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Volume 15 Issue 59

April 18, 2018

• Russia's Shipbuilding Program: Postponed Blue-Water Ambitions
• Toward a More Perfect Alliance: Russo-Chinese Ministerials in Moscow
• Abkhazia and South Ossetia Reject Georgia's Peace Plan

Volume 15 Issue 58

April 17, 2018

• Russia’s Evolving Electronic Warfare Capability: Unlocking Asymmetric Potential
• Moscow Tilts Toward POLISARIO, Against Morocco and Europe
• Amidst ‘Chemical’ Confrontation in Syria, Russia Looks for US Biological Weapons in Former Soviet Republics

Volume 15 Issue 57

April 16, 2018

• US Again Calls Russia’s Bluff on Syria
• A Farewell to ATO: Ukraine Shifts Command of Forces Serving Around Temporarily Occupied Territories
• From Kaiser to Lenin: Old-Time Labels and Slogans Reverberating in Today’s Belarus

Volume 15 Issue 56

April 12, 2018

• Fears in Moscow About Possible Escalation of Syrian Conflict Into War With US
• Russian Navy Preparing to Bottle up Ukrainian Shipping in Sea of Azov
• Uzbek Government Eases Restrictions on Muslims
• Belarus’s Freedom Day: Post-Celebration Anxieties

Volume 15 Issue 55

April 11, 2018

• Russia Putting the Pieces Together to Maintain Its Gas Stranglehold on Europe
• Ukrainian Lawmakers Urge World to Reject Russo-German Nord Stream Two Gas Pipeline
• Georgian Special Services Publicize Russia’s Attempts to Subvert Country From Within

Volume 15 Issue 54

April 10, 2018

• 2018 Spring Draft Highlights Russia's Demographic Decline
• Business and Geopolitics Jointly Drive Italy's Energy Relations With Russia
• High-Level Corruption Threatens Moldova's European Aspirations

Volume 15 Issue 53

April 9, 2018

• ‘Black Friday’ Sanctions Against Putin’s Inner Circle
• Sergei Lavrov’s Africa Trip: Regional Promises and Global Ambitions
• Russia’s Discounted Mi-35 Sales to Uzbekistan: A Sign of Closer Russian-Uzbek Military Ties?

Volume 15 Issue 52

April 5, 2018

• Russia Develops a New Ideology for a New Cold War
• Is Russia on the Doorstep of the Seventh Military Revolution?
• Vasilyev’s Much-Ballyhooed Cadres Revolution in Dagestan Has Not Happened
• Azerbaijan, Iran Reach Breakthrough on Disputed Fields in the Caspian Sea

Volume 15 Issue 51

April 4, 2018

• The Tanks Are Coming: Russia Introduces Tank Units to Airborne Forces and Naval Infantry
• Armenia Gears Up for ‘Future Wars’
• Latvia Defends Its Language Law Despite Massive Russian Pressure

Volume 15 Issue 50

April 3, 2018

• Gerasimov Outlines Russian General Staff’s Perspectives on Future Warfare
• Moscow Plans New Arctic Port to Bypass Baltics and Ukraine
• Southern Gas Corridor Raises Significant Financing, but Still Faces Provocations

Volume 15 Issue 49

April 2, 2018

• Russia Escalates Novichok Crisis, Shifting Onus to US
• Russia’s Long-Term Agreement With OPEC: A Temptation Moscow Might Resist
• Belarus Freedom Day Celebration in a Geopolitical Context

Volume 15 Issue 48

March 29, 2018

• Moscow Surprised by Western Show of Solidarity With Britain
• China Expanding in Russia’s Transbaikal—and Russian Taxpayers Are Paying for It
• Russia Employs New ‘Hybrid War’ Methods Against Georgia
• The Kremlin Strategy in Baikonur: Putting Kazakhstan’s Space Program in a Box?

Volume 15 Issue 47

March 28, 2018

• What Turkmenistani President’s Visit to Gulf Means for TAPI Pipeline Project
• Russia’s Arms Sales: A Foreign Policy Tool in Relations With Azerbaijan and Armenia
• Preconceived Notions Obscure Signs of National Consolidation in Belarus

Volume 15 Issue 46

March 27, 2018

• The FSB: A Formidable Player in Russia's Information Security Domain
• Russian Siloviki Fight for Control of Still-Illegal 'Private' Military Companies
• Baku Pushes New Azerbaijan-Iran-Turkey-Georgia Grouping to Enhance Intra-Regional Cooperation

Volume 15 Issue 45

March 26, 2018

• Ukrainian Counter-Intelligence Operation Uncovers Deadly Plot?
• Putin’s Arctic Dream Evolving Into Nightmare?
• Georgian Government Insists on Direct Talk With Moscow-Backed Separatists

Volume 15 Issue 44

March 22, 2018

• Putin Wins a Landslide Reelection, Helped by His Standoff With the West
• Muslim Migrants Become More Religious After Arriving in Moscow
• Kazakhstan and Tajikistan Renew Joint Efforts to Curb Islamic Extremism
• Armenia Annuls Zurich Protocols With Turkey, but Hopes for New Engagement

Volume 15 Issue 43

March 21, 2018

• Russia Reemerging as Weapons Supplier to Iraq
• Legislative National Security Upgrade Stalls in Ukrainian Parliament
• Central Asian Reset

Volume 15 Issue 42

March 20, 2018

• Skripal Chemical Poisoning Case Throws Spotlight on Growing Russian LNG Supplies to UK
• Russian Defense Ministry to Use Social Networks to Select Soldiers
• Central Asia Ready to Move on Without Russia

Volume 15 Issue 41

March 19, 2018

• Putin’s Fake Victory Is Boring, but His New Term Will Be Anything But
• Romania and the Challenges of Spending 2 Percent of GDP on Defense
• Nation-Building Picking up Pace in Belarus

Volume 15 Issue 40

March 15, 2018

• The New ‘Cold War’ With the West Heats Up
• Putin’s Militarized Election Campaign
• Russian Military Expert: Moscow Must Focus on Defending Itself Against Hybrid Wars
• Between Traditional and Modern: The Fortunes of the Belarusian Economy

Volume 15 Issue 39

March 14, 2018

• The Crimean Factor in the 2018 Russian Presidential Election
• Military Psychology—New Pivot of Russian Military Strategy
• Will the Georgian Opposition Unite Before the Presidential Elections?

Volume 15 Issue 38

March 13, 2018

• Salyukov Confirms Corrections to Armed Forces’ Structure
• Putin’s Man in Dagestan Faces Increasing Resistance and Opposition at Home
• Economic Diversification Key to Kazakhstan’s Future Stability

Volume 15 Issue 37

March 12, 2018

• Russia Is Not Just ‘Toxic,’ But Deadly Poisonously Toxic
• The Transformation of the Uzbek-Tajik Relationship
• Mongolia Strengthens Cooperation With Russia in Fields From Nuclear Research to Transit Rail

Volume 15 Issue 36

March 8, 2018

• Russia Seeks Total Military Domination Over West
• Only If All Russians Become Immortal Could Putin’s Demographic Projections Be Realized
• Satellite Internet and Russia’s Control Over Its Cybersphere
• Georgia’s Much Celebrated Visa Liberalization With European Union Comes Under Threat

Volume 15 Issue 35

March 7, 2018

• Russian Cossacks to Join National Guard Units
• 'Trial of the Decade': Spain Declares War on Russian Organized Crime
• Belarus: Time to Collect Stones

Volume 15 Issue 34

March 6, 2018

• Russia's Armed Forces Rehearse New 'Shock-Fire' Tactics
• Tajikistan's Islamist Extremists Concentrated in Big Cities at Home and in Russia
• Georgia Risks De Facto Recognition of Breakaway Regions by Opening Direct Talks

Volume 15 Issue 33

March 5, 2018

• Putin’s Answer to Russia’s Many Problems: Missiles and More Missiles
• Our Man in Belgrade: Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov Visits the Balkans
• Court Ruling in Favor of Ukraine Triggers New Gas Conflict With Russia
• Azerbaijan Seeks to Enhance Military Cooperation With Iran

Volume 15 Issue 32

March 1, 2018

• Putin Unveils Array of Nuclear ‘Super Weapons’ Aimed at US
• Russian Emigration Goes ‘Wholesale’: Workers in Omsk Oblast Fleeing Economic Collapse
• Ukraine Details Claims Against Russia in Maritime Dispute, Says Russia Steals Gas
• Latvian Financial Corruption Scandals Open Opportunity for Russian Information Warfare

Volume 15 Issue 31

February 28, 2018

• Dagestan: A Return to the Empire?
• Government Reshuffle in Bishkek and Kyrgyzstan’s Steady Drift Away From Kazakhstan
• Russia Pushes CSTO Countries to Legalize Private Military and Security Companies

Volume 15 Issue 30

February 27, 2018

• Will the 'Uzbek Gorbachev' Succeed-or Be Allowed To?
• Russia's General Staff Draws Lessons Learned in Syria
• Belarus: National Cohesion and Political Culture

Volume 15 Issue 29

February 26, 2018

• New Russian Question: Who Is Mr. Prigozhin?
• Russia and Lebanon Drafting Agreement for Increased Military Cooperation

Volume 15 Issue 28

February 23, 2018

• The End of 'Hide and Seek': Russian Iskanders Permanently in Kaliningrad
• Russia Mobilizes Contracted Reservists
• US Ambassador Urges Georgia to Better Communicate its Pro-Western Agenda

Volume 15 Issue 27

February 22, 2018

• Russia's New (Old) Heavy Army
• Russian Expansion in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov: Economic Consequences for Ukraine
• Is Unidentified White Powder in Envelopes the Successor to Telephone Terrorism in Russia?
• Romania Prepares to Modernize Its Helicopter Fleet

Volume 15 Issue 26

February 21, 2018

• The Return of the Commissars
• Moldova Hopes to Boost Military Ties With Romania Amid Tensions With Russia
• Belarus: The Art of Keeping a Distance

Volume 15 Issue 25

February 20, 2018

• New 'Hybrid' Plots Revealed in Russian Anti-Western Policy
• Ukraine Advances Its Missile Production Program
• Moscow Wants to Homogenize Cossacks, Destroying Their Distinctive Traditions

Volume 15 Issue 24

February 15, 2018

• Death of Military Contractors Illuminates Russia’s War by Proxy in Syria
• Georgia Moves to Adopt ‘Total Defense’ Posture
• Kremlin Covertly Promoting Regime Change in Latvia, Riga Security Official Warns
• Belarus Becomes Increasingly Geopolitically Minded

Volume 15 Issue 23

February 14, 2018

• How Does Russia Fit into Egypt's Strategic Plan?
• Perfect Timing: Azerbaijan Calls Snap Presidential Elections
• Pragmatics and Zealots of Belarus

Volume 15 Issue 22

February 13, 2018

• Kazakhstan Moves to Expand, Strengthen National Security Council
• Stalin Did Not Succeed in Building Northern Railway and Neither Will Putin
• Questions Plague Russia's Naval Modernization

Volume 15 Issue 21

February 12, 2018

• Russia Experiences Olympic Blues, and Patriotic Bravado Brings No Solace
• Azerbaijan Becomes Monopoly Supplier of Natural Gas to Georgia
• The Kerch Strait Bridge and Russia’s A2/AD Zone Around Crimea

Volume 15 Issue 20

February 8, 2018

• Russia Accuses US of Supplying Missile That Brought Down Hero Su-25 Pilot Over Syria
• What Is China’s Military Doing on the Afghan-Tajik Border?
• Reforms Reach Uzbekistan’s Most Formidable Bastion of Power
• Russia and Georgia Disagree Over North-South ‘Trade Corridors’

Volume 15 Issue 19

February 7, 2018

• Russia Embarks on Military Buildup in the Far East
• Moscow Continues to Pay Close Attention to Latin America
• Moldova’s Cooperation With NATO—Strategic Choice or Political Tactic?

Volume 15 Issue 18

February 6, 2018

• Ukraine Cuts Dependence on Russian Nuclear Fuel, Moves Away From Coal
• Tajikistan, Most Muslim Country in Central Asia, Struggles to Rein In Islam
• Difficult Geopolitics of the Caspian Complicate Potential Energy Projects

Volume 15 Issue 17

February 5, 2018

• Has the Scare in Moscow Over the US ‘Kremlin List’ Evaporated?
• Latvia Focuses on Improving Societal Resilience and Increasing Size of National Guard
• Belarus Repels Challenges to Stability and Sovereignty

Volume 15 Issue 16

February 1, 2018

• ‘Kremlin Report’ Sanctions List a Dud After Top Russian Intel Chiefs Visit Washington
• Defense Spending Keeps Russian Space Program on Life Support
• Is Armenia Testing a New Foreign Policy Concept?

Volume 15 Issue 15

January 31, 2018

• Georgia Detains Five Alleged Supporters of the Chatayev Terrorist Group
• The Tsar’s Election and Referendums Without Politics
• A Year in Review: Russia’s Contradictory and Inconsequential Policies on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Arms Control

Volume 15 Issue 14

January 30, 2018

• The S-400–Pantsir ‘Tandem’: The New-Old Feature of Russian A2/AD Capabilities
• Kremlin Employing ‘Peaceful’ Tactics to Encourage West to Lift Sanctions
• China’s ‘Soft Power’ in Central Asia Both More and Less than It Appears

Volume 15 Issue 13

January 29, 2018

• Russia Finds Itself Reduced to Irrelevance at Davos
• Minsk Finds Itself in Diplomatic Tug-of-War With Astana
• Armenian President Nominates a Successor

Volume 15 Issue 12

January 25, 2018

• Moscow Strikes a Deal With Ankara Over the Kurds’ Heads
• ‘Russians Are Not Fools’—Moscow Failing to Encourage Significant Migration to Far East
• Dagestan Under Vasilyev’s Leadership: New Government With Old Tendencies?
• Belarus: Paradoxes of National Memory and Freedom of Speech

Volume 15 Issue 11

January 24, 2018

• Russia Continues Its Arctic Buildup as Kremlin Perceives a Non-Existent Threat
• Russian ‘Offshore Aristocracy’ in Southern Europe: Seeking Safe Havens or Exporting Corruption?
• Breakaway Abkhazia Begins New Year With a New Phase of Political Turmoil

Volume 15 Issue 10

January 23, 2018

• Moscow Now Wants Missiles Rather Than a Base in Belarus, Minsk Analyst Says
• Russian ‘Hybrid War’ Tactics at Sea: Targeting Underwater Communications Cables
• A Year in Review: Azerbaijan in 2017

Volume 15 Issue 9

January 22, 2018

• Revisionist Russia Is the Most Nuclearized Power in the World
• South Ossetian Separatist Leader Becomes Envoy of ‘Russkiy Mir’ in the Balkans and Ukraine
• Half-Hearted Reforms May Erode Social Stability in Kazakhstan

Volume 15 Issue 8

January 19, 2018

• Business as Usual: Russia Exhausts Its Reserve Fund
• Growing Submarine Threat in the Black Sea
• Azerbaijan to Boost Arms Exports in 2018

Volume 15 Issue 7

January 18, 2018

• Russia Uses Korean Crisis to Score Points in Its Standoff With US
• Any Russian Naval Expansion Is Many Years Away
• A Year in Review: Baltics Steadily Grow Their Armies
• A Year in Review: Belarus Pursues Greater National Consolidation

Volume 15 Issue 6

January 17, 2018

• Russian Forces in Syria Under Attack: Implications and Expectations
• A Year in Review: Uzbekistan Pursues Liberalization at Home, Neighborly Relations Abroad
• A Year in Review: Armenia Seeks Closer Cooperation With the West While Avoiding Angering Russia

Volume 15 Issue 5

January 16, 2018

• Russia’s ‘Victory’ in Syria is Debunked, Derailed and Defeated
• Swarm Attack on Russia’s Military Facilities in Syria
• Like Its Neighbors, Belarus Seeks to Block Russian Propaganda

Volume 15 Issue 4

January 11, 2018

• Despite Putin’s Declaration of Victory, Fighting Escalates in Syria
• A Year in Review: Ukraine Faced Mixed Fortunes, Missed Opportunities in 2017
• A Year in Review: More Problems, More Reforms, More Cooperation for Central Asia in 2017
• A Year in Review: Kazakhstan Pursues Domestic Reforms, Foreign Direct Investment in 2017

Volume 15 Issue 3

January 10, 2018

• Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Kaliningrad to Become ‘Special’ Again
• A Year in Review: Oligarchic Power Consolidation Defines Moldova’s Politics in 2017
• A Year in Review: Georgian Government Struggles With Multiple Crises in 2017, While Cementing Its Grip on Power

Volume 15 Issue 2

January 9, 2018

• A Year in Review: Russia’s Military Leadership Reflects on 2017
• A Year in Review: For North Caucasus in 2017, Old Problems Remain While New Ones Arise
• Ukrainian Government and Ukroboronprom Deadlocked Over Debt and Production Problems at Mykolaiv Shipyard

Volume 15 Issue 1

January 8, 2018

• A Year in Review: Russia’s Passive Year Ends Without Closure
• Belarus Moves Slowly Toward More Positive Relationship With Europe
• Astana Grapples With Growing Sinophobic Sentiment in Kazakhstan