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Volume 18 Issue 58

April 12, 2021

• Penned in on Multiple International Issues, Putin Strives to Show Resolve on Ukraine
• Russia Builds up Its Export Potential in Baltic Basin
• Minsk Wages Diplomatic War on Multiple Fronts

Volume 18 Issue 57

April 8, 2021

• Tensions Escalate in Donbas and on Ukrainian Border
• Moscow Struggles to Improve and Extend Siberian Railways to Preserve China Trade
• Prospect of Cooperation With Russia on Nuclear Power Plant Clouds Uzbekistan’s More Immediate Energy Needs

Volume 18 Issue 56

April 7, 2021

• Gazprom Struggles With Its Mega LNG Project in the Baltic Sea
• The State of Disunion in Belarus
• Is Turkmenistan’s President Berdimuhamedov Grooming His Son to Succeed Him?

Volume 18 Issue 55

April 6, 2021

• Geopolitical Competition in Caspian Region About More Than Gas and Oil
• Russia and Syrian Arab Army Targeting Turkish-Backed Opposition’s Energy Infrastructure
• Russian Influence in Montenegro Could Create a Threat for NATO's Information Security

Volume 18 Issue 54

April 5, 2021

• War Scare Is Putin’s Natural Element
• Brother of Former Dagestani Governor Sentenced to Lengthy Prison Term
• Azerbaijan Embarks on Construction of Nakhchivan Railway (Part One)

Volume 18 Issue 53

April 1, 2021

• ‘Nothing About Us Without Us’: Normandy Without Ukraine?
• Moscow and Beijing Seek to Counter Growing Turkish Influence in Central Asia
• Ukrainian Dependency on Belarusian Fuels in Light of the Belarus Sanctions Debate

Volume 18 Issue 52

March 31, 2021

• Russian-Chinese Cooperation in Space
• Russian Espionage Scandal in Bulgaria
• Belarus’s Ties With the West: The Implacable Downward Spiral

Volume 18 Issue 51

March 30, 2021

• The ‘Suez Jam’: A Window of Opportunity for Russia’s Northern Sea Route?
• Chinese Threat to Lake Balkhash Fueling Anti-Chinese Feelings in Kazakhstan
• Franco-German Proposals in the Normandy Forum: A Letdown to Ukraine

Volume 18 Issue 50

March 29, 2021

• Russia Finds Itself Marginalized Between China and a Reuniting West
• Demographic Transformation of Crimea: Forced Migration as Part of Russia’s ‘Hybrid’ Strategy
• Georgia Is Rebuilding Its Air Force

Volume 18 Issue 49

March 25, 2021

• Kremlin’s ‘Vaccine Diplomacy’ in Action: Tools, Strengths, Intermediary Results
• Yermak’s Earlier Giveaways Come Back to Haunt Zelenskyy and Ukraine
• Is China About to Deploy Private Military Companies in Central Asia?

Volume 18 Issue 48

March 24, 2021

• Moscow Weighs Options to Procure S-500 Air-Defense Systems
• Turning up the Conflict Dial: The Political Reasons Behind the Resumed Fighting in Donbas
• Parallel Worlds in Belarus’s Public Politics

Volume 18 Issue 47

March 23, 2021

• Baku-Ashgabat Accord Transforms Geopolitics of Caspian Region
• Russia’s Karabakh Protectorate Taking Clearer Shape (Part Three)
• Makhachkala Experiences First Special Operation in Five Years

Volume 18 Issue 46

March 22, 2021

• Two Words That Shook Putin’s Regime
• Russia’s Karabakh Protectorate Taking Clearer Shape (Part Two)
• Ukraine to License-Build US Helicopters for Its Armed Forces

Volume 18 Issue 45

March 18, 2021

• Lost in Translation: US-Russian Discourse Escalates Further
• Russia’s Karabakh Protectorate Taking Clearer Shape (Part One)
• Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan Move toward Resolution of Longstanding Border Dispute

Volume 18 Issue 44

March 17, 2021

• Russia’s Air Defense Capabilities Boosted by Automated Systems
• Reshaping Belarus's Political Scene
• Azerbaijan Warns Against Threats That Might Undermine Peace Process With Armenia

Volume 18 Issue 43

March 16, 2021

• Moscow Seeks to Put Gagauz in Play Against Pro-Western Moldovan President
• Russia’s Non-Energy Exports Boom: A Not-so-Unequivocal Triumph?
• Turkish-Greek Relations in the Aegean: Is a Solution Possible?

Volume 18 Issue 42

March 15, 2021

• Special Services Aggravate Bad Governance in Russia
• While Zelenskyy Promises Peace, Ukraine’s Army Faces Serious Challenges
• Azerbaijani Leadership Envisages ‘Smart City’ Concepts for Karabakh

Volume 18 Issue 41

March 11, 2021

• Russia Escalates Its Proxy War in Eastern Ukraine
• Moscow’s Plans for New Kind of Aircraft Carrier Unlikely to Be Realized
• Prime Minister Pashinian Stages Own Coup Against Armenia’s Military

Volume 18 Issue 40

March 10, 2021

• Russia’s Electronic Warfare Capabilities as a Threat to GPS
• Russia’s Digitalization of the Arctic Region: Plans and Achievements
• Mikheil Saakashvili’s Activity Strains Georgian-Ukrainian Relations

Volume 18 Issue 39

March 9, 2021

• Russia’s Historical Markers and a Hampered Future
• Karabakh Conflict Far From Over and Could Explode Again
• Revolution, Counter-Revolution and Social Cohesion in Belarus

Volume 18 Issue 38

March 8, 2021

• Poverty and Passivity: Are New Protests Expected in the Russian Regions?
• Lithuanian-Russian Radio Frequency Dispute Highlights Problems of Civilian Versus Military Applications
• Can Russia Capitalize on the Current Political Unrest in Georgia?

Volume 18 Issue 37

March 4, 2021

• Moscow Angered but Not Deterred by Newest Round of Western Sanctions
• Including Iran in Moscow-Led Economic Group Will Upend Former Soviet Space
• Anniversary of Stalinist Deportations Shines Renewed Spotlight on Unresolved Chechen-Dagestani Territorial Dispute

Volume 18 Issue 36

March 3, 2021

• Moscow Prioritizes the Development of Hypersonic Weapons
• Azerbaijan, Turkey Watching Armenia’s Political Crisis
• Kyrgyzstan Preparing for Constitutional Reform in Search for Stability

Volume 18 Issue 35

March 2, 2021

• Moscow Expanding Diplomatic Contacts With Less Prominent Countries in Africa
• Russia’s New ‘Arctic Offensive’: Do the Benefits Outweigh the Costs? (Part Two)
• Sochi Summit Contra the West’s Belarus Policies

Volume 18 Issue 34

March 1, 2021

• Russia Tries to Counter US Moves in the Middle East, in Vain
• Lacking Alternatives, Russia Betting on Armenia’s Embattled Prime Minister Pashinian
• Protests in Georgia Increase Former President Mikheil Saakashvili’s Influence

Volume 18 Issue 33

February 26, 2021

• Armenia’s Military Leadership, Civilian Opposition Move to Oust Pashinian’s Government (Part Two)

Volume 18 Issue 32

February 25, 2021

• Russia’s Iskander Missiles Fail in Karabakh but Cause Crisis in Armenia
• Armenia’s Military Leadership, Civilian Opposition Move to Oust Pashinian’s Government (Part One)
• Moscow Expanding Ties With Iran to Counter Growing Turkish Influence Around Caspian
• Ukraine, EU Locked in Clash of Cultures and Values

Volume 18 Issue 31

February 24, 2021

• Head of Georgia’s Main Opposition Party Arrested by Authorities
• Ukraine’s Sanctions Against Pro-Russian Oligarch Medvedchuk—All About Oil and Coal
• Is There a Hydrogen Future for Nord Stream Two?

Volume 18 Issue 30

February 23, 2021

• Moscow’s Hopes to Use Water as ‘New Oil’ Outraging Siberians
• Reforming Territorial Defense in Ukraine: Danger in Delay
• Amidst Repressions, Minsk Is Snapping Back

Volume 18 Issue 29

February 22, 2021

• West’s Renewed Focus on Solidarity and Coordination Perturbs Kremlin
• More Contentious Issues Surface Between Kyiv and Moscow in the Minsk Contact Group
• China-CEEC Summit Returns After Pandemic—The View From Warsaw
• Iran Seeks to Reroute North-South Transport Corridor to Armenia, Away From Azerbaijan

Volume 18 Issue 28

February 18, 2021

• Escalating Russian-Western Tensions Are Reflected in Confrontation in Donbas
• Growing Azerbaijani–Central Asian Ties Likely to Trigger Conflicts With Russia and Iran
• Russia Calibrating Low-Intensity War in Ukraine’s East
• Minsk Announces Possible Changes to Its Foreign Policy

Volume 18 Issue 27

February 17, 2021

• The Romanian Corvette Program Saga (Part Two)
• Russia’s New ‘Arctic Offensive’: Do the Benefits Outweigh the Costs? (Part One)
• Russian Government Moves to Assert Increasing Control Over Internet

Volume 18 Issue 26

February 16, 2021

• Moscow’s Delay of 2020 Census Opens Way for Circassian Promotion of Common Identity
• The All-Belarusian People’s Assembly: A Gathering of Winners?
• The Second Karabakh War and Georgia’s Threatened Transit Role

Volume 18 Issue 25

February 15, 2021

• Russia Blackmails and Courts Europe
• Gazprom Wants to Abandon Money-Losing Gas Distribution Obligations in Dagestan
• Crimea Platform: Ukraine’s Initiative to Raise the Costs of Russia’s Occupation

Volume 18 Issue 24

February 11, 2021

• Russian Aerospace Forces Journal Recommends Preventive Strike Against NATO
• Porosity of Tajik-Afghan Border Making Beijing’s Involvement in Region More Ominous
• Ukraine’s China Policy: A (Not so) Delicate Balance

Volume 18 Issue 23

February 10, 2021

• The Romanian Corvette Program Saga (Part One)
• Azerbaijan, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan Sign Trilateral Roadmap for Cooperation on Eurasian Connectivity
• Russians One Step Closer to Taking Over Handling of Belarusian Oil Product Exports?

Volume 18 Issue 22

February 9, 2021

• Revision of Montreux Convention Could Work in Moscow’s Favor
• The ‘Wagner Affair’ in Belarus and Its Implications for Ukraine
• The Complexities of Measuring Belarusian Public Opinion

Volume 18 Issue 21

February 8, 2021

• Russia Defiant of White House’s Foreign Policy Agenda
• Russian Authorities Redouble Pressure to Preserve Crimeans’ Loyalty
• Does the Normandy Group on the Russia-Ukraine Conflict Have a Future? (Part Two)

Volume 18 Issue 20

February 4, 2021

• Navalny and Russia’s ‘Hybrid War’ in the Streets
• Poisonings of Activists in the North Caucasus: A Low Threshold for Chemical Weapons Use Inside Russia?
• Joint Russian-Turkish Karabakh Monitoring Center Opens Amidst Fresh Controversy
• Does the Normandy Group on the Russia-Ukraine Conflict Have a Future? (Part One)

Volume 18 Issue 19

February 3, 2021

• Moscow’s Military Modernization Sets Agenda for UAV Development
• New Year, New Battles: China Does Not Plan to Give up Motor Sich?
• Baku and Ankara Deny Turkish Military Bases Being Established in Azerbaijan

Volume 18 Issue 18

February 2, 2021

• De-Cossackization—Modern-Day Echoes of a Soviet Crime
• Belarusian Realities: Between Dreams and Policy Objectives
• Georgian Politics Without the ‘Strong Man’: Has Ivanishvili Really Relinquished Power?

Volume 18 Issue 17

February 1, 2021

• Putin Postures as a ‘Davos Man’ While Bolstering His Autocracy
• Clouds Darkening Over Nord Stream Two Pipeline
• Can the Minsk Group on the Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict Reinvent Itself? (Part Two)

Volume 18 Issue 16

January 28, 2021

• Kremlin Pleased With Swift Extension of New START
• Moscow Adopting East India Company Strategy to Develop Russian Far East
• Can the Minsk Group on the Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict Reinvent Itself? (Part One)
• Year 2020 in Review: Uzbekistan Grapples With Pandemic, Disasters, Russian Pressure

Volume 18 Issue 15

January 27, 2021

• Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan Seek to Expand Cooperation on Caspian Energy Production
• Strategic Thinking and a Fight for Belarusian Democracy
• Chief of General Staff Gerasimov Takes Over Russia’s Academy of Military Sciences: What to Expect From Russian Planning for Future Warfare?

Volume 18 Issue 14

January 26, 2021

• Russian ‘Peacekeeping’ in Karabakh: Old Model, New Features, Mission Creep (Part Three)
• New Undersea Cables Could Become a Flashpoint in the Arctic
• Year 2020 in Review: Kazakhstan Struggling With Structural Reform Amid COVID-19 Crisis

Volume 18 Issue 13

January 25, 2021

• Kremlin Tests Limits of New US Administration
• Putin May Cripple the US’s Strongest Voice in Russia
• Nakhchivan Corridor: Implications for Georgia and Iran

Volume 18 Issue 12

January 22, 2021

• Russian ‘Peacekeeping’ in Karabakh: Old Model, New Features, Mission Creep (Part Two)
• Growing Presence of Cossacks in 2021
• GLONASS Program for 2021–2030

Volume 18 Issue 11

January 21, 2021

• Moscow in Confrontational Mode Reacting to Biden’s Inauguration
• Karabakh Victory Transforming Meaning of Black January for Many Azerbaijanis
• Russian 'Peacekeeping' in Karabakh: Old Model, New Features, Mission Creep (Part One)
• Egyptian-Russian Naval Exercises in the Black Sea: Strategic Balancing against Turkey?

Volume 18 Issue 10

January 20, 2021

• Russia’s Growing Military Presence in the Central African Republic
• Even the Near Future Is Uncertain in Belarus
• Year 2020 in Review: The Scorched-Earth Political Strategy of the Pro-Russian Ex-President Dodon

Volume 18 Issue 9

January 19, 2021

• Navalny Has Set a Damning Dilemma for Putin’s Regime
• Moscow’s Problems in Gearing Up for Geopolitical Competition in Antarctic
• Azerbaijan's Gas Reaches Europe

Volume 18 Issue 8

January 14, 2021

• Putin Exercises Free Hand in South Caucasus
• Vitaly Balasanian, Karabakh’s Strongman-in-Waiting
• Grozny’s Restoration of Chechen Place Names a Serious Threat to the Kremlin
• Russia’s Strategy in the Sea of Azov: The Kerch Bridge, Artificial Shipping Delays and Continued Harm to Ukraine

Volume 18 Issue 7

January 13, 2021

• The Second Karabakh War: Lessons and Implications for Russia (Part Two)
• Year 2020 in Review: Results of Russia’s Nuclear Weapons Modernization
• Smaller Protests Persist, but Life Goes on in the Republic of Belarus

Volume 18 Issue 6

January 12, 2021

• Vilnius at 30—Nothing Must Be Forgotten
• Trilateral Summit of Armenian, Azerbaijani and Russian Leaders
• Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia to Start Regional Interconnectivity Projects

Volume 18 Issue 5

January 11, 2021

• Russia’s Looming Year of Predictable Stagnancy
• Year 2020 in Review: Azerbaijan Faces the Pandemic and a Victorious War in Karabakh
• Year 2020 in Review: Ukraine Grapples With Pandemic, Vested Interests, Stalemate With Moscow

Volume 18 Issue 4

January 7, 2021

• Disarray in Washington Catches Moscow off Guard
• Year 2020 in Review: Siberians Take Center Stage in Russia
• Armenia’s 44-Day War: A Self-Inflicted Trauma (Part Two)
• Belarus Secures Russian Oil and Gas Supplies for 2021

Volume 18 Issue 3

January 6, 2021

• Armenia’s 44-Day War: A Self-Inflicted Trauma (Part One)
• Russia’s Northern Fleet Upgraded to Military District Status
• Stolen Childhood: Russian Propaganda and Militarization of Youth in Crimea

Volume 18 Issue 2

January 5, 2021

• Year 2020 in Review: Pandemic Exacerbated Problems Across North Caucasus and Set Stage for More Conflict
• Year 2020 in Review: The Saga of a Bitterly Divided Belarusian Society
• The Second Karabakh War: Lessons and Implications for Russia (Part One)

Volume 18 Issue 1

January 4, 2021

• Year 2020 in Review: The Maturation of Russia’s Autocracy
• Year 2020 in Review: Internal and External Challenges Mount for Moscow in the Northeast Caucasus
• Year 2020 in Review: A Weakening of Georgian Democracy