Volume 14 Issue 163

December 14, 2017

• After Declaring Victory in Syria, Putin Reinforces Russia’s Middle Eastern Alliances
• Moscow, Tehran to Fight ‘Turkification of Azerbaijan’
• OSCE’s Year-End Conference Fails to Deal With Ongoing Conflicts
• Belarus and Russia Keep a Vigilant Eye on Each Other

Volume 14 Issue 162

December 13, 2017

• Russia Terminates Development of New Rail-Mobile Ballistic Missile
• Russia Seeks to Build Alternative Internet
• The Dynamics Driving Uzbekistan’s Warming Relationship With Afghanistan

Volume 14 Issue 161

December 12, 2017

• Russia’s Military Boosted by Syria Campaign
• Moscow Patriarchate Promotes the Kremlin’s Interests and Its Own in the Middle East
• Azerbaijan, Belarus Pursue Military Cooperation

Volume 14 Issue 160

December 11, 2017

• Olympic Fiasco Illuminates Putin’s Weakness
• Holding On: Russian Military Modernization Versus the Declining Force-to-Space Ratio
• Released From Three-Day Detention, Saakashvili Resumes Calls to Remove Ukrainian President Poroshenko

Volume 14 Issue 159

December 7, 2017

• The Duration of Putin’s Lifelong Presidency Is Impossible to Predict
• Kremlin to Do Away With Non-Russian Republics, Presidential Representative Says
• Romania Consolidates Its Defense Posture
• Kazakhstan-Kyrgyzstan Dispute on Track for Resolution, but Risks Remain

Volume 14 Issue 158

December 6, 2017

• Will Khartoum’s Appeal to Putin for Arms and Protection Bring Russian Naval Bases to the Red Sea?
• Russian Military Mass Mobilization: Fact or Bluff?
• Belarus in a Love Triangle With Russia and the West?

Volume 14 Issue 157

December 5, 2017

• Merging Practice and Theory: Is Russia Planning Major Reform in Electronic Warfare Domain?
• Russian Overreach Calls Into Question Baku’s Balanced Foreign Policy
• Crimea as a Playground for the Russian-Ukrainian Spy War

Volume 14 Issue 156

December 4, 2017

• Russia Prepares for More Extreme Confrontations With United States
• The Brewing Threat of Worsening Tensions Between the Ukrainian President and Interior Minister
• Armenia and EU Sign New Partnership Agreement

Volume 14 Issue 155

November 30, 2017

• The New Russian-US Cold War and the Korean Crisis
• Kyrgyz-Tajik Territorial Disputes Threaten Regional Stability
• Lapis Lazuli: A New Transit Corridor to Link Asia and Europe via the South Caucasus
• Belarus and the West: A Thorough Reassessment Underway

Volume 14 Issue 154

November 29, 2017

• High-Technology Set to Dominate Russia’s Rearmament Program
• From Sochi to the Sahel: Russia’s Expanding Footprint
• Special Operation in Tbilisi Highlights Risk of Terrorism by Returning Fighters in Georgia

Volume 14 Issue 153

November 28, 2017

• Moscow Again Training More Belarusian Youths in Ultra-Right Camps in Russia
• Kremlin Turning Belarus Into Bridgehead for Anti-Ukrainian Provocations
• United States Considers Supplying Anti-Tank Weapons to Georgia

Volume 14 Issue 152

November 27, 2017

• Declaring Victory in Syria, Putin Stands to Lose the Elusive Peace
• Russia in Syria: Life After the Islamic State
• New Railway Route from China to Europe Through Russia: Bluff or Tactical Ploy?

Volume 14 Issue 151

November 21, 2017

• Five Years With Russian Defense Minister Shoigu—Only Successes?
• Dagestan Rocked by Unprecedented Wave of Demonstrations
• Ukraine and Russia Compete in Health Reform

Volume 14 Issue 150

November 20, 2017

• Kremlin Uses ‘Preventive Democracy’ to Reinforce Russia’s Post-Federalism (Part Two)
• Kazakhstan Launches ‘Cyber Shield’ Concept
• Belarus: Generational Change and Nation-Building

Volume 14 Issue 149

November 17, 2017

• Russia Tacitly Entices Uzbekistan With Benefits of EEU, CSTO Membership
• Controversial Railway Project Consolidates China’s Foothold in Central Asia
• Notion of a ‘Civic Russian Nation’ Likely to Prove as Ephemeral as the ‘Soviet People’
• Kremlin Uses ‘Preventive Democracy’ to Reinforce Russia’s Post-Federalism (Part One)

Volume 14 Issue 148

November 16, 2017

• Russian Military Spreads Fake Intelligence
• Kazakhstan’s Fuel Crisis Sparks Anxiety About National Energy Security
• New Pro-Western Moldovan Defense Minister Faces Uphill Battle

Volume 14 Issue 147

November 14, 2017

• Russia Pours More Military Hardware Into ‘Fortress Crimea’
• Fewer than 100,000 Ethnic Russians Remain in Dagestan, a Major Problem for Moscow and Makhachkala
• Modest Advances in US-Belarus Relations

Volume 14 Issue 146

November 13, 2017

• Agriculture: Post-Soviet Area’s Lone Bright Spot?
• Belarus and the 1917 Revolution
• Russia, Japan, China to Help Turkey Fulfill Its Nuclear Power Ambitions

Volume 14 Issue 145

November 9, 2017

• Putin Hopes a ‘Ukraine for North Korea’ Trade May Be on the Table in Upcoming Meeting With Trump
• Regionalism in Russia: Western Broadcasts and Moscow’s Concerns
• North–South Transport Corridor: Russia Wins, Armenia Loses
• Public Protests Against Russian Military Presence Mounting in Kazakhstan

Volume 14 Issue 144

November 8, 2017

• Kremlin Ties Rosneft Closer to China
• How Many Soldiers Does Russia Have?
• Belarus, Russia and the ‘Ukrainian Scenario’

Volume 14 Issue 143

November 7, 2017

• Russia Introduces EW Spetsnaz to Western Military District
• Tehran Summit Appears to Open the Way to Delimitation of Caspian Sea
• Russia and Georgia Agree to Unite Against ‘Church Separatism’ in Abkhazia

Volume 14 Issue 142

November 6, 2017

• Putin Looks Forward to Meeting With Trump in Vietnam
• Russian March 2017: Smaller Than in Years Past, but More Likely to Attract Youth
• S-400 Dispute Highlights Ongoing Difficulties in Turkey’s Rapprochement With Russia

Volume 14 Issue 141

November 2, 2017

• In Meeting With Human Rights Council, Putin Accuses US of Germ Warfare Preparations
• As Russian Support for Ukrainian War Ebbs, Kremlin Mulling New ‘Hybrid’ Tactics
• Turkish President Erdoğan Brokers Deal With Putin to Release Two Crimean Tatar Political Prisoners
• Russian Military Presence in Caspian Sea: Protection of National Interests or Military Muscle Flexing?

Volume 14 Issue 140

November 1, 2017

• Russia’s Changing Military-Strategic Perceptions of Kaliningrad Oblast Between 2013 and 2017
• Ukraine Has Gas for Upcoming Winter, but Time for Reforms Is Running Out
• Ochakiv: An Important Ukrainian Outpost in the Northwestern Black Sea

Volume 14 Issue 139

October 31, 2017

• Putin’s Military Buildup Not Sparking Predicted Economic Growth in Russia
• Georgian Dream Wins Big in Municipal Elections, Further Consolidating Its Power
• Mikho-Maidan: Waiting for a New Agenda

Volume 14 Issue 138

October 30, 2017

• Militarization and Nuclearization: The Key Features of the Russian Arctic
• Belarus Demonstrates Resilience
• Autumn Brings Fresh Persecutions in Russian-Occupied Crimea

Volume 14 Issue 137

October 26, 2017

• ‘Party of War’ Triumphs in Moscow
• Moscow Losing Its Leverage in Kazakhstan as Astana Loses Influence Over Nationalists
• Interaction with Turkish Air Forces Boosts Azerbaijan’s Air-Combat Capability
• Authorities in Abkhazia Strengthen Discriminatory Policies Against Ethnic-Georgian Population

Volume 14 Issue 136

October 25, 2017

• Russian ICBMs: An Aging but Mixed Arsenal
• The Tragic Case of Alexander Korzhych Highlights Problem of Hazing in Belarusian Military
• Kazakhstan’s Navy to Develop Anti-Terrorism Capacities

Volume 14 Issue 135

October 24, 2017

• Israeli Military Exposes Vulnerabilities in Joint Russian-Syrian Air Defense
• Russian Far East Ill-Prepared for War in Korea, Expert Says
• Moldovan President Igor Dodon Suspended by the Constitutional Court

Volume 14 Issue 134

October 23, 2017

• Putin Hosts Another Valdai to Draw Attention Away From Russia’s Stagnation
• Was King Salman’s Visit to Moscow a Turning Point in Russian-Saudi Relations?
• Kazakhstan Adopts New Military Doctrine

Volume 14 Issue 133

October 19, 2017

• Russia Declares Victory in Syria, but Its Open-Ended Commitment Will Not End
• Hyper-Centralization of Russia Threatens Its Development and Survival
• Invasive Stink Bug Pest Devastates Georgia’s Agriculture

Volume 14 Issue 132

October 18, 2017

• Is Kaliningrad on the Brink of Inter-Ethnic Conflict?
• Kyrgyzstan’s Thorny Road: Sooronbay Zheenbayev Inherits Burdensome Legacy From His Predecessor
• Georgian President Calls for a United Western Strategy Against Russian Aggression

Volume 14 Issue 131

October 17, 2017

• Russia’s Military Explores Way out of Syria
• Kazakhstan Faces Three Kinds of Separatist Threats
• Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan Undertake Resolving Their Water Disputes

Volume 14 Issue 130

October 16, 2017

• Moscow Treats New US Strategy for Iran as Great Opportunity
• Will the Baku–Tbilisi–Kars Railway Become Uzbekistan’s New Connection to Europe?
• Lukashenka Receives an Invitation to Brussels

Volume 14 Issue 129

October 13, 2017

• Who Provoked the Clashes Between Local Armenians and the Georgian Police?
• Changing Face of Governance in Dagestan or New Security Challenge for Moscow and the Region?
• Solar Energy Development in Ukraine: A Matter of State Security

Volume 14 Issue 128

October 12, 2017

• Russian Mercenaries Fight and Die in Botched Operation in Syria
• Moscow Bribes Bishkek to Stop Kyrgyzstan From Changing to Latin Alphabet
• Coal Smuggled From Ukraine’s Occupied Donbas Ends up in Poland
• Ukraine Struggles to Retain Presence in Azov Sea With Plans for New Canal Around Crimea

Volume 14 Issue 127

October 11, 2017

• Arms and the King in Saudi-Russian Relations
• Navalny Organizes Another Round of Protests Against Putin
• Armenia Amends New Military Doctrine in Standoff With Azerbaijan Over Karabakh

Volume 14 Issue 126

October 10, 2017

• Russia Is Steered Back Toward Petro-Stagnation
• Zapad 2017: Myth and Reality
• Orthodox Fundamentalists Backed by Russian Siloviki, Scholar Says

Volume 14 Issue 125

October 6, 2017

• Zapad 2017: Lessons Learned by Russia and Implications for NATO
• Five Years after Taking Power, Georgian Dream’s Promises Remain Unfulfilled
• Closer Uzbekistan-Kazakhstan Ties Not Enough to Resolve Broader Regional Woes

Volume 14 Issue 124

October 5, 2017

• New US Ambassador Arrives in Moscow Amidst Worst Bilateral Relations Since 2014
• Despite Cut in Draft Numbers, Russia Unlikely to Have Fully Professional Army Soon

Volume 14 Issue 123

October 4, 2017

• Moscow Still Investing in Venezuela
• Russia Raising Taxes on Gasoline and Cellular Network Services to Fund Development Projects in Crimea, Kaliningrad and Far East
• What Are the Limits to Belarus’s Sovereignty?

Volume 14 Issue 122

October 3, 2017

• China Preparing to Bypass Russia’s Northern Sea Route in Arctic
• Zapad 2017: A Test for the West
• Russia and Uzbekistan Hold First Joint Military Exercise in 12 Years, Plan Further Cooperation

Volume 14 Issue 121

October 2, 2017

• Russia Tries to Conclude Its Syrian Venture
• Russian Trace in the Catalonian Referendum: Is a ‘Spanish Spring’ Possible?
• Kurdish Referendum: Implications for the Karabakh Conflict

Volume 14 Issue 120

September 28, 2017

• Syrian War and the Return of Zero-Sum Thinking in Russian-US Relations
• Georgia’s Ruling Party ‘Supermajority’ Passes Unilateral Constitutional Reform
• Georgian Opposition Attacks Bank of Billionaire Ivanishvili

Volume 14 Issue 119

September 27, 2017

• Russia’s Rubezh Ballistic Missile Disappears off the Radar
• Belarus Shows Three Important Signs of Change
• Nazarbayev’s Gambit on the Kyrgyz Election Chessboard: Reasons for Courting Omurbek Babanov

Volume 14 Issue 118

September 26, 2017

• ‘Syrian Lessons’ and Russia’s ‘Asymmetric Response’ to the US
• Russian Portion of Caspian May Dry up This Century, Threatening Moscow’s Interests
• Is Europe’s Aviation Watchdog About to Effectively Isolate Half of Ukraine?

Volume 14 Issue 117

September 25, 2017

• Russia Seeks to Rebuild Its International Respectability
• Azerbaijan’s Defense Minister Visits Israel, as Bilateral Ties Grow Stronger
• Ukraine Successfully Places Eurobonds, but May Lose IMF Support

Volume 14 Issue 116

September 22, 2017

• Lukashenka and Russian Officials Part Ways During Zapad 2017
• Russian Proposal Reopens Donbas UN Peacekeepers Debate
• In Effort to Combat Extremism, Tajikistan’s Government Places Further Restrictions on What People Can Wear

Volume 14 Issue 115

September 20, 2017

• Zapad 2017 and the Initial Period of War
• Crisis Impels South Korea to Seek Russian Diplomatic Assistance
• Belarusian Economy: Challenges and Gains

Volume 14 Issue 114

September 19, 2017

• Language Fight in Tatarstan Set to Ignite Political Explosion Across Russia
• Romania on Course to Revamp Its Air Defenses
• US Defense Secretary’s Visit to Ukraine and Perspectives for US-Ukraine Military Cooperation

Volume 14 Issue 113

September 18, 2017

• Kaliningrad Oblast: Russia’s Testing Ground for ‘Warfare of the Future?’
• Rapprochement With Kyrgyzstan: Mirziyaev’s Greatest Foreign Policy Achievement to Date
• Georgia Hosts Large-Scale, Multinational Military Drills

Volume 14 Issue 112

September 14, 2017

• Strategic War Game Zapad 2017 Has Begun
• A Dexterous Move Propels Saakashvili Back Into Ukraine’s Political Limelight
• Encroaching Extremism in West Kazakhstan: A Challenge for ‘Cyber Shield’

Volume 14 Issue 111

September 13, 2017

• Stage Set for Zapad 2017
• Who Is Opposing Ukraine’s Health Reform Bill?
• Far Away Myanmar Triggering Rise of Political Islam in Russia

Volume 14 Issue 110

September 12, 2017

• Uzbekistan a Year After Karimov
• Belarus’s Goodwill Capital
• Turkey Chooses Russian Missile Defense System

Volume 14 Issue 109

September 11, 2017

• Putin Goes East, but Offers No Solution for North Korean Problem
• FSB Seeks to Forge ‘Digital Sovereignty’ in Russia’s Financial Sector
• Ukraine Strengthens and Tightens Its Borders

Volume 14 Issue 108

September 8, 2017

• Russia Tests EW Capabilities Ahead of Zapad 2017
• Armenia Likely to Yield Even More of Its Sovereignty to Russia
• Modest Restart to Ukrainian Privatization

Volume 14 Issue 107

September 7, 2017

• Russia Effectively Supports North Korea in Its Standoff With the US
• Russia’s Energy Monopoly in Central-Eastern Europe Under Siege
• The Most Talked About Stories Coming out of Belarus

Volume 14 Issue 106

September 6, 2017

• The Kerch Strait Bridge: A New Threat to Regional Stability
• Intelligence Reform in Ukraine Falls Short
• Russians Will be Able to Obtain US Visas at American Embassy in Georgia

Volume 14 Issue 105

September 5, 2017

• Russian-US Relations: Stumbling and Slipping Along Road of Rigid Confrontation
• Zapad 2017 and the Dangers of Crying Wolf
• Zapad 2017 Plan Reflects Religious and Ethnic Factors, Not Just Geopolitical Ones

Volume 14 Issue 104

August 3, 2017

• In Moscow, Trump Portrayed as Victim of US-Russian Confrontation
• Armenia and Azerbaijan’s Evolving Implicit Rivalry Over Nakhchivan
• The Growing Threat to Ukraine of Naval Mines in the Black Sea

Volume 14 Issue 103

August 2, 2017

• The Potential Impact of New US Sanctions Law on Pipeline Projects Connecting Europe and Eurasia
• Growing Military and Regional Cooperation Inaugurates New Era in Russian-Turkish Relations
• Emotions Simmer in an Ostensibly Emotionless Land

Volume 14 Issue 102

August 1, 2017

• Russia Launches ‘Summer Offensive’ in the Domain of Information and Cyber Security
• The Russian Navy: To deter the US and to Compete With China
• ‘Railroad Wars’ Intensify in South Caucasus

Volume 14 Issue 101

July 31, 2017

• Putin’s Foreign Policy Non-Options in Response to US Sanctions
• Opposition Party’s Report on Russia’s Syria Campaign Costs Dismissed by Government
• How Vulnerable is Moldova to a Russian Invasion Through Its Only Port?

Volume 14 Issue 100

July 27, 2017

• Moscow Considers Trump Too Weak to Be Useful
• Russia Building New Road From Dagestan to Georgia
• Armenian Officials Remain Overly Cautious Despite Citizens Being Discriminated Against in Russia

Volume 14 Issue 99

July 26, 2017

• Ukraine and NATO Partners Conclude Most Ambitious ‘Sea Breeze’ Black Sea Naval Exercise to Date
• Belarus Gains New Friends, While Lukashenka Retains His Popularity Region-Wide
• March of Georgians: A Breakthrough for the Country’s Identitarian Groups

Volume 14 Issue 98

July 25, 2017

• Zhuravka–Millerovo Rail Bypass: A Threat to Ukraine’s National Security?
• Inter-Ethnic Land Conflicts Threaten Borders in North Caucasus
• Moldova’s New Electoral Law Could Be Fatal to Pro-Western Parties (Part One)
• Moldova’s New Electoral Law Could Be Fatal to Pro-Western Parties (Part Two)

Volume 14 Issue 97

July 24, 2017

• Can Moscow Benefit From the Unfolding ‘Russia-Gate’ in Washington?
• Strategic Advances and Economic Hopes of Belarus-China Relations
• Baltic Cyber-Defense ‘Tigers’ Lock out Web Criminals

Volume 14 Issue 96

July 20, 2017

• The Russian-Ukrainian Conflict Could Be Escalating
• The Bloom Comes off the Arctic Rose
• Toward a More Belarusian Belarus

Volume 14 Issue 95

July 19, 2017

• Russian Capabilities in Electronic Warfare: Plans, Achievements and Expectations
• Fear of Long-Forgotten Urals Republic Reemerges in Moscow
• Russo-Sino-Mongolian Transit and Infrastructure Cooperation and Mongolia’s New President

Volume 14 Issue 94

July 18, 2017

• Moscow Cannot Afford a South Ossetian Strategy in Ukraine’s Donbas
• Russian Citizenship for Ukrainians: Addressing Russia’s Population Decline
• Educated and Unemployed: Russia’s Youth

Volume 14 Issue 93

July 17, 2017

• Corruption Spoils Every Attempt to Cooperate With Russia
• The South-West Transport Corridor Project and the Geopolitical Reshaping of the South Caucasus
• Hungarian Minority’s Demands for Autonomy in Romania: Brushfire or Prelude to Full-Fledged Blaze?

Volume 14 Issue 92

July 13, 2017

• Tired of Trump’s Inability to Deliver, Russia Lashes Out
• Strategic Overview of the Russian Maritime Threat to Ukraine: Mariupol and Odesa at Stake
• Svetlana Alexievich’s Third Try

Volume 14 Issue 91

July 12, 2017

• Former Transnistrian Leader Finds Refuge in Moldova Amid Growing Tension in the Region
• Ukraine Moves to Integrate Its Power Grid With European Network

Volume 14 Issue 90

July 11, 2017

• Moscow Prepares for Zapad 2017
• Waiting for Zapad 2017
• Ethnic Conflicts in Dagestan Multiply, Threatening Far More Than Only That Republic

Volume 14 Issue 89

July 10, 2017

• Russia Taking Stock on Monday After Hamburg
• Russia Wants CSTO Allies to Deploy to Syria
• Russia Again Intensifies Military Pressure on Georgia

Volume 14 Issue 88

June 29, 2017

• Baltic Standoff Highlights Cold War ‘Lite’ Between Russia and NATO
• Patriotism in a Military Uniform
• Belarus and the Central European Initiative: Reading Beyond the Headlines

Volume 14 Issue 87

June 28, 2017

• Joint Baltic Rail Venture Attracts Wider Regional Interest
• Georgia Gearing Up for Local Elections
• Scandal Plagues Belarus’s Nobel Prize Laureate

Volume 14 Issue 86

June 27, 2017

• Why Is Moscow so Afraid of 2,000 Pomors in Karelia?
• Armenian Government Must Choose Between Energy Diversification and Loyalty to Russia
• Uzbekistan Alters Its Vision for Afghanistan

Volume 14 Issue 85

June 26, 2017

• Four Downward Turns in US-Russian Relations
• Slavic Brotherhood 2017—A Road to Zapad 2017?
• Georgian-Chinese FTA: A Trade Agreement With Caveats

Volume 14 Issue 84

June 22, 2017

• Bitter US-Russian Standoff in Syria—More Hot Words Than Real Harm
• Russian Army Again Threatening Georgia From the Occupied Territories
• Strategic Partnership Agreement: A New Chapter in EU-Azerbaijan Relations

Volume 14 Issue 83

June 21, 2017

• Airline Pilot Shortage Illustrates Broader Systemic Problems in Russia’s Labor Market
• Russia Aims to Return to Baikonur Cosmodrome Amid Vostochny Problems
• Naftohaz Ukrainy Hopes for Final Victory Over Gazprom in International Court

Volume 14 Issue 82

June 20, 2017

• Russia’s Military Precision Strike Capability Prioritizes Iskander-M
• Moscow, Circassians Now on Collision Course
• European Response to Russia’s Disinformation and Cyber Aggression: Reaction or Strategy?

Volume 14 Issue 81

June 19, 2017

• Putin Speaks but Gives Few Answers
• With Radical Voices Increasingly Shut out of the Debate, Belarusian Analysts Opine About the Future
• Moldova’s Foreign Policy in Disarray

Volume 14 Issue 80

June 15, 2017

• Putin Addresses Country Days After Mass Arrests of Nonviolent Protesters in Moscow and St. Petersburg
• Yandex: Tool of Russian Disinformation and Cyber Operations in Ukraine
• Words Matter: Belarus and Its Western Neighbors

Volume 14 Issue 79

June 14, 2017

• Moscow’s Pursuit of Military Strategic Parity With NATO
• Space and the Russian Military: New Trends
• Baltic Region Holds Multiple NATO Exercises in Anticipation of Russia’s Massive Zapad 2017 Drills

Volume 14 Issue 78

June 13, 2017

• Having Lost ‘Soft’ Power in Post-Soviet Space, Moscow Increasingly Using ‘Hard’
• Italy and Russia: Between Economic Cooperation and Mediterranean Problems
• Constitutional Debate Rages on in Georgia

Volume 14 Issue 77

June 12, 2017

• Mess in the Middle East Opens Few Opportunities for Russia
• Land and Airborne Forces Biggest ‘Winners’ of 2018–2025 Russian Armaments Program
• Ukraine Hopes to Become Arms Exporter to NATO Countries

Volume 14 Issue 76

June 8, 2017

• Putin Angrily Denounces ‘Anti-Russian Hysteria’ in US
• The Russian Army to Be Subordinated to the National Guard in a Crisis
• Belarus’s Quest for Self-Identity Aided by Outside Actors

Volume 14 Issue 75

June 7, 2017

• Ukraine Blocks Russian Social Networks: Anti-Democratic Move or Antidote to Disinformation?
• CIS Anti-Terrorism Center Holds First Military Exercises in Tajikistan
• Azerbaijan-Turkey-Georgia: A Geopolitical Axis or an Accidental Alliance?

Volume 14 Issue 74

June 6, 2017

• Moscow’s War in Ukraine Deepens Divides Among Russia’s Cossacks
• Russia’s Defense Spending Spree Set to Continue
• One Belt, One Road: Russian Dreams Exceed Reality

Volume 14 Issue 73

June 5, 2017

• Politics Dominate but Cannot Invigorate Economy in Putin’s Russia
• Russia’s Syria Resupply Route Through the Turkish Straits: Vulnerable to Terrorist Attack?
• Extradition Cases of Azerbaijani and Turkish Citizens Raise Ire in Georgia
• Poland Seeks Next-Generation Main Battle Tank to Replace Its Aging Soviet-Era T-72s

Volume 14 Issue 72

May 25, 2017

• NATO and US: Enemies of Choice for Russia’s Military
• Does Georgia Have Sufficient Resources to Create a New Military Reserve System?
• Controversies Over Proposed Crimean Tatar Autonomy in Ukraine

Volume 14 Issue 71

May 24, 2017

• Russian Electronic Warfare in Ukraine: Between Real and Imaginable
• Central Asia Ready to Follow China’s Lead despite Russian Ties
• Uzbekistan’s Economic Ties to China Continue to Grow Under New President Mirziyaev

Volume 14 Issue 70

May 23, 2017

• Collapse of Russian Shipping in the Caspian Puts Moscow’s Regional Strategy at Risk
• Armenia and India Build Strategic Relationship
• Belarusian Foreign Policy: In Search of Economic Growth Opportunities

Volume 14 Issue 69

May 22, 2017

• Russian Amphibious Capabilities—Kontraktniki and Rust Buckets (Part Two)
• How to Spend on Defense: Romania’s 2 Percent Conundrum
• Moscow Pressing Azerbaijani Diaspora to Send a Loud Signal to Baku

Volume 14 Issue 68

May 18, 2017

• Putin Defends Trump and Ridicules His Enemies
• Aging Apartment Block Demolitions Awaken Moscow Regionalist Sentiments
• Russia Increasingly Treats Georgia as Its Prospective Satellite

Volume 14 Issue 67

May 17, 2017

• Russia’s Reservations About China’s Silk Road
• Russian Amphibious Capabilities—Kontraktniki and Rust Buckets (Part One)
• Ukraine Survives Without Coal From Russia-Controlled Donbas

Volume 14 Issue 66

May 16, 2017

• Moscow’s Efforts to Erase Circassian History Are Backfiring
• Russia Adopts New Strategy for Development of Information Society
• New Controversies Swirl Around Russian Military Base in Armenia

Volume 14 Issue 65

May 15, 2017

• Moscow Spoils Every Opportunity to Improve Relations With US
• Embrace of Iranian Overtures Undermines Georgia’s Counter-Terrorism and NATO Integration Efforts
• Belarus: Sitting on Two Chairs Is What the Doctor Ordered

Volume 14 Issue 64

May 12, 2017

• Russian Blue Water Ambitions: Betting on Multi-Purpose Frigates
• Liberals and Extreme Nationalists Unite Once More in Russia
• Making Sense of the Turkish Air Strikes on Sinjar and Karachok

Volume 14 Issue 63

May 11, 2017

• Russian Military Leaders Overtaken by Siege Mentality in Anticipation of Victory Day Celebrations
• Russian ‘Cyber Troops’: A Weapon of Aggression
• Proposed Georgian Constitutional Amendments Lack Support of President, Opposition

Volume 14 Issue 62

May 10, 2017

• Putin, Merkel Exchange Views on Ukraine in Sochi (Part One)
• Putin, Merkel Exchange Views on Ukraine in Sochi (Part Two)
• Caught Between Russians and Tatars: Can the Bashkirs Save Bashkortostan?
• Kazakhstan Seeks to Reduce Russian Media Influence Amid Moscow-West Spat

Volume 14 Issue 61

May 8, 2017

• Russia Celebrates Its Newly Revived Old-Fashioned Militarism
• Realists Winning Tug of War Over Belarus
• Are the Littoral States Close to Signing an Agreement on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea?

Volume 14 Issue 60

May 4, 2017

• Putin Calls for Safe Zones in Syria Under Russian Supervision
• Russia Moving Toward Missile Frigate–Centric Navy?
• Sinking of the Liman Undermines Russia’s Sea Power Credentials

Volume 14 Issue 59

May 3, 2017

• Popular Myths About the Belarusian Economy
• In Central Asia, Strategic Partnerships Growing Ascendant
• A Caravan to Nowhere? Russo-Japanese Relations

Volume 14 Issue 58

May 2, 2017

• Russian Fake News Operation Seeks to Generate Baltic Opposition to NATO Presence
• Moscow Promotes New Tsirkon Cruise Missile
• Latvia Pursues ‘Total Defense’ Concept, Rejects Conscription

Volume 14 Issue 57

May 1, 2017

• Moscow Tries to Prod, Exploit European Disunity
• ‘Catch up and surpass’: Russia Claims to Have Tested Hypersonic Missiles
• Anti-Western Propaganda in Georgia Grows in Strength and Sophistication

Volume 14 Issue 56

April 27, 2017

• Russian Military Braces for Possible Follow-Up Attacks by US in Syria and Beyond
• Tbilisi Still Waiting on Delivery of Its Purchased Missile and Air Defense Systems From Paris
• In Belarus, Rhetoric Not All That Matters

Volume 14 Issue 55

April 26, 2017

• Young Gunman With Neo-Nazi Affiliation Highlights Threats to Russian State
• Georgia’s State Security Service Annual Report Downplays Country’s Terrorist Threat
• Propaganda Against Trans-Adriatic Pipeline Continues Under ‘Environmental Concerns’

Volume 14 Issue 54

April 25, 2017

• Shoigu Promotes Russia’s ‘Effective Army’ Plans to 2025
• Yezidis and Yerevan Complicating Moscow’s Efforts to Influence Kurds in Iraq and Syria
• Nazarbayev’s Call for Latin Alphabet for Kazakh Worries Russia

Volume 14 Issue 53

April 24, 2017

• Russia Absent From North Korean Crisis
• New Uzbek President Courts Moscow During State Visit
• Will the North–South Transport Corridor Overshadow the Baku–Tbilisi–Kars Railway?

Volume 14 Issue 52

April 13, 2017

• Moscow and Damascus Accuse Rebels of Deploying WMDs All Over Syria
• Tatarstan’s Pursuit of Power-Sharing Accord With Moscow Energizes National Movements Across Russia
• April Ceasefire in Donbas: Opportunity for Renewed Russian Gains?

Volume 14 Issue 51

April 12, 2017

• Large Russian Land-Air-Sea Exercises in Crimea Highlight Vulnerabilities in Ukrainian Navy and Coastal Defense
• Georgia and Ukraine Welcome New Thaw in Bilateral Relations
• Baku-Beijing Relations and China’s Growing Interest in the South Caucasus

Volume 14 Issue 50

April 11, 2017

• Russian Air Defense and the US Strike on Al-Shayrat
• Russians Increasingly Prepared to Use Firearms Against Police
• Russian-Turkish Relations Undermined by Status of Crimea

Volume 14 Issue 49

April 10, 2017

• Kremlin Reels From US Missile Strike on Syria
• Russia’s Tu-160 Strategic Bomber Faces Development Problems
• Breaking out of the West’s Conditioned Response to Belarus ‘Failing the Democracy Test’

Volume 14 Issue 48

April 7, 2017

• Russian-Chinese Joint Ventures in Russia’s Far East, Arctic
• Russian Agitprop Pervades Central and Eastern Europe
• Risk of Further Serious Hostilities in Karabakh Remains High

Volume 14 Issue 47

April 6, 2017

• Deadly Bomb Explosion in St. Petersburg Metro Exposes Vulnerability of Russia’s Cities
• Even Under Pressure, Belarus Defies Clichés
• Ukraine Invites Georgia to Act Together Against Russian Occupation

Volume 14 Issue 46

April 5, 2017

• Moscow Mobilizes the Science of Strategic Foresight
• Moscow’s Laughs Not to Be Trusted in the Baltics
• Islamicized Armenians in Turkey: A Bridge or a Threat?

Volume 14 Issue 45

April 3, 2017

• Putin Demands Improved Russia-US Relations
• Moldova-Ukraine Energy Deal Upsets Russia by Cutting Transnistria Out
• Armenian Authorities Arrest Former Separatist Karabakh ‘Defense Minister’ on Eve of Parliamentary Elections

Volume 14 Issue 44

March 30, 2017

• Russia Rocked by Massive Protest Demonstrations
• Conflict Escalates Again in Eastern Ukraine: Possible Causes and Consequences
• Georgia Readies Itself for New Constitutional Changes

Volume 14 Issue 43

March 29, 2017

• Despite Sanctions, Russia Presses Development of Arctic Energy Reserves
• Iran Builds Soft Power in Georgia to Foster Tighter Nexus With Russia
• Kyiv Stops Trade With Occupied Donbas, Slaps Sanctions on Russian Bank Subsidiaries

Volume 14 Issue 42

March 28, 2017

• Another Russian Failure: Moscow and the Korean Question
• Cossacks Fighting Moscow’s Expanded Efforts to Make Them Ethnic Russians
• Suspension of Azerbaijan's EITI Membership: Repercussions for the Southern Gas Corridor

Volume 14 Issue 41

March 27, 2017

• Illusions and Lack of Reason Revealed by New Protests in Belarus
• Crackdown in Minsk: End of Latest Belarusian Political Thaw?
• New Mass Protests Materialize Against Putin

Volume 14 Issue 40

March 24, 2017

• Washington’s Dysfunction May Embolden Moscow as Russian Defector Gunned Down in Kyiv
• The Southern Gas Corridor and the Recent Escalation in Karabakh
• Armenia and Azerbaijan: What Do They Seek From the EU?

Volume 14 Issue 39

March 22, 2017

• Russian Private Military Companies—Redwater?
• Russian Anxiety About Central Asia Becomes Palpable
• Erdoğan’s Visit to Moscow: Background, Agenda and Beyond

Volume 14 Issue 38

March 21, 2017

• Regional Statistics—But Not Moscow’s—Point to Russia’s Demographic Collapse
• Russian National Guard: A New Oprichnina, ‘Cyber Police’ or Something Else?
• Russian Military Absorbs ‘Army of South Ossetia’

Volume 14 Issue 37

March 20, 2017

• Belarus: Public Protests in the Geopolitical Context
• Navalny Launches Russian Presidential Campaign in the Regions, Angers Local Federalist Sensibilities
• With Tensions High, Kazakhstan Plays Mediator in Syria Peace Talks

Volume 14 Issue 36

March 16, 2017

• Private Military Companies Forming Vanguard of Russian Foreign Operations
• Uzbekistan Accords Turkmenistan Status of Closest Neighbor and Partner
• European Union Poised to Scrap Visa Requirements for Ukraine

Volume 14 Issue 35

March 15, 2017

• Georgia’s Seaport City of Batumi Erupts in Violence
• Baltics Take Step Toward Creating Single Security Space
• To Afghanistan Not Syria? Islamic State Diverts Tajik Fighters South

Volume 14 Issue 34

March 14, 2017

• Russia’s State Armaments Program to 2025 Promises High-Technology Procurement
• Belarus Policies and Their Existential Jetlag
• Russian Regions Erecting Statues to Those Who Resisted Muscovite Expansion

Volume 14 Issue 33

March 13, 2017

• Moscow Spins Overextended Intrigues in the Middle East
• Armenia Pushes to Reinvigorate Its Relationship With NATO
• Ukraine’s Information Security Doctrine: A Breakthrough or the Veneer of Change?

Volume 14 Issue 32

March 9, 2017

• Kremlin’s Hopes for a ‘Post-West’ World Order Recede
• The Ukrainian Navy: Conceptual Aspects and Cooperation With the West
• Southern Gas Corridor Seeks Financial Backing Amidst Volatile Oil Prices

Volume 14 Issue 31

March 8, 2017

• Can Channel Rustavi 2 Remain the Voice of the Opposition?
• Belarus in a Frenzy Over Allegations of Potential Russian Aggression
• Russian Advances in the Gulf

Volume 14 Issue 30

March 7, 2017

• Aerospace Forces’ Snap Inspection Reveals Flaws
• Lithuanian Popular Militia Expands to Defend Against Russian Threat
• Russia Progressively Pulls Georgia Tighter Into Its Orbit by Way of New Transit Routes

Volume 14 Issue 29

March 6, 2017

• The Problem With Russian Connections Is Corruption, Not Espionage
• Spanish Arrests of Russia-Connected Individuals Illustrate Complex Dynamics of Madrid’s Relations With Moscow
• Moldovan President Seeks Regime Change Via Referendum

Volume 14 Issue 28

March 2, 2017

• Moscow Preparing for ‘Asymmetrical’ Arms Race
• Ukraine Showcases Advanced New Air-to-Ground Rocket Munition
• New Outbreak of Violence in Karabakh: Cause and Effect

Volume 14 Issue 27

March 1, 2017

• Russia’s Sarmat ICBM Faces Development Problems
• Rustavi 2 TV Channel Fights for Its Survival as Supreme Court Decision Approaches
• Ukraine’s Legal Cases Against Russia in International Courts

Volume 14 Issue 26

February 28, 2017

• What Do the Protests in Belarus Mean?
• Central Asian Countries Erecting New Cities to Cope With Population Explosion
• Railway Blockade Wreaks Havoc on Economy of Ukraine’s Donbas

Volume 14 Issue 25

February 27, 2017

• Russia Struggles to Come to Terms With Its Past
• The Russian Army Suffers Deficit in Officers
• Belarus: Time of Trouble Lingers

Volume 14 Issue 24

February 24, 2017

• Russia Sells S-400 Complexes to China: Smart Move or a Mixed Blessing?
• Russia’s Arduous Quest to Resurrect Its Carrier Fleet: The Case of the Crimean NITKA Military Complex
• Donbas Blockade Exposes Political Fault Lines in Ukraine

Volume 14 Issue 23

February 23, 2017

• Defense Minister Shoigu Promotes Russian Cyber Warfare Troops and Declares Victory in Syria
• NATO Consolidating ‘Collective Defense’ in Europe’s East
• Kazakhstan Embarks on Constitutional Reform Amid Uncertain Times

Volume 14 Issue 22

February 22, 2017

• Rekindled Train Wagon Debate Calls Into Question Planned Size for ‘Zapad 2017’ Exercise
• Georgian Authorities Reinstate Military Conscription
• Kuban Corruption Case Could Presage New Source of Legitimacy for Kremlin

Volume 14 Issue 21

February 21, 2017

• As US-Russian Relations Stagnate, Europe Fears a Jilted Moscow
• Beyond Two Percent: How Estonia is Strengthening Its Security and NATO’s
• Turmoil in and Around Belarus

Volume 14 Issue 20

February 16, 2017

• Moscow Sees Anti-Russian Forces on the Rise in US Following Flynn’s Ouster
• Russian Commentators Float Idea of ‘New Yalta’ Deal Among Russia, US and China
• Injecting Russian Gas Into TAP: Downgrading Importance of Southern Gas Corridor

Volume 14 Issue 19

February 15, 2017

• Does the Kurdish Issue Undermine Turkish-Russian Relations?
• Armenia-Belarus Friction Gaining Momentum
• Uzbekistan Turns to Russia in Search of Modern Weapons

Volume 14 Issue 18

February 14, 2017

• Russia, Iran and the US: An Obtuse Triangle
• Little-Known Turkmenistan About to Become Known for Its Big Problems
• Belarus-Russian Conflict Still Raging

Volume 14 Issue 17

February 13, 2017

• Tenth Anniversary of Putin’s Munich Speech: A Commitment to Failure
• The Battle for Avdiivka: Ukrainian Assessment and Context
• The Lapshin Case: A Red Line in Azerbaijan’s Foreign Policy

Volume 14 Issue 16

February 9, 2017

• Putin Orders Air Force Into Topmost Battle Readiness
• Russia on the Verge of a ‘Cyber Purge?’
• ‘Crawling Advance’: A New Tactic of Ukrainian Troops in Donbas

Volume 14 Issue 15

February 8, 2017

• Is US-Russian Joint Operation Against Islamic State Possible?
• People Power in Romania Versus Moldova: Worlds Apart?
• A Visionary at the Head of the Latvian Armed Forces

Volume 14 Issue 14

February 7, 2017

• Gerasimov Revamps Russian Military Hard Power, Based on Syria Lessons
• Is Kaliningrad on Its Way to Becoming ‘Russia’s Crimea?’
• Armenia and Georgia Hold Joint Exercise With NATO Soldiers

Volume 14 Issue 13

February 6, 2017

• Russia’s Little War in Ukraine Does Not Help Kremlin to Befriend Trump
• Russia Introduces a Border Zone With Belarus
• Lukashenka’s Eccentric Conversation With Russia and the World

Volume 14 Issue 12

February 2, 2017

• If Trump Hands Over Ukraine, He Will Make Russia Great Again
• Merkel-Poroshenko Meeting Shows Deep Freeze of ‘Normandy’ Negotiations
• Russian Gazprom Shows Renewed Interest in Greek Natural Gas Infrastructure

Volume 14 Issue 11

February 1, 2017

• Italy in Wait-and-See Mode Over Russia’s Maneuvering in Libya
• Georgia to Skip NATO Summit as Russia Flexes Military Muscle in South Caucasus
• Moscow’s Double Game in Afghanistan

Volume 14 Issue 10

January 31, 2017

• Are Moscow and the West Swapping Positions on Belarus?
• Belarus: Expanding the Scope of the Permissible
• Gotland: Sweden’s Crown Jewel in the Baltic

Volume 14 Issue 9

January 30, 2017

• Much Ado About Trump’s Phone Call With Putin
• Muscovite Socialist, National Oligarch: A Moldovan Symbiosis
• Armenia-Iran Versus Azerbaijan-Israel: Where Is Russia?

Volume 14 Issue 8

January 26, 2017

• Moscow Maneuvering to Become Supreme Arbiter in Syria
• Ukrainian President Poroshenko to Finally Close His Confectionery in Russia
• Putin Blesses Moldova’s President in Moscow
• Moldova’s President in the Kremlin: A Snapshot of Moldova-Russia Relations

Volume 14 Issue 7

January 25, 2017

• Ukraine Upgrades Military Potential With New Tanks, Missiles
• Ukraine to Begin Producing M16 Assault Rifle in Joint Venture With US Firm
• Georgia Trusts Donald Trump Will Not Change US Policy Toward Tbilisi

Volume 14 Issue 6

January 24, 2017

• Moscow Seeks to Reinforce Trump’s Belief That Force Alone Can Defeat Islamic State
• Ukraine’s New Power Game: Avakov Versus Poroshenko
• Is Russia Readying to Conduct Regime Change in Belarus?

Volume 14 Issue 5

January 23, 2017

• Russia and China Part Company in Davos
• Baltics Sharply Increase Defense Expenditures
• Russia Expands Its Subversive Involvement in Western Balkans

Volume 14 Issue 4

January 20, 2017

• Is Belarus at Risk From an Impatient Russia?
• Moscow Benefits from Influence Campaign to Reinstate Ukraine-Russia Economic Ties
• Terrorist Threat in Georgia Shifts From Exporting Militants to Homegrown and Returning Fighters

Volume 14 Issue 3

January 19, 2017

• Kremlin Learning to Navigate Washington’s New Unpredictability
• Reform-Minded Presidential Administration Forces Government Reshuffles in Uzbekistan
• Georgia Signs Unfavorable New Natural Gas Transit Deal With Russia

Volume 14 Issue 2

January 18, 2017

• Counter-Containment: Russia Deploys S-400 Complexes to Crimea
• Saakashvili’s Party in Georgia Splits in Two
• Visa-Free Travel to Belarus and the Dawn of a New Era in the (Dis)Information Wars

Volume 14 Issue 1

January 17, 2017

• Putin’s Dirty Diplomacy Fails to Breach Sanctions Wall
• Moscow Pursues Enhanced Precision-Strike Capability
• Independent Russian Analysts Argue Moscow Secretly Cooperating With the Islamic State