• Reopening Ukraine’s Grain Export: Is a Quick Decision on the Horizon?
• Georgian Transit Booming Because of War in Ukraine and Anti-Russian Sanctions

Volume 19 Issue 85

June 8, 2022

• Russia Throwing Soviet-Era Tanks Into Ukraine Grinder, Reserving Armatas for Moscow Parades
• Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine Decimates Influence of Local Pro-Russian Parties
• Is Belarus Still Able to Pursue Its Own Interests?

Volume 19 Issue 84

June 7, 2022

• Preliminary Russian Census Results Highlight Emerging Bottlenecks
• Governor Versus Propagandist: Is Yekaterinburg Becoming a Center of Regional Resistance in Russia?
• Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Is Changing Regional Politics in the North Caucasus

Volume 19 Issue 83

June 6, 2022

• After 100 Days, Russian Offensive Crawls Toward Eventual Defeat
• Russia’s Arctic Strategy Melting Under the Scorch of Sanctions (Part Two)
• Georgia Claims Pole Position Among Eastern European EU Aspirants

Volume 19 Issue 82

June 3, 2022

• Is This the Russian Empire’s Last War?
• Russia-Dependent Armenia Shies Away From Openly Backing Moscow on Ukraine War

Volume 19 Issue 81

June 2, 2022

• Dealing With the Naval Blockade of Ukraine: A Diversity of Views
• Moscow Patriarchate in Retreat Everywhere—Except Africa
• Moscow Postpones South Ossetian Referendum on Joining Russia

Volume 19 Issue 80

June 1, 2022

• Russia’s Arctic Strategy Melting Under the Scorch of Sanctions (Part One)
• Belarusian Foreign Policy in Circumstances Beyond Minsk’s Control
• Tajikistan’s Crackdown in the Pamirs: Causes and Implications

Volume 19 Issue 79

May 31, 2022

• Moscow Raises Two Territorial Issues After Helsinki Requests to Join NATO
• The Russian Far Right and the War in Ukraine
• Moscow Warns EU Against ‘Geopolitical Games’ in South Caucasus

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