Volume 17 Issue 181

December 18, 2020

• Veiled Counter-Balancing: The Peacekeeping ‘Arrangement’ Between Turkey and Russia in Karabakh
• The 2020 Karabakh War’s Impact on the Northwestern Border of Iran

Volume 17 Issue 180

December 17, 2020

• While Reaching out to Incoming US Administration, Kremlin Signals Resumption of Bilateral Arms Race
• The South Caucasus: New Realities After the Armenia-Azerbaijan War (Part Two)
• The South Caucasus: New Realities After the Armenia-Azerbaijan War (Part Three)

Volume 17 Issue 179

December 16, 2020

• The South Caucasus: New Realities After the Armenia-Azerbaijan War (Part One)
• Baku’s Success in Using Turkish Drones Raises Question: Could Ukraine Use Them Against Russia in Crimea?
• Public Relations and Realities of the Belarusian Crisis

Volume 17 Issue 178

December 15, 2020

• Iran Rapidly Expanding Rail Links With Central Asia and Caucasus
• Ukrainian-UK Defense Cooperation: Will London Have Kyiv’s Back?
• 5G Technologies in Latvia Advance Military Capabilities and National Economy

Volume 17 Issue 177

December 14, 2020

• Deepening Leadership Confusion Exacerbates Russia’s Multiple Crises
• Despite Construction Work Restart, Nord Stream Two Remains in Limbo
• Azerbaijan Demands Compensation From Armenia for Destruction of Previously Occupied Territories

Volume 17 Issue 176

December 10, 2020

• Russian Prepares for Total War With the West
• Moscow Concerned About Turkish Influence on the Gagauz
• Russia’s ‘Peacekeeping’ Operation in Karabakh: Foundation of a Russian Protectorate (Part Two)
• Afghanistan and Desire for Closer Relations Top Agenda of US-Uzbekistan Meeting

Volume 17 Issue 175

December 9, 2020

• Russia and Iraq Deepen Energy, Military Ties
• Belarusian Crisis Through the Prism of Virtual Realities
• US Army’s V Corps Forward Command Inaugurated in Poland

Volume 17 Issue 174

December 8, 2020

• Is Crimea Now Costing Russia More Than It Is Worth?
• Russia’s ‘Peacekeeping’ Operation in Karabakh: Foundation of a Russian Protectorate (Part One)
• Perceptions of Russia in Azerbaijan: Challenge for Moscow’s Peacekeeping Mission

Volume 17 Issue 173

December 7, 2020

• Russia Strives for an Oil and Gas Resurgence
• The Minsk Group: Karabakh War’s Diplomatic Casualty (Part Four)
• Abkhazia Bolsters Linkages With Russia

Volume 17 Issue 172

December 3, 2020

• Kremlin Bracing for How Biden Presidency May Affect Bilateral Relations
• A ‘Railway War’ Is About to Break out in the South Caucasus
• The Minsk Group: Karabakh War’s Diplomatic Casualty (Part Three)
• The Belarusian-Ukrainian Diplomatic Row: What Is Happening and Why Now?

Volume 17 Issue 171

December 2, 2020

• COVID-19 Slows Down Development of Russia’s Naval Nuclear Forces
• Behind the Rumors of Putin’s Illness: Distraction or Signal of Looming Changes at the Top?
• West Calls on Georgian Opposition Not to Boycott New Parliament

Volume 17 Issue 170

December 1, 2020

• The Minsk Group: Karabakh War’s Diplomatic Casualty (Part Two)
• Turkmenistan, Now With Soviet-Style Deficits, on Brink of Explosion
• Putin Approves Secret Russian Defense Plan for 2021–2025

Volume 17 Issue 169

November 30, 2020

• Putin at Loss About Connecting With New US Leadership
• COVID-19 and Russia’s Looming Debt Cliff
• Iran and the SCO: Continued Obstacles to Full Membership

Volume 17 Issue 168

November 25, 2020

• How Yerevan Walked Away From the ‘Basic Principles’ of Karabakh Conflict Settlement
• The Minsk Group: Karabakh War’s Diplomatic Casualty (Part One)
• No End in Sight for Belarusian Political Crisis
• Russian Naval Base in Sudan: Extending Moscow’s Influence in Middle East and North Africa

Volume 17 Issue 167

November 24, 2020

• Karabakh Declaration Opens Way for Iran to Play Expanded Role in Caucasus
• Russia’s ‘Pivot to Asia’ Encounters New Difficulties
• Russian Extreme Nationalists Rally Across Country in Midst of Pandemic

Volume 17 Issue 166

November 23, 2020

• Rediscovered Moderation a Poor Fit for Russia’s Putinist Policy
• Deputies With Combat Experience: Union of Donbas Volunteers Looks to Enter Russian Politics
• Moldovan Presidential Elections: An Effective Challenge to Populism

Volume 17 Issue 165

November 19, 2020

• Russia to Build Naval Base in Sudan
• Moscow’s Determined Plans to Upend International Accords in Antarctic Facing Problems
• Russia Pursues ‘Region-Oriented’ Approach in Arctic Development
• The Pro-Russian Forces Behind Ukraine’s Constitutional Crisis

Volume 17 Issue 164

November 18, 2020

• Putin Orders a New Nuclear-Proof Command Center
• Moldova’s Presidential Election: The Russians Were Not Coming (This Time)
• Tragedy Boosts Belarusian Protests, Swift Denouement Unlikely

Volume 17 Issue 163

November 17, 2020

• Some in Moscow View Karabakh Settlement as Model for Donbas, Transnistria
• Fractured Moldova’s Presidential Election Decided by European Diaspora Vote
• Are Turkish-Russian Relations Again Undergoing a Transformation?

Volume 17 Issue 162

November 16, 2020

• Putin Tries to Regain Initiative, as Crises Continue to Rage
• Moscow Moves to Tighten Grip Over North Caucasus Republics
• Turkey and Ukraine Boost Mutual Defense Ties

Volume 17 Issue 161

November 13, 2020

• Karabakh Armistice: Azerbaijani National Triumph, Russian Geopolitical Victory (Part Two)
• Lukashenka’s Legacy and the Damage to Public Trust
• Russia’s Interest in UAV Strike Capability Gathers Pace

Volume 17 Issue 160

November 12, 2020

• The Karabakh War Ends as Russian Troops Move In
• Karabakh Armistice: Azerbaijani National Triumph, Russian Geopolitical Victory (Part One)
• Shusha Once Again Key to War and Peace Between Armenia and Azerbaijan
• The New Truce in Karabakh: Implications for Azerbaijan and the Region

Volume 17 Issue 159

November 10, 2020

• Moscow Worried About Beijing’s ‘Sinicization’ of Central Asia, Caucasus
• Russia’s Rosneft Again Mulling LNG Exports
• Israel Delivers Aid to Azerbaijan: Background and Implications

Volume 17 Issue 158

November 9, 2020

• Russians Contemplate Importance of US Elections for Russia
• Russia Unveils New Arctic Development Strategy: Focal Points and Key Priorities
• Ukraine Looks for Applicable Lessons in Latest Karabakh War

Volume 17 Issue 157

November 5, 2020

• Moscow Presents US as Sinking Into Chaos
• Karabakh War an Increasingly Serious Policy Challenge for Tehran
• The Kremlin Gently Nudging Lukashenka Toward Constitutional Reform
• Georgian Opposition Does Not Recognize Legitimacy of Newly Elected Parliament

Volume 17 Issue 156

November 4, 2020

• A Belarusian Revolution? What Kind? (Part Two)
• Chechnya’s Leader Clashes With Kremlin Over French Politics
• Russia’s Land-Based Cruise Missiles as a Political Tool

Volume 17 Issue 155

November 3, 2020

• Russian Domestic TV Propaganda Decreasingly Cost Effective
• The Belarusian Crisis and the Unenviable Fate of the Mediators
• Tactical Reasons Behind Military Breakthrough in Karabakh Conflict

Volume 17 Issue 154

November 2, 2020

• New Wave of Islamic Extremism Adds to Putin’s Troubles
• A Belarusian Revolution? What Kind? (Part One)
• CSTO Exercise in Belarus Reveals Unsustainable Character of Post-Soviet Military Cooperation

Volume 17 Issue 153

October 29, 2020

• Russia Watches as Karabakh War Reaches Decisive Turning Point
• Arctic Issues Now Dividing Moscow Elites
• Ukraine’s Geopolitical Successes Become Russian Defeats
• Three Seas Initiative Turns Five Years Old, With Summit Focusing on Digital Sphere

Volume 17 Issue 152

October 28, 2020

• Moldova’s Presidential Election: Geopolitics Take a Back Seat for Now
• Pompeo’s Call to Lukashenka and Aversion to Consensus-Building in Belarus
• Russian Military Tests ‘Mobile Echelon’ in Kavkaz 2020

Volume 17 Issue 151

October 27, 2020

• Armenia, Russia Seeking to Exploit Ethnic Minorities in Azerbaijan Against Baku
• Kaliningrad Oblast and the ‘Sanctions War’: Genuine Progress or Avoidable Stagnation? (Part Two)
• Third Regime Change in Fifteen Years Upends Kyrgyzstani Politics (Part Two)

Volume 17 Issue 150

October 26, 2020

• Putin’s ‘Strong State’ Fails the Coronavirus Test
• Chechnya and Ingushetia Exhibit Growing Signs of Destabilization
• Are Georgians on the Verge of Electing Their First Coalition Government?

Volume 17 Issue 149

October 22, 2020

• Kremlin Overrules Own Defense and Foreign Policy Establishment on Arms Control
• Russia’s Interests in Belarus: Ends and Means (Part Four)
• Baku’s Successes on Battlefield Echoing Among Azerbaijanis of Iran
• Donbas Without Water: The Ecology of the East Ukrainian Frontline

Volume 17 Issue 148

October 21, 2020

• Tsirkon Hypersonic Cruise Missile Tested by the Northern Fleet
• Bringing Belarus’s Political Crisis to Resolution Requires Realistic Image of Belarusian Society
• Between Neutrality and Fighting Internal Dissatisfaction: Iran’s Policy on Karabakh

Volume 17 Issue 147

October 20, 2020

• As Arctic Warms, Moscow Increasingly Shifts Focus There From Trade to Security
• Russia’s Interests in Belarus: Ends and Means (Part Three)
• Third Regime Change in Fifteen Years Upends Kyrgyzstani Politics (Part One)

Volume 17 Issue 146

October 19, 2020

• Putin’s Non-Starter in Arms Control Marks the Nadir of Russia’s Status
• Azerbaijan Makes Strategic Advances Along Karabakh’s Northern, Southern Flanks
• Moldova’s Presidential Elections Influenced by Heavy but Discreet Russian Involvement

Volume 17 Issue 145

October 16, 2020

• Russia’s Interests in Belarus: Ends and Means (Part Two)
• General Electric Subsidiary to Provide Russian LNG Project With Key Equipment
• Competition Among Ports in the Caspian Sea and the Significance of the Port of Baku

Volume 17 Issue 144

October 15, 2020

• The Kremlin Is Contingency Planning for a Biden Presidency
• Russia’s Interests in Belarus: Ends and Means (Part One)
• New Pro-Russia ‘Party’ in Belarus Less Than It Appears
• Turkey Transfers Drone Warfare Capacity to Its Ally Azerbaijan

Volume 17 Issue 143

October 14, 2020

• Russian Prime Minister Presiding Over Development of Parallel State Propaganda Machine
• Can the Vessel Akademik Cherskiy Finish Nord Stream Two Pipeline Construction?
• Belarusian Government Reckons With Two Months of Protests

Volume 17 Issue 142

October 13, 2020

• Navalny’s Challenge Exposes Putin’s Self-Isolation From Reality
• Armenian-Azerbaijani Ceasefire Will Not Open the Way for Peace
• Armenian-Azerbaijani Conflict: Clash of Civilizations?

Volume 17 Issue 141

October 8, 2020

• Armenia Is Losing in Karabakh, and Russia Stays on the Sidelines
• Russia’s Regime-Change Experiment in Belarus Runs Into Difficulties (Part Two)
• Abkhazia Highlights Challenges Moscow Faces in Integrating Belarus
• How the Armenian-Azerbaijani Conflict Could Affect Georgia

Volume 17 Issue 140

October 7, 2020

• Russia’s Regime-Change Experiment in Belarus Runs Into Difficulties (Part One)
• Kaliningrad Oblast and the ‘Sanctions War’: Genuine Progress or Avoidable Stagnation? (Part One)
• Russian Disinformation Shadows Ukrainian-British-US Joint Endeavor 2020 Exercise

Volume 17 Issue 139

October 6, 2020

• China Turning Russia’s Taiga Into a Desert, Enriching Moscow but Outraging Siberians
• Can Turmoil in Belarus and Karabakh Inspire a New Patriotic Surge in Russia?
• Post-Lukashenka Belarus: Close Ties to Moscow but Improved Relationship With the West?

Volume 17 Issue 138

October 5, 2020

• The Coronavirus Crisis Undercuts Russia’s Geopolitical Ambitions
• Chechen Minister Voices Support for Azerbaijan in Its Clashes With Armenia
• Georgia Buys Israeli-Made Air-Defense System, Unsettling Moscow

Volume 17 Issue 137

October 1, 2020

• Armenia in Dire Straits as Karabakh Conflict Reignites
• Russia, Iran Expand Military Cooperation Against US and Europe in Gulf
• Belarus a Blip, Russia Looms Large on Macron’s Baltic Visit (Part Two)
• Energy Resources and the New Great Game in the Eastern Mediterranean

Volume 17 Issue 136

September 30, 2020

• Belarus a Blip, Russia Looms Large on Macron’s Baltic Visit (Part One)
• Belarusian Cossacks—An Option for Putin?
• Russia’s Armed Forces Test UAV Swarm Tactics in Kavkaz 2020

Volume 17 Issue 135

September 29, 2020

• Kremlin’s Much-Ballyhooed Icebreaker Project in Real Trouble
• Non-Strategic Nuclear Weapons: The Kremlin’s Wild Card
• Shanghai Cooperation Organization Enters Period of Stagnation

Volume 17 Issue 134

September 28, 2020

• Russia Caught in Web of Middle Eastern Intrigues
• Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict Ignites Again in Karabakh
• Trying to See Into Belarus’s Near Future

Volume 17 Issue 133

September 24, 2020

• Moscow Reluctant to Prolong New START on Washington’s Terms
• China Expands Its Railway Presence in Caspian Region
• Incident at Orthodox Holy Site in Kaliningrad Highlights Depths of Misunderstanding Between Ethnic Russians and North Caucasus Muslims
• Ukraine's New National Security Strategy: A Wide Scope With Foggy Implementation Mechanisms

Volume 17 Issue 132

September 23, 2020

• Kavkaz 2020 Rehearses Joint Operations Against Future Adversaries
• What Is Belarusian Telegram Channel NEXTA?
• Armenian Resettlement From Lebanon to the Occupied Territories of Azerbaijan Endangers Peace Process

Volume 17 Issue 131

September 22, 2020

• Upcoming Moldovan Presidential Vote May Spark Crisis Greater Than Belarusian One
• The Alternative Realities Observed in the Belarusian Protests
• Georgian Government Accused of Exploiting Travel Restrictions for Political Purposes Ahead of Parliamentary Elections

Volume 17 Issue 130

September 21, 2020

• Dismissing European Outrage, Russia Turns Itself Into a ‘Great Pariah Power’
• Will Russia Take Over Belarusian Oil Product Transshipment?
• Armenia’s Demographic Situation: Short- and Longer-Term Trends

Volume 17 Issue 129

September 17, 2020

• Russia Reasserts Control Via Nonstop Military Exercises in Belarus
• Moscow Divided on When or Even Whether Lukashenka Must Go
• The Baltics States’ Ban on Belarusian Nuclear Electricity Imports: Implications for All Sides
• Circassians Demand Prosecution of Russian Blogger Awarded Medal by Putin

Volume 17 Issue 128

September 16, 2020

• Russian Fighter Jets Intercept US Strategic Bombers
• Lukashenka Holds His Own With Putin in Sochi (Part One)
• Lukashenka Holds His Own With Putin in Sochi (Part Two)
• Is Turkey’s New Gas Discovery in the Black Sea a Game Changer?

Volume 17 Issue 127

September 15, 2020

• The Northeastern Dimension of Russia’s ‘Ocean Shield 2020’ Naval Exercises (Part Two)
• Poland’s Intermarium Idea Very Different From What It Was—or What Moscow Thinks It Is
• Belarusian Protests Through Emotional Versus Analytical Lenses

Volume 17 Issue 126

September 14, 2020

• Russia Alarmed and Awed by the Belarusian Revolution
• Russia’s Kavkaz 2020: International Participation and Regional Security Implications
• Ukrainian Reverberations of the Wagner Arrests in Belarus: Russian Disinformation?

Volume 17 Issue 125

September 11, 2020

• The Northeastern Dimension of Russia’s ‘Ocean Shield 2020’ Naval Exercises (Part One)
• Lukashenka Threatens to Shut Belarusian-Baltic Transit Routes: Who Will Suffer Most?
• Azerbaijani President Rebukes Putin Over Russian Military Cargo Deliveries to Armenia

Volume 17 Issue 124

September 10, 2020

• The Navalny Poisoning and Russia’s Nerve Agent Politics
• A Problem for Putin: Belarus Is Not Ukraine Either Now or If Moscow Annexes It
• Russia Poised to Arbitrate Regime Change in Belarus (Part One)
• Russia Poised to Arbitrate Regime Change in Belarus (Part Two)

Volume 17 Issue 123

September 9, 2020

• Russian Armed Forces Test Multi-Domain Operations
• Chechnya’s Ramzan Kadyrov Announces Creation of New Agency Focused on Compatriots Abroad
• Georgian Authorities Seek to Block Azerbaijani Investment in Telecommunications Infrastructure

Volume 17 Issue 122

September 8, 2020

• A Chain of Poor Choices Leads Putin Into a Serious Blunder
• Kaliningrad—A Key Factor in the Kremlin’s Calculations on Belarus
• Belarus at Moscow’s Mercy All Over Again

Volume 17 Issue 121

August 14, 2020

• Cosmos ASATs and Russia’s Approach to Space Weapons
• Azerbaijan, Turkey Hold Large-Scale Military Drills Amidst Escalation of Tensions With Armenia
• Despite Illegality, Crypto-Currency Mining Flourishes in Abkhazia

Volume 17 Issue 120

August 13, 2020

• Putin’s Belarus Conundrum
• Belarus Now Dividing Russians More Deeply and Permanently Than Ukraine Did in 2014
• Conflict Conservation in Ukraine’s Donbas Follows the Transnistria Model (Part Two)

Volume 17 Issue 119

August 12, 2020

• The Dark Side of Russia’s Youth Military-Patriotic Upbringing
• Conflict Conservation in Ukraine’s East Follows the Transnistria Model (Part One)
• Unprecedented Drought in Crimea: Can the Russian-Occupied Peninsula Solve Its Water Problems Without Ukraine?

Volume 17 Issue 118

August 11, 2020

• Moscow Attacks Highlight Growing Strength of Circassian National Movement
• Zelenskyy Appoints Gerontocrats to Negotiate With Russia in Minsk (Part One)
• Zelenskyy Appoints Gerontocrats to Negotiate With Russia in Minsk (Part Two)
• Another Gas Spat Between Belarus and Russia Underway

Volume 17 Issue 117

August 10, 2020

• Russia’s Problems Grow Into Big Trouble, but Putin Remains Aloof
• Belarusian Elections: The Eve and the Aftermath
• Pandemic Politics in Central Asia

Volume 17 Issue 116

August 6, 2020

• The Hypersonic Hype and Russia’s Diminished Nuclear Threshold
• Volga-Don Canal, Last Great Stalin Project, Desperately Needs Updating or Replacement
• The Quick Way to Quasi-Recognition of Donetsk-Luhansk’s Armed Formations: A Play-By-Play Account (Part One)
• The Quick Way to Quasi-Recognition of Donetsk-Luhansk’s Armed Formations: A Play-By-Play Account (Part Two)

Volume 17 Issue 115

August 5, 2020

• Russia–African Union Consultations: Economics, Politics and Ideology
• Kozak Celebrates Victory in Rude Letter to Normandy Forum
• Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine Inaugurate ‘Lublin Triangle’

Volume 17 Issue 114

August 4, 2020

• Siberian Regionalism a Growing Threat to Moscow
• Can the Turkish Military’s Fight Against the Pandemic Set an Example for NATO?
• Pro-Russian Blogger Anatoliy Shariy Rises to National Level in Ukrainian Politics

Volume 17 Issue 113

August 3, 2020

• The Russian Side of the Murky Story in Belarus
• The Saga of the Russian Mercenaries in Belarus: Competing Narratives
• Protests in Khabarovsk: Causes and Directions

Volume 17 Issue 112

July 30, 2020

• Russian Wagner Mercenaries Arrested in Belarus
• Beijing Implies Tajikistan’s Pamir Region Should Be Returned to China
• New Ukraine Ceasefire Agreement Officializes Donetsk-Luhansk Militaries (Part Two)
• Clashes on Azerbaijan-Armenia Border Threaten Regional Transport and Energy Routes

Volume 17 Issue 111

July 29, 2020

• Russia’s Navy Invests in Cruise Missile Capability
• New Ukraine Ceasefire Agreement Officializes Donetsk-Luhansk Militaries (Part One)
• Belarus: Elections and Sovereignty

Volume 17 Issue 110

July 28, 2020

• Moscow Has Compelling New Reasons for Neutrality in Armenian-Azerbaijani Conflict
• The Influence of the Pandemic on Russia’s Defense Industry
• Zaporizhia Oblast: The Next Flash Point in Russia’s ‘Hybrid’ Aggression Against Southeastern Ukraine?

Volume 17 Issue 109

July 27, 2020

• Russia Stages Parade for Troubled Naval Fleet
• Coal Strategy 2035: Is Russia Preparing for the Last War?
• Armenia Adopts New National Security Strategy

Volume 17 Issue 108

July 23, 2020

• Russia Tests Combat Readiness Despite Pandemic
• Second Chinese Icebreaker Heads to Northern Sea Route, Shifting Power Balance in Arctic
• Moldova’s Pro-Western Parties: Divided and Enfeebled (Part Two)

Volume 17 Issue 107

July 22, 2020

• Mark VI for Ukraine: Key Advantages for Ukraine’s Maritime Security
• Armenian-Azerbaijani Border Clashes: The Russian Dimension and Beyond
• Constitutional Reform to Make Georgian Parliament More Pluralistic

Volume 17 Issue 106

July 21, 2020

• Armenian Nuclear Power Plant Able to Withstand Attack, Russian Security Expert Claims
• Moldova’s Pro-Western Parties: Divided and Enfeebled (Part One)
• Belarusian Elections and Beyond
• Is Turkmenistan Infected With COVID-19?

Volume 17 Issue 105

July 20, 2020

• Crisis in Russia Deepens and Spreads, but Putin Remains in Denial
• What Is New in the Latest Armenian-Azerbaijani Conflict Escalation?
• Trends and Factors Contributing to the July Border Clashes Between Azerbaijan and Armenia

Volume 17 Issue 104

July 16, 2020

• Renewed Armenian-Azerbaijani Fighting Threatens to Escalate Further
• Aging of Russian Population Makes Putin’s Defense Buildup More Difficult and Dangerous
• Serbia and Kosovo Restart Dialogue After 18-Month Pause

Volume 17 Issue 103

July 15, 2020

• Kremlin Lambastes Ukrainian Deviations From Minsk and Normandy Processes
• Moscow Develops Next-Generation Combat Infantry System
• Moldova’s Degrading Sovereignty Amid Coronavirus Spike

Volume 17 Issue 102

July 14, 2020

• Orthodox Fundamentalism Threatens Russian Patriarchate and Kremlin
• Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict Escalates With Intense Border Confrontation
• A Peculiar Electoral Stalemate in Belarus

Volume 17 Issue 101

July 13, 2020

• Wave of Post-Plebiscite Repressions Makes Russia More Dangerous
• Russia’s Icebreaker Buildup: A Mixture of Geo-Economic and Military-Political Calculations
• For First Time in History, Georgia May Come Under US Sanctions
• Coronavirus Pandemic Provides Surprising Momentum to Trans-Eurasian Rail Transportation

Volume 17 Issue 100

July 9, 2020

• Russian Journalist Community Stands up to FSB
• Moscow Declares Pause in Normandy Negotiations on Ukraine
• Sochi Once Again Epicenter of Russian-Circassian Conflict—But Circassians Register a Win

Volume 17 Issue 99

July 8, 2020

• Latent Russian Dissatisfaction: On the Explicit and Hidden Implications of Putin’s Constitutional Reform
• Murders of Chechen Refugees in Europe Become Increasingly Frequent
• Belarus’s Election Campaign: The Calm Before the Storm?

Volume 17 Issue 98

July 7, 2020

• Kremlin Exploiting Reports GRU Paid Taliban to Kill US Soldiers
• Could the ‘Norilsk Disaster’ Be the Harbinger of a Looming Catastrophe in the Russian Arctic? (Part Two)
• Ukraine to Decide Whether to Buy US LNG

Volume 17 Issue 97

July 6, 2020

• Scant Foreign Policy Choices for a Troubled and Divided Russia
• Turkey Makes Strides in Diversifying Its Natural Gas Imports
• Rail Baltica Moves Ahead but Suffers From Major Construction Delays
• China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Road-Rail Connection Launched Amid Violent Border Clashes

Volume 17 Issue 96

July 2, 2020

• Vladimir Putin: Russia’s Eternal Leader
• Moscow’s Approach to Central Asia Fails to Reflect New Realities, Uzbek Scholar Says
• Igor Dodon, Moldova’s Strawman Dictator (Part One)
• Igor Dodon, Moldova’s Strawman Dictator (Part Two)

Volume 17 Issue 95

July 1, 2020

• Moscow’s Pursuit of Artificial Intelligence for Military Purposes
• Moscow Pressures Ukrainian Authorities by Stepping Up Passportization Efforts
• Belarusian Foreign Minister’s Suggestive Remarks Amidst Societal Tensions

Volume 17 Issue 94

June 30, 2020

• Russia’s Black Sea Ports in Trouble After Decades of Neglect
• Northern Ukraine’s Vulnerable Sumy Oblast: Covert Russian Links and Cossack Threats
• Where Does the TAP Gas Pipeline Project Stand to Date? The View From Baku

Volume 17 Issue 93

June 29, 2020

• From Ostentatious Parade to Fraudulent Vote, Putin Tries to Cement His Crumbling Rule
• Could the ‘Norilsk Disaster’ Be the Harbinger of a Looming Catastrophe in the Russian Arctic? (Part One)
• Pro-Russian Disinformation Operations in Kherson: A New-Old Challenge for Ukraine’s National Security
• US Announces It Will Withdraw Its Troops From Germany—The View From Warsaw

Volume 17 Issue 92

June 25, 2020

• Russia’s Delayed Victory Day Parade: A Grand Sales Pitch to Putin and to Foreign Customers
• Moscow Views Construction of Canal Across Vistula Spit as Threat to Kaliningrad
• Sales and Purchases in Moldova’s Parliamentary Marketplace

Volume 17 Issue 91

June 24, 2020

• Russia’s Armed Forces Strengthen Western Military District
• Is Russia Preparing to Challenge the Status Quo in Antarctica? (Part Two)
• Iran Completes Controversial Hydropower Project on Aras River

Volume 17 Issue 90

June 23, 2020

• Helping Putin Russify Non-Russians Would Be a Horrific Mistake
• The Political Situation Grows Tense in Minsk
• Ukraine-NATO: Politicians Struggle, While Military Acts

Volume 17 Issue 89

June 22, 2020

• Three Controversial Articles by Top Officials Distort Russia’s Past, Present and Future
• Kyiv Raising the Level, Accelerating the Pace of the Minsk Process (Part Two)
• Prospects for Future US-Russia Space Cooperation

Volume 17 Issue 88

June 18, 2020

• Moscow Defiant on Sentencing of US Citizen on Trumped-up Espionage Charges
• Russian Military Seeking to Counter Growing Chinese Role in Central Asia
• Kyiv Raising the Level, Accelerating the Pace of the Minsk Process (Part One)
• Romania’s New National Defense Strategy Irks Kremlin (Part Two)

Volume 17 Issue 87

June 17, 2020

• Moscow Complains About NATO Military Exercises
• Ukraine Designates Legitimate Representatives of Donetsk and Luhansk in the Minsk Process (Part Two)
• Romania’s New National Defense Strategy Irks Kremlin (Part One)

Volume 17 Issue 86

June 16, 2020

• Circassians Unite to Fight Amalgamation of Adygea and Krasnodar Krai
• The Borei-A SSBN: How Effective Is Russia's New Nuclear Submarine?
• Is Belarus’s Presidential Campaign Running Aground?

Volume 17 Issue 85

June 15, 2020

• Amidst Pandemic, Putin Stages Three Simulated Triumphs
• Ukraine Designates Legitimate Representatives of Donetsk and Luhansk in the Minsk Process (Part One)
• The Paradox of Russia’s Disinformation Activities in Italy
• Changes in the Separatist Abkhazian Government and Implications for Relations With Tbilisi

Volume 17 Issue 84

June 11, 2020

• In Libyan Quagmire, Front Shifts East From Tripoli to Sirte
• China Could Ultimately Displace Western Majors as Key Player in Caspian Oil Fields
• Georgia’s Constitutional Reform Under Threat

Volume 17 Issue 83

June 10, 2020

• Russian Navy Prioritizes Tsirkon Hypersonic Missiles
• New Rosneft-Transneft Conflict Demonstrates Chronic Challenges of Russian Oil Industry
• Belarusian Elections and Geopolitical Somersaults

Volume 17 Issue 82

June 9, 2020

• Moscow Ready to Play Karakalpak Card Again to Gain Access to New Oil Fields
• Is Russia Preparing to Challenge the Status Quo in Antarctica? (Part One)
• The Astravets Nuclear Power Plant in Belarus Is Nearing Completion

Volume 17 Issue 81

June 8, 2020

• Russia Muddles Through Fog of Libyan War and Haze of Syrian ‘Peace’
• FSB’s Claims About Killed Suspects’ Alleged Radicalism Raise Serious Doubts in North Caucasus
• Ukraine and Hungary Move to Settle Differences Over National Minority Legislation (Part Two)
• Politics Around COVID-19 Pandemic Undermine Relations Between Georgia and Armenia

Volume 17 Issue 80

June 4, 2020

• Moscow Clarifies Its Nuclear Deterrence Policy
• Delays, Disasters and Cost Overruns Plague Putin’s Projects in Arctic
• Ukraine and Hungary Move to Settle Differences Over National Minority Legislation (Part One)

Volume 17 Issue 79

June 3, 2020

• Moscow Plans Enhanced Military Basing in Syria
• Hungary Looks After Its Kin in Ukraine’s Carpathian Province
• Twists and Turns of Belarus’s Unusual Electoral Campaign

Volume 17 Issue 78

June 2, 2020

• Russia’s Energy Strategy 2035: A Breakthrough or Another Impasse?
• Drought Threatens Ukraine, Its Relations with Russia, and Regional Cooperation Plans
• With Karabakh Conflict Negotiations Deadlocked, Regional Players Heighten Military Rhetoric

Volume 17 Issue 77

June 1, 2020

• Kremlin Fails to See Anger and Anxiety Rising in Russia
• The Risk of Water Shortage and Implications for Ukraine’s Security
• Kremlin Considers Renewed Interference in Belarus Under Guise of Coronavirus Crisis Response
• Seventy-Four Percent of Uzbeks Support Joining Moscow-Led Eurasian Union

Volume 17 Issue 76

May 29, 2020

• Poland Updates Its Security Strategy
• Ukraine Qualifies for New IMF Loan, but at the Expense of the Oligarchs
• Russian Influence Grows in Central Asia

Volume 17 Issue 75

May 28, 2020

• Washington Pulls out of Open Skies Treaty, Distressing Allies but Pleasing Moscow
• Iran Expanding Its Naval Presence in the Caspian
• Bulgaria Takes Issue With Ukraine Over Minority in Odesa Province
• Bessarabia’s ‘Ethnographic Harlequin’ in a Regional Perspective

Volume 17 Issue 74

May 27, 2020

• Shoigu’s Image of Russia’s Armed Forces: Mobile, Modern and Efficient
• Will Chechnya’s Ramzan Kadyrov Survive Hospitalization in Moscow?
• Belarus’s Presidential Race Seemingly Heats Up

Volume 17 Issue 73

May 26, 2020

• Russia’s Multiplying Foreign Policy Constraints
• The Asian Tigers in Russia’s Arctic: Unforeseen Favorites?
• Moscow Orchestrates Controversy Between Bulgaria and Ukraine to Weaken Kyiv
• The Increasing Role of Azerbaijan as a Regional Digital Hub

Volume 17 Issue 72

May 21, 2020

• Moscow-Supported Forces Besieging Tripoli Retreat
• Critical Water Shortage in Crimea May Prompt New Russian Move Against Ukraine
• Plutocratic Opposition Surging in Moldova (Part Two)

Volume 17 Issue 71

May 20, 2020

• Plutocratic Opposition Surging in Moldova (Part One)
• Moscow Plans Additional Modifications to Its Fifth-Generation Su-57 Fighter
• Despite Demise of Insurgency in North Caucasus, Russian Authorities Still Wary of Its Remnants

Volume 17 Issue 70

May 19, 2020

• Russia Expects Growing Conflict With US Over Greenland
• Intrigue in Belarus’s Upcoming Presidential Election
• Food Shortages in Turkmenistan Lead to Rationing in State Stores
• Recent Military Exercises in Kaliningrad Oblast—A Miniature Zapad?

Volume 17 Issue 69

May 18, 2020

• Distorted Data and Fanciful Beliefs Inform Russia’s Crisis Mismanagement
• The Doomed Treaty: Russia’s Position on Prolonging New START
• Turkey’s Heavy ‘Tiger’ Rocket Spotted in Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan Exclave

Volume 17 Issue 68

May 14, 2020

• Russian Navy Readies for Future Conflicts in Arctic
• Russia’s Push to Complete Nord Stream Two
• Kyiv and Moscow Square Off Over Legal Arrangements for the Black Sea
• Looking Beyond China: Asian Actors in the Russian Arctic (Part Two)

Volume 17 Issue 67

May 13, 2020

• The Politics of Reform: Saakashvili’s Odesa Mission (Part One)
• The Politics of Reform: Saakashvili’s Odesa Mission (Part Two)
• The E40 Waterway: Economic and Geopolitical Implications for Ukraine and the Wider Region
• Russia’s Aerospace Forces Prepare Training for Kinzhal Hypersonic Missiles

Volume 17 Issue 66

May 12, 2020

• Baltic Pipe Will Undermine Moscow’s Geopolitical Hopes for Nord Stream Two
• Russian Regions Face High Budget Deficits and Little Support From the Central Government
• Belarusian Victory Day Parade in Midst of Pandemic: A Propaganda Coup Against Moscow

Volume 17 Issue 65

May 11, 2020

• Amidst Subdued Celebrations, Russia Reflects Upon the Meaning of Victory
• Radio Exercises and Trends in Russian C2 Capabilities
• Amid COVID-19, Old and New Conspiracy Theories Multiply in Armenia

Volume 17 Issue 64

May 7, 2020

• Looking Beyond China: Asian Actors in the Russian Arctic (Part One)
• The Cambridge Five Helped Moscow Fight Ukrainian Nationalists
• Belarusians Worry About the Economy

Volume 17 Issue 63

May 6, 2020

• Modernizing Russia’s Tanks: The Case of the T-14 Armata
• COVID-19 Is Overwhelming Doctors and Economies in the North Caucasus
• Covid-19 Shines New Light on Kazakhstani-Chinese Tensions

Volume 17 Issue 62

May 5, 2020

• Russia Now Losing Out to China on Iranian Rail Route
• Russian Loan for Moldova: A Strange Inter-Governmental Agreement
• Russian Loan Offer Exposes Moldova’s Internal Faultlines
• Russia Dusts Off Conspiracy Theories about Georgia’s Lugar Center Laboratory in Midst of COVID-19 Crisis

Volume 17 Issue 61

May 4, 2020

• Putin’s Non-Decisions Paralyze Crisis-Stricken Russia
• Turkey’s Critical ‘S-400 Moment’ Has Arrived
• The E40 Waterway: The Polish Dimension
• Russian Foreign Minister Reignites Conflict Debate in Armenia, Azerbaijan

Volume 17 Issue 60

April 30, 2020

• Tajikistan Struggles to Integrate Ismaili Pamiris Living Along Afghan Border
• The Political Dimension of Russia’s Spy Games in Ukraine
• The Pandemic Crisis Erupts Into Riots in the North Caucasus

Volume 17 Issue 59

April 29, 2020

• Russia’s Armed Forces Test and Refine Electronic Warfare Capability
• Russian Inroads Into Central Africa (Part Two)
• Competition and Coronavirus Batter Russia’s Space Program

Volume 17 Issue 58

April 28, 2020

• West, Russia Face Off in Belarus Over Baltic–Black Sea Waterway Project
• Russian Population Does Not Trust the Authorities but Still Believes the Propaganda
• A Dilution of Cement: Belarusian Civil Society, Local Leadership Take Initiative in COVID-19 Pandemic Response

Volume 17 Issue 57

April 27, 2020

• Coronavirus Crisis Engulfs Russia
• Multiple Challenges Hinder Russian Efforts to Modernize Its Satellite Navigation System
• New Ukrainian Naval Base ‘East’: A Countermeasure Against Russia’s Hybrid Strategies in the Sea of Azov?
• COVID-19 Increases Importance of Middle Corridor

Volume 17 Issue 56

April 23, 2020

• Central Asian Rail Deal Allowing China to Bypass Russia, Expand Trade with Europe
• Russian Inroads Into Central Africa (Part One)
• Kremlin Provides Financial Support to Stranded and Abandoned Central Asian Migrants
• Georgia Becomes a Priority Recipient of Western Financial Assistance

Volume 17 Issue 55

April 22, 2020

• COVID-19 and the Russian Military: Internal Cases and Role in the State’s Response
• Adygea’s Government Tries to Weather Pandemic-Related Crisis Hitting North Caucasus
• Belarus Facing Risks of Unconsolidated Society

Volume 17 Issue 54

April 21, 2020

• Pandemic has Changed Russians, But Can It Change Russia?
• The Impact of COVID-19 on the Russian Armed Forces
• Restrictive Anti-Pandemic Measures Reveal Confrontation Between Georgian Government and Orthodox Church

Volume 17 Issue 53

April 20, 2020

• Russia Accepts and Emulates China’s Coronavirus Propaganda
• Coronavirus Cases Hit Russian Oil Rig Workers, Putting Additional Pressure on Domestic Energy Industry
• EU Emerges as Leading Donor for Partnership Countries in Fighting COVID-19 Pandemic and its Economic Consequences

Volume 17 Issue 52

April 16, 2020

• This Year’s May 9 Victory Day Parade Threatened by COVID-19
• Domestic and Foreign Challenges Prompt Moscow to Announce Unrealistically Ambitious Railway Plan
• Russian Special Services Employ Cossacks, Ukrainian Religious Institutions Against Kyiv
• Azerbaijan Hopes to Minimize Ramifications of Coronavirus Crisis

Volume 17 Issue 51

April 15, 2020

• Shoigu Reflects on Military Modernization Amid COVID-19 Crisis
• Russia’s Arctic Agenda and the Role of Canada
• Authorities Alarmed by Reported Spread of Islamic Extremism in Russian Prisons

Volume 17 Issue 50

April 14, 2020

• Moscow Using Pandemic to Shore Up Alliance With Serbia Against NATO and China
• Belarus Fights COVID-19 and an Information War
• Romania’s Danube Flotilla: An Unparalleled Capability on NATO’s Southeastern Flank (Part Two)

Volume 17 Issue 49

April 13, 2020

• Russian Oil Bluff Is Called, and Economic Losses Keep Mounting
• Russia Tries to Capitalize on the Coronavirus Pandemic
• The Political Implications of COVID-19 in Georgia
• Revival of Ukrainian Space Sector: A Viable New Prospect?

Volume 17 Issue 48

April 9, 2020

• Russia’s Oil Production Is Incapable of Making Needed Cuts to Stabilize Price
• Moscow Sets Up New ‘Cossack’ Paramilitary Units for Possible Use Against Ukraine
• Completing the Arctic Shield: Russian Activities on Wrangel Island

Volume 17 Issue 47

April 8, 2020

• Russia’s Military Exploitation of Outer Space
• Russian Motives Behind Helping Italy’s Coronavirus Response: A Multifaceted Approach
• Kazakhstan Experiments With Surveillance Technology to Battle Coronavirus Pandemic

Volume 17 Issue 46

April 7, 2020

• Possible Toxic Crisis Looms in Russian Far East Because of Industrial Disaster Inside China
• Belarus’s Contingency Plans and ‘Preexisting Conditions’
• New S-350 Missile System Will Strengthen Russian Air Defense

Volume 17 Issue 45

April 6, 2020

• Facing Grave Emergency, Putin Dodges Responsibility
• Ukrainian Espionage Incident Highlights Ongoing Russian Naval Shortcomings
• Romania’s Danube Flotilla: An Unparalleled Capability on NATO’s Southeastern Flank (Part One)

Volume 17 Issue 44

April 2, 2020

• The Kremlin Delegates Unpopular Closedown Measures to Governors
• With Ever More Flights Canceled, Many Parts of Russia Isolated
• The COVID-19 Pandemic Starts to Have Its Toll on the North Caucasus
• Indispensable Oligarchs: Ukraine Turns to Business Leaders to Support Anti-Coronavirus Efforts

Volume 17 Issue 43

April 1, 2020

• Moscow Enhances Artillery Firepower in Kaliningrad
• Problems in the Ukrainian Military Food-Supply System: Coronavirus or Symptom of Slowdown in Reforms?
• Lukashenka Comes Under Widespread Fire for Lax COVID-19 Response

Volume 17 Issue 42

March 31, 2020

• Moscow Worried about Ankara’s Plans for Canal Bypassing Bosporus Strait
• 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