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Volume 17 Issue 42

March 31, 2020

• Moscow Worried about Ankara’s Plans for Canal Bypassing Bosporus Straits
• The Legalization of Ukrainian PMCs: Challenges and Opportunities
• Kazakhstani President Tokayev Embarks on a Turbulent Second Year in Office

Volume 17 Issue 41

March 30, 2020

• Putin’s Leadership Damaged by Chain of Recent Blunders
• Armenian Government Stabilizes COVID-19 Cases, but Structural Risk Factors Remain
• Baltic Intelligence Agencies Increasingly Worry About Threats From China in Addition to Russia

Volume 17 Issue 40

March 26, 2020

• Russian Defense Ministry Preparing for Worst Case COVID-19 Scenario
• Kyiv Finds an Alibi to Step Back From Kozak-Yermak Plan on Donbas
• Kozak-Yermak Plan on Donbas: The Fine Print
• Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan Likely to Sign Border Treaty Soon to Avoid Worse Problems

Volume 17 Issue 39

March 25, 2020

• Russians Grapple With Oil Price War at a Time of Pandemic
• Russia’s Defense Minister Shoigu, Coronavirus and Relentless Military Modernization
• The Outflow of Dagestanis to the Middle East Has Lasting Consequences

Volume 17 Issue 38

March 24, 2020

• Moscow Now Seeking to Make the Caspian Both a North-South and an East-West Hub
• Collateral Damage: Azerbaijan and Central Asia Are Caught in Russia’s Oil War
• Belarus’s Geopolitical Loneliness

Volume 17 Issue 37

March 23, 2020

• Russia Sinks Into Economic Quicksand
• Russia Pushes to Drastically Expand Its Influence Over Ukraine, Rest of Post-Soviet Space
• Uzbekistan Temporarily Chooses Observer Status Instead of Full Membership in Eurasian Union

Volume 17 Issue 36

March 19, 2020

• Kremlin Under Siege From Simultaneous Health, Economic Crises
• Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy Turns Blind Eye to Putin-Medvedchuk Scheming (Part One)
• Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy Turns Blind Eye to Putin-Medvedchuk Scheming (Part Two)
• Crimean Tatars Suffering From ‘Hybrid Deportation’ Since New Russian Occupation

Volume 17 Issue 35

March 18, 2020

• Modernizing the Marshal Shaposhnikov: Russian Frigates and Stealth Technology
• Economic Issues and Political Grievances May Revive Russia’s Ethnic Fault Lines in the North Caucasus
• Russia’s Cossacks Battle Coronavirus and Promote Kremlin’s Foreign Policy

Volume 17 Issue 34

March 17, 2020

• Coronavirus Hitting Russia East of the Urals Hard Economically but Not Yet Medically
• Belarus Navigates a Time of Uncertainty
• Russian Electronic Warfare in Donbas: Training or Preparation for a Wider Attack?

Volume 17 Issue 33

March 16, 2020

• Putin Nullifies All Further Speculation About a Leadership Transition in Russia
• The ‘Military Pillar’ of Russia’s Arctic Policy
• Russia’s Discreet Satisfaction Over Georgia’s Anaklia Port Debacle

Volume 17 Issue 32

March 5, 2020

• Putin and Erdoğan Scramble to Find Workable Idlib Ceasefire Formula
• Circassians Demand Resignation of Russian Ambassador to Turkey
• Neo-Ottomanism Edging Out Pan-Turkism in Central Asia
• Belarus Struggles to Find Alternative Oil Supplies as Standoff With Russia Lingers

Volume 17 Issue 31

March 4, 2020

• Moscow Promotes Military Communications Systems for 21st Century Conflict
• Behind Moscow’s Arms Control Offensive
• Vano Merabishvili’s Release From Prison: A Chance or Challenge for the Georgian Opposition?
• Entering Buildings Through Back Doors: The Case of Belarus Policy

Volume 17 Issue 30

March 3, 2020

• Kalmyk Port and Canal Threaten to Upend Power Relations in North Caucasus
• Azerbaijan and Italy Boost Cooperation in Multiple Domains
• Russian ‘Bot Farms’—The New-Old Challenge to Ukraine’s National Security

Volume 17 Issue 29

March 2, 2020

• Boris Nemtsov Towers Over Russian Politics, Five Years After Assassination
• Baltics Call for Unified European ‘Frontline’ Against Russian Disinformation
• Violent Extreme-Right Movement Attracts New Generation of Russian Youth

Volume 17 Issue 28

February 27, 2020

• Russia and Turkey Drift Toward War
• Russian Defense Industry Struggles to Deliver Putin’s Promised New Weapons
• Dagestani Chechens Ready to Stage Protests to Reclaim Historical Lands in Republic

Volume 17 Issue 27

February 26, 2020

• Russian Military Science Promotes Innovation in Future Warfare
• Italy-Ukraine Relations: Signs of Improvement, but No Breakthrough
• The Geo-Economics of the Water Deficit in Crimea

Volume 17 Issue 26

February 25, 2020

• Russian Railway System in Trouble, Threatening China Trade and Russian Economy
• Economic Doldrums for Belarus, or a Possible End to the Price War With Russia?
• The Role of Snipers in the Donbas Trench War

Volume 17 Issue 25

February 24, 2020

• Russia Steps up Efforts to Dominate Arctic Region
• Looming Confrontation in President Zelenskyy’s Entourage Could Lead to Reset of Ukrainian Government
• Impact of Western Support and Reprimand on Georgian Politics

Volume 17 Issue 24

February 21, 2020

• Belarus Does Some Soul-Searching Amid Showdown With Russia
• Reshuffle in Zelenskyy’s Team and What It Means
• Some Turkic Balkars Want Their Own Republic in the North Caucasus

Volume 17 Issue 23

February 20, 2020

• Amid High-Level Personnel Reshuffle, Moscow Retains Hard-Nosed Policy Vis-à-Vis Ukraine
• Its Caspian Sea Trade Cut by US Sanctions, Iran Turns to Railways—and Moscow Helps
• Moldova’s Leftist President Moving Steadily Toward the Political Center (Part Two)
• Moldova’s Leftist President Moving Steadily Toward the Political Center (Part Three)

Volume 17 Issue 22

February 19, 2020

• Putin Agrees to Major Write-Off of Russia’s Defense Industry Debt
• Russia Faces New Demands and Conditions From Bulgaria
• Russia Boosts Its Military Contingent in Georgia’s Occupied Territories

Volume 17 Issue 21

February 18, 2020

• Moscow Downplays the Mixed Warnings From Munich
• Plans for Waterway From Baltic to Black Sea via Ukraine, Belarus and Poland Advance
• Moscow-Dependent Moldovan Government Turns Blind Eye to Russian Military Activities in Transnistria

Volume 17 Issue 20

February 13, 2020

• Russian Defense Ministry Boasts Undermine Putin’s Peace Initiative
• Shapsugs, Russians Square Off Over Railroad in Sochi, Energizing Circassians Everywhere
• Moldova’s Leftist President Moving Steadily Toward the Political Center (Part One)
• Russia and Belarus Enter a New Phase in Their Energy Relations

Volume 17 Issue 18

February 12, 2020

• Russia’s Ground Forces Introduce Mobile Counter-UAV Units
• Facing Few Obstacles and Scant Pushback, Russia Keeps Advancing in Africa
• The Akinci Strike Drone and Ukrainian-Turkish Defense Cooperation

Volume 17 Issue 18

February 11, 2020

• Threat of Inter-Ethnic Violence Emerges in Kazakhstan
• The Turning Point in Relations Between Moscow and Minsk?
• Russia Prepares Ambitious Economic Strategy for Arctic Region

Volume 17 Issue 17

February 10, 2020

• Moscow Plays Hard Ball in the High North
• Could Russia Join the Southern Gas Corridor? The View From Baku
• Ingushetia and Karachaevo-Cherkessia Suffer From Serious Intra-Elite Conflicts

Volume 17 Issue 16

February 6, 2020

• Moscow’s Rift With Minsk Reaches Critical Point
• Kremlin’s New Representative for Ukraine Policy Draws Conclusions From Past Failures
• Another Step Toward the Realization of the Circassian Miracle
• Belarus: Stalemate With Russia and Rapprochement With the West

Volume 17 Issue 15

February 5, 2020

• Dmitry Kozak, Russia’s New Conflict-Management Viceroy
• Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu Survives Government Reshuffle
• A Year in Review: Armenian Government Hampered by Path Dependence

Volume 17 Issue 14

February 4, 2020

• Russian-Ukrainian Gas Transit Deal: A Collapse of Putin’s Gas Strategy or a Temporary Retreat? (Part Two)
• Russia Losing Information War to the West, Moscow Experts Say
• Russia’s Unilateral Black Sea Aggression Elicits Protests From Ukraine, Georgia

Volume 17 Issue 13

February 3, 2020

• Russia Struggles With the Chinese Challenge
• A Year in Review: Nazarbayev Steps Down From Kazakhstani Presidency but Retains Control
• Latvia Safeguards Its Telecommunications Assets

Volume 17 Issue 12

January 30, 2020

• Russian-Turkish Accords Start to Unravel in Libya and in Syria
• Moscow May Soon End ‘Provisional Enforcement’ of 1990 Bering Strait Accord With US
• Kozak to Replace Surkov as Putin’s Top Aide on Ukraine (Part One)
• Kozak to Replace Surkov as Putin’s Top Aide on Ukraine (Part Two)

Volume 17 Issue 11

January 29, 2020

• Moscow Reacts Warily to NATO’s Largest Military Exercise in 25 Years
• Is Political Conflict Supplanting Insurgency as the Main Challenge in the North Caucasus?
• Can Belarus Ever Overcome the Pull of Russia?

Volume 17 Issue 10

January 28, 2020

• Will Moscow Intervene to Prevent Explosion on Kyrgyz-Tajik Border?
• Russian Mercenaries Pour Into Africa and Suffer More Losses (Part Two)
• Iran-US Crisis Spotlights Vulnerabilities Across the South Caucasus

Volume 17 Issue 9

January 27, 2020

• Russia Exploits Middle East to Subvert Europe
• Implications of the Government Reshuffle for Russia’s Oil and Gas Sector
• A Year in Review: Azerbaijan Pursues Internal Reforms and External Multilateralism

Volume 17 Issue 8

January 23, 2020

• The Inconsistencies of Russia’s Policy on Libya
• Moscow ‘Privatizing’ Azov Sea by Declaring Exclusion Zones for Military Exercises, Kyiv Says
• Ukraine Working out Revisions to the Minsk ‘Accords’ (Part One)
• Ukraine Working out Revisions to the Minsk ‘Accords’ (Part Two)

Volume 17 Issue 7

January 22, 2020

• Russia’s Iskander Missile System and the Collapse of the INF Treaty
• Russian-Ukrainian Gas Transit Deal: A Collapse of Putin’s Gas Strategy or a Temporary Retreat? (Part One)
• Russia and Belarus Haggle over Oil and Gas Prices

Volume 17 Issue 6

January 21, 2020

• Russian Mercenaries Pour Into Africa and Suffer More Losses (Part One)
• Kadyrov’s Brief Disappearance and Rumors of His Resignation Rattle Chechnya
• A Year in Review: Middle Volga Republics Becoming an Ever Bigger Headache for Moscow

Volume 17 Issue 5

January 20, 2020

• Putin’s Surprise and Russia’s Foreign Policy
• The Ukrainian Economy in 2020: A Difficult Road Ahead
• A Year in Review: Georgia’s Security and Democratic Foundation Face Tests From Within and Outside

Volume 17 Issue 4

January 16, 2020

• With Reshuffle at the Top, the Kremlin Consolidates Russia
• Normandy Process Developing Against Ukraine’s Interests
• A Year in Review: ‘Quiescent’ Western North Caucasus to Present More Problems for Moscow in 2020
• TurkStream: Triumph or Failure for Russia?

Volume 17 Issue 3

January 15, 2020

• Shoigu Reflects on Russian Military Advances in 2019
• Is a ‘Soviet Revanche’ Possible in Russia?
• A Year in Review: Uzbekistan Continues to Open Up at Home and to the World

Volume 17 Issue 2

January 14, 2020

• Putin and Ukraine’s Black Sea Lands: Another Iteration of Novorossiya?
• A Year in Review: Republics of Eastern North Caucasus Increasingly Go Their Own Different Ways
• A Year in Review: Increasingly Assertive Belarus Resists Foreign Domination

Volume 17 Issue 1

January 13, 2020

• A Year in Review: Russia Moves From Year of Disappointment to Year of No Expectations
• A Year in Review: Elite Change Brings Glimmer of Hope to Ukraine in 2019
• Amid Economic Pressure, Moldova’s Pro-Russian Government Looks for Alternatives