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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