Volume 21 Issue 66 April 30, 2024 Patrushev Says Immigrants Threaten Russia's Territorial Integrity Ethnically Non-Russian Formations in Russia's War on Ukraine: North Caucasus Russia and Belarus War-Game Nuclear Attack on Ukraine and Eastern Europe
Volume 21 Issue 65 April 29, 2024 War of Attrition Perturbs Putin's Elites Arms Manufacturing in Russia: Q1 2024 Russia Determined to Take Over Moldova or Break It (Part Two)
Volume 21 Issue 64 April 25, 2024 Ukrainians Increasingly Taking War Behind Russian Lines—and Moscow Is Worried Russia Determined to Take Over Moldova or Break It (Part One) Belarus's Strategy to Avoid War
Volume 21 Issue 63 April 24, 2024 Ukraine's 'De-Naftification' of Russia (Part Two) Ukraine Strengthens Mobilization as War Presses On Public Protests Intensify Against Georgian Dream 'Foreign Agent' Law
Volume 21 Issue 62 April 23, 2024 Moscow Seemingly Escalates Confrontation With Europe Armenian Protests Over Return of Four Villages to Azerbaijan Threaten Peace Process Belarusians Caught Between Competing Political Visions
Volume 21 Issue 61 April 22, 2024 Russia's Growing Isolation Changes Balance of War Finland Joining NATO Multiplies Russia's Baltic Problems Russia's Peacekeeping Contingent Leaves Karabakh
Volume 21 Issue 60 April 18, 2024 Moscow to Build Drone Bases Along Arctic Coast to Compensate for Weakening Position There Ukraine's 'De-Naftafication' of Russia (Part One) Putin Touts Incompatible Contradictions
Volume 21 Issue 59 April 17, 2024 Russia Kowtows to China Belarus Begins Mobilizing Under Guise of Military Exercises Azerbaijan Calls for Return of Contested Villages
Volume 21 Issue 58 April 16, 2024 Russian Women Adopt New Way to Protest War—One Putin Cannot Easily Block Ethnically Non-Russian Formations in Russia's War on Ukraine: Siberia Central Asia Cracks Down on Drug Trafficking
Volume 21 Issue 57 April 15, 2024 Multi-Prong Peace Offensive Pushes Putin Into Corner Russia's Space Industry Struggles to Compete With US Commercial Space Strategy Yerevan's 'Crossroads for Peace' Remains Elusive
Volume 21 Issue 56 April 11, 2024 Ukrainian Drone Attack on Tatarstan Shows Republics Moscow Cannot Defend Them Belarus Prepares for War but Hopes to Avoid It Niger Cozies Up to Russia and Walks Away From the West
Volume 21 Issue 55 April 10, 2024 Moscow Uses Russian Orthodox Church as Covert Foreign Policy Tool in Ukraine and the West Ukrainian Mobilization Becomes Increasingly Urgent New Cossack Societies to Open in Ukrainian Oblasts
Volume 21 Issue 54 April 9, 2024 Ethnically Non-Russian Formations in Russia's War on Ukraine: The Volga Region Gagauzia Plans to Declare Independence If Moldova Pursues Unity With Romania Georgia's Ruling Elite Encourages Russia and Fights Western Influence
Volume 21 Issue 53 April 8, 2024 NATO's New Energy Makes Russia Anxious and Angry The Russian Opposition After Navalny's Murder Armenian Government Faces Domestic Pressure Over Handling of Border Dispute
Volume 21 Issue 52 April 4, 2024 Conflict Between Russia and the West Heating Up in Frozen North Ethnically Non-Russian Formations in Russia's War on Ukraine: Bashkortostan Mongolia Considers Air Bridge With United Kingdom for Rare-Earth Exports
Volume 21 Issue 51 April 3, 2024 Tightening Sanctions Will Further Compromise Russia's War-Torn Economy Belarusian Economy Sees Growth Despite Hurdles The Future of the Eurasian Economic Union
Volume 21 Issue 50 April 2, 2024 Militant Underground Becoming More Active Across North Caucasus Ukrainian-Georgian Relations Reach New Low Geopolitics of the South Caucasus Intensifies
Volume 21 Issue 49 April 1, 2024 The Kremlin Struggles to Maintain Public Support for 'Long War' Terrorism Undercuts Putin's Political Agenda Belarus's Diplomatic Activities Reflect a Non-Ideological Foreign Policy
Volume 21 Issue 48 March 28, 2024 Moscow Church Losing Ground Throughout Post-Soviet Space, Including in Russia Russians Left With Unanswered Questions After Crocus City Hall Attack Moldova's Obscure Russia Policy Presents a Major Vulnerability Before Elections
Volume 21 Issue 47 March 27, 2024 Terrorist Attack on Concert Hall Threatens to Stoke Tensions in North Caucasus Ideology-Driven Paramilitary Groups Threaten Russia and Beyond Azerbaijan and Iran Seek Common Ground Amid Regional Tensions
Volume 21 Issue 46 March 26, 2024 Moscow's Disturbing Reaction to Crocus City Hall Attack Ukraine's Drone and Missile Offensive in Black Sea Knocks Russian Navy Flat Aback Italy and Kazakhstan Work to Broaden Ties Beyond Energy
Volume 21 Issue 45 March 25, 2024 Post-'Election' Russia Sinks Deeper Into War Quagmire Kremlin Continues Tactic of Pitting West Against Itself Youth Organization Signals Growing Russian Militarization
Volume 21 Issue 44 March 21, 2024 Moscow Will Only Consider Absorbing South Ossetia Amid a Georgian Rapprochement With NATO Putin Lights a Gagauz Fuse Under Moldova (Part Two) Shoigu Has Promised Combined Armies, Divisions, and Brigades
Volume 21 Issue 43 March 20, 2024 Ostracizing Minsk May Not Be in the West's Interests Putin Lights a Gagauz Fuse Under Moldova (Part One) Española: Russia's Premier Soccer Paramilitary Group
Volume 21 Issue 42 March 19, 2024 Russian Hopes and Fears Post 'Election' Azerbaijan's Space Ambitions Grow Russia Baits Georgia With Return of Occupied Territories in Run-Up to Parliamentary Elections
Volume 21 Issue 41 March 18, 2024 Moscow Expands Military Influence in Africa Latin America's Varying Responses to Putin’s War Against Ukraine Russia Impedes Kazakhstan's Efforts to Increase Oil Exports to Germany
Volume 21 Issue 40 March 14, 2024 Moscow Fears Armenia Now Following Same Path as Georgia and Ukraine Logistical Semi-Blockade Undermines Strategic Foundations of Belarusian Statehood Russia Exhausts Soviet-Era Arms Storage Bases
Volume 21 Issue 39 March 13, 2024 Veterans of War Against Ukraine Become New Russian Elite Russian Influence in Georgia Ahead of Critical Elections Belarus Addresses Nuclear Weapons in New Military Doctrine
Volume 21 Issue 38 March 12, 2024 Putin's Plans for Russian North and Arctic Transit Crumble Polish Farmer Protests Trigger International Repercussions Russian Military Intelligence Takes Over Wagner Operations in Libya
Volume 21 Issue 37 March 11, 2024 Presidential 'Elections' Cannot Restore Putin's Authority European Mission in Armenia Completes Its First Year Amid Regional Tensions Ukraine Restoring Security to the Black Sea
Volume 21 Issue 36 March 7, 2024 Moscow's Action in Ingushetia About Far More Than Counterterrorism Russia Converts Ukrainian Children Into Enemies Afghanistan's Canal Project Looks to Deepen Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan's Water Woes
Volume 21 Issue 35 March 6, 2024 Russia Hopes to Use Caspian Sea Route to Evade Sanctions Belarus's Parliamentary Elections and Opposition Prospects The Organization of Turkic States Seeks Defense Cooperation
Volume 21 Issue 34 March 5, 2024 Putin's Political Machinations Delegitimize Russian Presidential Elections Armenia's Break With Moscow Redefines South Caucasus Geopolitics Georgia Looks to Build Strategic Partnerships With European Union and China
Volume 21 Issue 33 March 4, 2024 Russian Unity and Western Discord Converge in Putin's Imagination Nine Things Western Analysts Got Wrong About Russia and Its Invasion of Ukraine Western Funding Supported Russian Scientists Connected to the Military-Industrial Complex
Volume 21 Issue 32 February 29, 2024 Moscow Using Transnistria and Gagauzia to Pressure Moldova, Ukraine, and the West Irreversible Changes Underway in Russian Society Russia Reorganizes Military Districts
Volume 21 Issue 31 February 28, 2024 Russia's Asia Pivot Meets With Iran's Eurasian Tilt Defense Officials Elaborate on Belarus's Military Policies Azerbaijan and Serbia Expand Defense Partnership
Volume 21 Issue 30 February 27, 2024 New 'Black January' in Bashkortostan Casts Ever-Darker Shadow Geopolitical Stakes High for Upcoming Georgian Elections Cossack Youth Join In On 'Breeding For War'
Volume 21 Issue 29 February 26, 2024 Russian Society Disfigured and Degraded by the 'Long War' Putin Has Yet to Signal a Real Openness to Peace Negotiations Kazakhstan Plans to Host Military Drills With Members of Russian-Led CSTO
Volume 21 Issue 28 February 23, 2024 Three Developments in Mongolia Increasingly Worry Moscow Russia Struggles for 'Hearts and Minds' in Global South (Part Two) The Future of Roscosmos Unclear as Challenges Mount
Volume 21 Issue 27 February 22, 2024 Aliyev Wins Snap Presidential Election Russia Struggles for 'Hearts and Minds' in Global South (Part One) Iranian-Russian Alliance Deepens Amid Global Conflicts
Volume 21 Issue 26 February 21, 2024 Putin Pushes to Call All Russian Residents 'Russkiye': Word for Ethnic Nation The Kremlin Feared Navalny in Life and Continues to Fear Him in Death (Part Two) Upcoming Elections in Belarus Highlight Autocratic Political Landscape
Volume 21 Issue 25 February 20, 2024 The Kremlin Feared Navalny in Life and Continues to Fear Him in Death (Part One) Russia's Post-Putin Future Becomes Darker Rumors Spread of Russia's Prospective Use of Nuclear Weapons in Outer Space
Volume 21 Issue 24 February 15, 2024 Water Shortages in Russian-Occupied Crimea Set to Trigger Mass Outmigration Russia Combats Internet Freedom Russians Open Record Number of Businesses in Georgia Amid War in Ukraine
Volume 21 Issue 23 February 14, 2024 Russian Rhetoric Toward Central Asia Grows Increasingly Hostile Belarus and Uzbekistan Proclaim a New Chapter in Relations Cossacks Plan for February Meeting
Volume 21 Issue 22 February 13, 2024 Baltics and Ukraine Move to Reduce Russian Orthodoxy to Smaller National Church Russia is Breeding for War Through Youth (Para-)Militarization Russia Seeks to Strengthen Political Ties with Latin America in Struggle for Influence in Global South (Part Two)
Volume 21 Issue 21 February 12, 2024 Russian Economy Feels Bite of Attrition Putin’s 'Active Measures' and Hidden Discussion Between the Kremlin and Military Russia Seeks to Strengthen Political Ties with Latin America in Struggle for Influence in Global South (Part One)
Volume 21 Issue 20 February 8, 2024 Repression in Bashkortostan Buys Moscow Only a Brief Respite Russia's Dependence on China May Not Be Enough to Save Economy Cossacks Plan More Military Aggrandizement
Volume 21 Issue 19 February 7, 2024 Kremlin Lures Russians to Support War with Access to Its Spoils Belarus Further Strengthens Ties with Russia Wagner’s Influence in Central African Republic Wanes as American PMC Enters the Scene
Volume 21 Issue 18 February 6, 2024 Putin’s Decoy Signal For Peace Aims to Split West Georgia's New Anti-Western Prime Minister Seeks Ties With China Russia Looks to South Asia for Immigrant Workers as Flow from Central Asia Dries Up
Volume 21 Issue 17 February 5, 2024 Russia's Vision for Dominance in the Middle East Suffers Under Conflict New Polish Government Bolsters Relations with Ukraine Kremlin Exaggerates Production of Russian Arms Manufacturing in 2023
Volume 21 Issue 16 February 1, 2024 Orbán Government Uses 'Sovereignty Protection Authority' to Target Opposition Moscow Alarmed by Kyiv's Increased Interest in Ethnic Ukrainians Across Russia Biden’s LNG Decision Sparks Hope for Russia's Energy Industry
Volume 21 Issue 15 January 31, 2024 Belarus Updates Key Strategic Doctrines Russia Fails to Convert Economic Ties Into Political Influence in North Africa Pashinyan Reignites Constitutional Reform Debate Amid Declining Ratings
Volume 21 Issue 14 January 30, 2024 Ukrainian Railway Sabotage Increasingly Unsettles Kremlin Kazakh Nationalists Call for Astana to Absorb Orenburg, Outraging Moscow Tbilisi's Goals in Strategic Partnership With Yerevan Remain Unclear
Volume 21 Issue 13 January 29, 2024 Russian Siren Song of Peace and Baltic Warnings of War Russia Faces Spike in Crime and Alcoholism as War Nears Two-Year Mark Production Issues in Aircraft Industry Highlight Degradation of Russian Military-Industrial Complex
Volume 21 Issue 12 January 25, 2024 Kyiv Raises Stakes by Expanding Appeals to Ukrainian ‘Wedges’ Inside Russia Baku, Yerevan, and Moscow Clash Over Regional Transit Moscow Moves to Establish Cossack Hosts in Occupied Ukrainian Territories
Volume 21 Issue 11 January 24, 2024 Russia's Arctic-Based Oil Mega-Project Struggles to Attract Foreign Investors Dueling Visions of Belarus's Future Armenia and Azerbaijan Address Concerns Over Territorial Integrity
Volume 21 Issue 10 January 23, 2024 Bashkir Protests Sending Shockwaves Across Russia and Beyond China Serves as Economic Lifeline to Sanctioned Russia Armenia Plans to Use Iranian Ports to Reach India
Volume 21 Issue 9 January 22, 2024 Russia Held Hostage to Putin's Crime of Aggression Kremlin Creates Illusion of Imaginary Victories While Unable to Solve Real Problems (Part Two) Chinese Machine Tools Serve as Russia's Safety Net
Volume 21 Issue 8 January 19, 2024 Returning Veterans of War in Ukraine Greater Threat to Russia Than Afgantsy Ever Were Moscow Defends Serbia's Government Against Opposition Protests Addressing Common Misconceptions About Belarus
Volume 21 Issue 7 January 18, 2024 The Struggle to De-imperialize the Russian Psyche Georgia Gears Up for Billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili's 'Third Comeback' Kazakhstan Removes Taliban from Terrorist List Amid Growing Ties with Central Asia
Volume 21 Issue 6 January 17, 2024 Ukrainian Successes Force Moscow to Rebase Russian Black Sea Fleet in Abkhazia Kremlin Creates Illusion of Imaginary Victories While Unable to Solve Real Problems (Part One) Kaliningrad's Economy Buckles Under Sanctions
Volume 21 Issue 5 January 16, 2024 Balance of War in Ukraine Set to Shift, Not in Russia's Favor Russia's Military-Industrial Complex Struggles With High Employee Turnover Cossack Fighters Replace Wagner Forces in Ukraine
Volume 21 Issue 4 January 11, 2024 Beijing Grows Assertive as Chinese Private Military Companies 'Come Out of the Shadows' Western Sanctions Challenge and Restrict Ruble-Rial Trade Between Iran and Russia Chisinau Has More Work to Do in Convincing Citizens to Support European Integration
Volume 21 Issue 3 January 10, 2024 Significant Economic Reliance on Russia Stunts Armenia's Integration With West Belarus's 2023 Year-in-Review Aras Corridor Provides Problems and Solutions for Connectivity Issues in South Caucasus
Volume 21 Issue 2 January 9, 2024 The New Year Brings Greater Censorship and Repression in Russia Despite Moscow's Bravado, Russia Faces Mounting Problems With Oil and Gas Exports US Sanctions Hamper Russia's LNG Strategy in the Arctic
Volume 21 Issue 1 January 8, 2024 Russia Enters Third Year of War Diminished, Degraded, and Joyless Lavrov Asserts Russian Success Among 'Global Majority' Some Neighbors Look at Georgia's Europeanization With Hope, Others With Suspicion