Volume 18 Issue 189

December 17, 2021

• Widening Cracks in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Dodik’s Russian Mission
• Russia’s ASAT Test: Motivations and Implications
• New Gas Cooperation Between Iran and Turkmenistan: Prospects and Limitations

Volume 18 Issue 188

December 16, 2021

• US and Allies Fail to Pull Moscow Away From Beijing
• Moscow Fears Ankara’s Greater Turan Ideas Threaten Russia Abroad and at Home
• Biden Administration Aligns With Kremlin Push for Minsk ‘Agreements’ on Ukraine (Part Two)
• Biden Administration Aligns With Kremlin Push for Minsk ‘Agreements’ on Ukraine (Part Three)

Volume 18 Issue 187

December 15, 2021

• Russia’s Pacific Fleet Upgrades Kamchatka Submarine Base
• Ukraine Signs on to Joint Hydrogen Projects With European Firms
• Growing Irreconcilable Confrontation Between Georgian Authorities and Opposition

Volume 18 Issue 186

December 14, 2021

• Biden Administration Aligns With Kremlin Push for Minsk ‘Agreements’ on Ukraine (Part One)
• Tensions Grow Over Zangezur Corridor, as Russia Losing Dominant Position on the Caspian
• Belarusian Political Crisis: Untenable Risks and Achievable Goals

Volume 18 Issue 185

December 13, 2021

• The Anniversary That Russia Fails to Internalize
• The Russian Military Buildup Around Ukraine: Bluff Versus Intention
• The Kremlin’s Logic of Threats and Strategic Ambiguity

Volume 18 Issue 184

December 9, 2021

• Is a Russo-US De-Escalation Feasible?
• Moscow’s Trade With China Leaves Russians in the Far East Hungry, Cold and Angry
• Ukraine in Play After Biden-Putin Discussion

Volume 18 Issue 183

December 8, 2021

• Ukraine Looms Large in Biden-Putin Dialogue
• President Zelenskyy Confronts Top Ukrainian Oligarch
• Ossetian-Ingush Tensions Escalate Into Series of Clashes
• Abkhazia’s ‘President’ Floats Idea to Lift Real Estate Purchase Restrictions for Russian Citizens

Volume 18 Issue 182

December 7, 2021

• Russia, China Dividing Responsibilities in Tajikistan: Is Conflict Possible?
• Kyrgyzstani Parliamentary Elections Strengthen President Japarov’s Rule

Volume 18 Issue 181

December 6, 2021

• TAPI Pipeline Project and Stakeholder Interests: Business, Geopolitics or Both?
• President Lukashenka’s Pronouncements and Western Sanctions on Belarus
• The Iranian-Turkish Cooperation Roadmap: A Solution to Resolving Bilateral Problems and Tensions?

Volume 18 Issue 180

December 2, 2021

• Putin’s Ultimatum to America
• Russian Ideologists Call for External Expansion: What Can Ukraine Expect?
• Violence Spreads in Kazakhstan, and Now Involving Attacks on Ethnic Russians

Volume 18 Issue 179

December 1, 2021

• The Territorial Defense System of Ukraine: New Innovations but Incomplete Approach
• Chechnya, Ingushetia Again At Odds Over Long-Disputed Border
• At Sochi Summit, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia Reach Critical Agreements on Post-War Regional Situation

Volume 18 Issue 178

November 30, 2021

• Tajikistan’s Pamir Region Descends Into Chaos
• Lavrov’s Leaks: Moscow Embarrasses Berlin and Paris in Negotiations Over Ukraine (Part Two)
• Europe Is Talking to Minsk

Volume 18 Issue 177

November 29, 2021

• Ukraine’s Troubles, Putin’s ‘Red Lines’ and Biden’s Warnings
• Lavrov’s Leaks: Moscow Embarrasses Berlin and Paris in Negotiations Over Ukraine (Part One)
• Regional Tensions Could Trigger Energy Deficit in Karabakh

Volume 18 Issue 176

November 18, 2021

• Russia Brashly Demonstrates Its Anti-Satellite Capabilities
• Chinese Workers in Russian Far East Attack Rosneft Offices
• Moldova Uniquely Vulnerable to Russian Energy Servitude (Part One)
• Moldova Uniquely Vulnerable to Russian Energy Servitude (Part Two)

Volume 18 Issue 175

November 17, 2021

• The Belarus Crisis and the Union State Military Doctrine
• In Istanbul, Turkic Council Members Eye Closer Cooperation and Deeper Integration
• Four Obstacles to Iranian Oil and Gas Production in the Caspian Sea

Volume 18 Issue 174

November 16, 2021

• Moscow Worried by Ankara’s Expansive Vision of ‘Turkic World’
• Advocates Across North Caucasus Demand Reclassifications of Local Ethnic Groups
• Georgia: A Pillar of NATO’s Wider Black Sea Strategy?

Volume 18 Issue 173

November 15, 2021

• Russia Considers Exporting S-500 Air-Defense Systems to China and India
• The Internationalization of the Belarusian Political Crisis Not Working Out in the West’s Favor
• In Face of Western Criticism, Georgian Authorities Adopt Trappings of ‘Sovereign Democracy’ Rhetoric

Volume 18 Issue 172

November 11, 2021

• Belarus as Latest Front in Acute East-West Standoff
• Crisis on the Polish-Belarusian Border—What Strategy for Warsaw?
• The Fate of China’s Rail Line to Uzbekistan Likely to Be Decided in Kyrgyzstan

Volume 18 Issue 171

November 10, 2021

• First Strike: The Political Consequences of Ukraine’s Bayraktar Drone Attack on Russia-Backed Forces in Donbas
• Russia and Belarus Sign a Package of Union State Programs
• The Karabakh Air Gate Opens: Future Prospects for Fuzuli Airport

Volume 18 Issue 170

November 9, 2021

• Russia’s Race for Hypersonic Weapons
• Ethnic Russians in Moscow Forming Self-Defense Units Against Non-Russian Migrants
• Chechen Strongman Drives New Wedge Between Russia and Turkey

Volume 18 Issue 169

November 8, 2021

• A Stability Check in US-Russian Relations
• The Russian Military Buildup Around Ukraine: Routine, Seasonal Maneuvers
• Economic Interests at Core of Uzbekistan’s Pragmatic Approach Toward Taliban

Volume 18 Issue 168

November 4, 2021

• Gazprom’s ‘Italian Strike’ or the Latest Russian Blackmail of Europe
• Victims of Soviet-Era Russification Policies Boost Their Support for Non-Russian Minorities in Russia
• Turkish-Azerbaijani Exercises in Nakhchivan: A Turkic Axis on Iran’s Doorstep?

Volume 18 Issue 167

November 3, 2021

• Russia’s Armed Forces Rehearse the Defense of Crimea
• Unfortunate but Inevitable: Moldova’s Gas Supply Agreement With the Kremlin and Gazprom
• Georgian Opposition Rejects Official Results of October Local Elections

Volume 18 Issue 166

November 2, 2021

• Lithuania and Poland Want to ‘Recover’ Kaliningrad, Russian Analysts Say
• Russian LNG Shipments to India: Strategic Implications and Long-Term Prospects
• Epiphenomena in the Belarusian Political Crisis

Volume 18 Issue 165

November 1, 2021

• Spurning Pair of International Summits, Putin Denounces Globalization
• Chechen and Russian Special Forces Clash Over Insignia
• CSTO ‘Combat Brotherhood 2021’ Exercises Send Strong Message to Afghanistan

Volume 18 Issue 164

October 28, 2021

• Internal Fruit of Russian Propaganda: The Political Repercussions of COVID-19 in Russia
• Beijing Changes Its Approach to Economic Expansion in Central Asia
• Russian Gazprom Ready to Pounce on Moldovan Prey (Part One)
• Russian Gazprom Ready to Pounce on Moldovan Prey (Part Two)

Volume 18 Issue 163

October 27, 2021

• Increased Social Tensions in Russia Spill Over Into Shootings and Inter-Ethnic Conflicts
• Saakashvili’s Hunger Strike Mobilizes Georgian Opposition
• Tensions in Tehran-Baku Relations: Iran’s New Transit Routes in Armenia and the Caspian Sea

Volume 18 Issue 162

October 26, 2021

• Karabakh Conflict Continues Through Competing Construction Projects
• Russia’s ‘Re-Exploration’ of Siberia and the Far East: Tools, Plans, Ambitions (Part Two)
• Tajikistan-Afghanistan Tensions a Hurdle for Russia-Taliban Relations

Volume 18 Issue 161

October 25, 2021

• Putin’s Valdai Platitudes Obscure Worsening Domestic Situation
• Russia’s ‘Re-Exploration’ of Siberia and the Far East: Tools, Plans, Ambitions (Part One)
• Belarusian-Russian Economic Dependency and Trade Wars: Is There a Contradiction?

Volume 18 Issue 160

October 21, 2021

• Moscow Severs Diplomatic Relations With NATO
• Prison Revolts in Russia Growing in Number, Size and Impact
• Russia Lures Georgia’s Secessionist Regions by Dual Citizenship

Volume 18 Issue 159

October 20, 2021

• Russian Military Enhances UACV Strike Capability
• The Commercial Space Sector and Russia’s Space Strategy
• The Kremlin Is Pleased After Kozak-Nuland Talks on Ukraine (Part One)
• The Kremlin Is Pleased After Kozak-Nuland Talks on Ukraine (Part Two)

Volume 18 Issue 158

October 19, 2021

• Non-Citizenship Issue in Baltic Countries Passing from the Scene
• The Belarusian Opposition and the Five Stages of Grief
• ‘Zangezur Corridor’ Closer to Realization as Armenia Readies to Normalize Relations With Turkey and Azerbaijan

Volume 18 Issue 157

October 18, 2021

• The EU-Russia Antagonism Stretches From Ukraine to the Arctic
• Russia’s Cossacks: Strategic Asset or Financial Liability?
• Cautious Optimism in Azerbaijani-French Relations: The View From Baku

Volume 18 Issue 156

October 14, 2021

• A War and Peace Visit to Moscow
• Circassians See Russian Census as Real Chance to Unite Their Nation
• Russia hopes for a U-turn in the EU’s energy policy

Volume 18 Issue 155

October 13, 2021

• Putin‘s Brutal Letter to Ukraine under Medvedev’s Byline
• Russian Mercenaries’ Potential Advent to Mali
• Who Is Losing Belarus?

Volume 18 Issue 154

October 12, 2021

• What Difference Will the Nobel Peace Prize Make in Russia?
• Zapad 2021 Suggests, in Event of War, Moscow Could Seize Baltics but Lose Kaliningrad
• The Realities of Russian Military Shipbuilding (Part Two)

Volume 18 Issue 153

October 7, 2021

• Russian Authorities Expand and Tighten Clampdown on Opposition
• Kremlin Publicizes Its View on Europe’s Energy Crisis
• China’s Rapid Economic and Cultural Expansion in Georgia Troubles Some in Tbilisi

Volume 18 Issue 152

October 6, 2021

• War Games Shine Light on Deep-Running Iran-Azerbaijan Tensions
• How New Are the ‘New People’ in Russia’s Parliament?
• Ukraine Expanding Space Program, Plans 2022 Moon Launch

Volume 18 Issue 151

October 5, 2021

• Clashes Intensify Between Moscow and Circassians on Key Issues
• The Realities of Russian Military Shipbuilding (Part One)
• Hopes for Solution to Belarus’s Political Crisis Derailed Again

Volume 18 Issue 150

October 4, 2021

• Russia’s Four Diplomatic Encounters and a Summit
• Georgian Government Arrests Former President Saakashvili Upon His Return From Exile
• Ukrainian Anti-Oligarch Law Inadvertently Shines Spotlight on Russian-Linked Members of Presidential Entourage

Volume 18 Issue 149

September 30, 2021

• Crop Failures in Russia Point to Serious Shortages of Bread and Potatoes Ahead
• Russia Kills OSCE’s Observer Mission on Russia-Ukraine Border
• Anti-Migrant Rally in Buzhaninovo Raises Specter of Dangerous Russian Nationalism

Volume 18 Issue 148

September 29, 2021

• Russia’s Armed Forces Enhance UAV Strike Capability
• Divining the Meaning of Recent Developments on Belarus’s Two Geopolitical Flanks
• Is Uzbekistan on the Verge of Rejoining the CSTO?

Volume 18 Issue 147

September 28, 2021

• Radical Sanctions on Belarus Will Not Push Minsk Into Moscow’s Arms, Russian Experts Argue
• Is Serbia Preparing to Annex Kosovo’s North?
• The Taliban Takeover of Kabul and Implications for the India-Iran-Afghanistan-Uzbekistan Transit Corridor

Volume 18 Issue 146

September 27, 2021

• Russian Gas, German Elections, and US sanctions
• Are Chechens Being Purposefully Pitted Against Crimean Tatars?
• Armored Troop Carrier Project to Link Baltic Sea Regional Partners

Volume 18 Issue 145

September 23, 2021

• Kremlin-Backed Forces Sweep Duma Elections
• Russian Elections in Ukraine's Donbas: Annexing People Before Annexing Territory
• Weak Response to Russian Duma Elections in Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia
• After Taliban Victory, Central Asian Countries Increasingly Pursuing Separate Goals

Volume 18 Issue 144

September 22, 2021

• Russia’s Military Boosts Electromagnetic Spectrum Capability
• Azerbaijan Increasingly Critical of Russia’s Peacekeeping Mission in Karabakh
• Sanctions on Belarus Will Not Bring Regime Change

Volume 18 Issue 143

September 21, 2021

• Demographic Decline and Urbanization Threaten Moscow’s Control over Borderlands
• Mikheil Saakashvili Vows Return to Georgia
• Iran’s Full Membership in the SCO: A Win-Win Game?

Volume 18 Issue 142

September 20, 2021

• Fake Elections and Russia’s Belligerent Foreign Policy
• Amidst Zapad 2021 Exercise, Russia and Belarus Establish Joint Air-Defense and Air Force Training and Combat Center
• South Caucasus States Keen to Cash in on China’s, India’s Transportation Expansion

Volume 18 Issue 141

September 16, 2021

• Zapad 2021 Ends Peacefully but East-West Tensions Still Simmer
• Kyiv Airing Disappointment With Western Policies
• Moscow Promotes Naval Cooperation Among Caspian States to Exclude Others

Volume 18 Issue 140

September 15, 2021

• Is the Belarusian Political Crisis Finally Coming to an End?
• Raisi Presidency Challenged to Tackle Three Major Problems Between Iran and Azerbaijan
• Russian Authorities Seek Total Control Over Internet

Volume 18 Issue 139

September 14, 2021

• Japan Increases Involvement in Central Asia
• Nord Stream Two Construction Completed, but Gas Flows Unlikely in 2021
• Sustainable Energy—A Hidden Agenda of Russia’s 2021 Eastern Economic Forum

Volume 18 Issue 138

September 13, 2021

• Russian-Style Multilateralism: Decorative and Ineffectual
• The Russian Elections and Hidden Regionalist Politics
• Though Wary of Border Instability, Uzbekistan Ready to Handle Any Outcomes in Afghanistan

Volume 18 Issue 137

September 10, 2021

• Kremlin Considers Armenian Model to Resolve Belarus Crisis
• Kazakhstan to Let Russia Do the Heavy Lifting on Afghanistan
• Tajikistan Breaks From Neighbors in Policy Toward Afghanistan

Volume 18 Issue 136

September 9, 2021

• Massive Zapad 2021 War Games Begin
• Kazakhstani-Russian Ties Decay as Nationalism Grows, Russians Flee and China Advances
• US-Ukraine Strategic Partnership Gets Another Lease on Life (Part Two)

Volume 18 Issue 135

September 8, 2021

• Russia’s Northern Fleet Integrates Automated C2 and Hypersonic Strike
• Taliban’s Return to Power Draws Mixed Reaction From Chechen Factions
• The Unstable Equilibrium of Belarus’s Political Crisis

Volume 18 Issue 134

September 7, 2021

• Russia Takes Measure of How Afghanistan Resonates in Middle East
• Taliban Victory Sparks New Fears in the Caucasus
• US-Ukraine Strategic Partnership Gets Another Lease on Life (Part One)

Volume 18 Issue 133

August 19, 2021

• Russia Warns Ukraine and Other Neighbors to Draw Lessons From Fall of Kabul
• Taliban Triumph in Afghanistan Echoes in Russia’s North Caucasus
• Lukashenka Says No to Russian Military Base and Deeper Integration With Russia

Volume 18 Issue 132

August 18, 2021

• New Appointments in the Ukrainian Military: Occasion for Restrained Optimism?
• Hydrogen Production in Ukraine: Escape From Energy Dependency and a New Source of Revenue After Nord Stream Two
• The Cyprus Dimension to the Azerbaijani-Turkish Alliance

Volume 18 Issue 131

August 17, 2021

• Taliban Victory Unsettles Geopolitics in Central Asia
• Russian Interference in Georgian Politics: The Activation of Ultra-Right Forces
• Kazakhstan Surges to Third Place in Global Crypto-Currency Production, Behind China and US

Volume 18 Issue 130

August 16, 2021

• August Anniversaries in Russia: A Litany of Bad Memories
• Summing Up: One Year Since the Disputed Presidential Elections in Belarus
• Azerbaijan Boosts Trilateral Cooperation With Pakistan and Turkey

Volume 18 Issue 129

August 12, 2021

• Kremlin Responds to New Moldovan Leadership’s Overtures
• Moscow Worried Orthodox in Belarus and Moldova May Gain Autocephaly

Volume 18 Issue 128

August 11, 2021

• What Next for Nord Stream Two? The Legal Battle in Europe Begins
• Kalmykia: Russia’s Emerging Powder Keg?
• The Pallone Amendment and US Military Assistance to Azerbaijan in Context

Volume 18 Issue 127

August 10, 2021

• Turkish Pipeline to Nakhchivan Shakes up Power Relations in South Caucasus
• Belarus Struggles to Circumvent Western Sanctions Against Its Oil Industry
• Will the EU Shake off Its Lethargy Over the Protracted Conflicts in the Black Sea Region? (Part Five)

Volume 18 Issue 126

August 9, 2021

• Autocratic Symbiosis Drags Belarus and Russia Down
• A Year On: The International Dimension of Belarus’s Political Crisis
• Will the EU Shake off Its Lethargy Over the Protracted Conflicts in the Black Sea Region? (Part Four)

Volume 18 Issue 125

August 5, 2021

• Biden-Putin Summit Failed to Reverse Downturn in Bilateral Relations
• Moscow Worried About Growing Turkish Influence Among Gagauz
• Will the EU Shake off Its Lethargy Over the Protracted Conflicts in the Black Sea Region? (Part Three)

Volume 18 Issue 124

August 4, 2021

• Will the EU Shake off Its Lethargy Over the Protracted Conflicts in the Black Sea Region? (Part Two)
• Charles Michel Tries to Keep Georgia From Leaving the European Orbit
• New Wings for the Ukrainian Air Force

Volume 18 Issue 123

August 3, 2021

• Putin’s Response to Bridge Collapse Highlights Infrastructure and Political Problems
• Pakistan Stream Gas Pipeline: Russia’s Key to South Asia?
• The Diplomatic Triumph of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya and the Fate of the Belarusian Opposition

Volume 18 Issue 122

August 2, 2021

• Putin’s Paranoia, More Than Nuclear Weapons and Oil, Make Russia Dangerous
• Russian Communists Try to Control Popular Discontent
• Chechnya’s Veteran Fighters Have Their Backs to the Wall

Volume 18 Issue 121

July 29, 2021

• Disgruntlement Grows Within Leadership Ranks of Russian Navy
• China Assuming New Dominance in Turkmenistan
• Will the EU Shake off Its Lethargy Over the Protracted Conflicts in the Black Sea Region? (Part One)

Volume 18 Issue 120

July 28, 2021

• Russia’s Northern Fleet Test-Fires Tsirkon Cruise Missile
• The Kremlin’s Bluff in Afghanistan
• Russian Government Builds Novel Framework for Controlling Regions

Volume 18 Issue 119

July 27, 2021

• Japan Challenges Russia in Antarctic, Sparking Concern in Moscow About West’s Plans
• Belarusian Politics and the Tyranny of Simple Solutions
• Azerbaijan’s President Visits Moscow Amidst Uncertainties in Post-War Peace Process With Armenia

Volume 18 Issue 118

July 26, 2021

• Naval Parade Plays Into Putin’s Dangerous Vanity
• Putin Expresses Support for Cossack Battalion in Russian National Guard
• Anti-China Sentiments Grows in Kazakhstan as Economic Cooperation Stalls

Volume 18 Issue 117

July 22, 2021

• Checkmate: Russia’s So-Called Fifth-Generation Stealth Fighter
• New Transport Routes in Central Asia and Caucasus Trigger Intra-Regional Competition
• Kharkiv State Aviation Production Enterprise Enters Freefall

Volume 18 Issue 116

July 21, 2021

• US-Germany Nord Stream Two Agreement—A Victory for Russia
• Russia’s LNG Strategy: Foreign Competition and the Role of the Arctic Region
• Tensions Escalate Again in Armenian-Azerbaijani Relations

Volume 18 Issue 115

July 20, 2021

• Beijing Expanding Size and Role of Its ‘Private’ Military Companies in Central Asia
• President Zelenskyy Reshuffles Government, Drops Powerful Interior Minister
• Minsk Retaliates Against European Sanctions by Ridding Country of ‘Agents of Western Influence’

Volume 18 Issue 114

July 19, 2021

• Putin’s Fixation on Ukraine Is Demagogic, Delusional and Dangerous
• Russia Abandons Moldovan Clients, Will Deal With the New Pro-Western Government (Part Two)
• Russia, Turkey Compete to Entice Azerbaijan Into Their Geopolitical Plays

Volume 18 Issue 113

July 15, 2021

• Amidst Taliban Gains, Russian Strategic Assets Threatened in Central Asia
• For Russians, Space Program Measures Status of Putin’s Authoritarian Modernization
• Russia Abandons Moldovan Clients, Will Deal With the New Pro-Western Government (Part One)

Volume 18 Issue 112

July 14, 2021

• Belarus's Political Crisis as a Theater of the Absurd
• How Long Is Ramzan Kadyrov’s Long Arm?
• Iran Drives Development of Persian Gulf–Black Sea International Transport and Transit Corridor

Volume 18 Issue 111

July 13, 2021

• Taliban Controls Afghanistan’s Northern Borders, Unsettling Countries Near and Far
• Moldova’s Pro-Western Forces Achieve Landslide in Parliamentary Elections
• Chasing Success, Poland and Lithuania Mull New Energy Projects

Volume 18 Issue 110

July 12, 2021

• Putin’s Predictable Syrian Compromise Amidst Hostile Russian Behavior
• Russian Energy Companies Halt Oil Supplies to Naftan Refinery in Belarus Because of US Sanctions
• Iranian-Azerbaijani Relations Under the New Raisi Administration

Volume 18 Issue 109

July 9, 2021

• Moldova’s Parliamentary Elections May Produce a Sea Change (Part Two)
• Russian Media Misrepresents US Anti-Terrorism Strategy to Justify Repressions in Russia
• NATO-Georgia: A Pause in the Integration Process?

Volume 18 Issue 108

July 8, 2021

• Despite Western Warnings, Russia Moves Closer to China
• Moscow Says US Waging Biological War Against Russia
• Moldova’s Parliamentary Elections May Produce a Sea Change (Part One)

Volume 18 Issue 107

July 7, 2021

• Russia's ‘Green’ Agenda in Action: Economic Tools and Political Motivations (Part Two)
• Moscow Pushes for Tighter Control Over North Caucasus Republics
• Europe’s Sanctions and Belarus: A Hammer and the Nail

Volume 18 Issue 106

July 6, 2021

• Putin’s Penchant for Drawing and Crossing ‘Red Lines’
• Moscow’s Aspirations in North Melting Along With Permafrost
• Baltic Security Assurances in Wake of NATO Summit and Biden-Putin Meeting

Volume 18 Issue 105

July 1, 2021

• Moscow Steps up Intimidation Campaign in Black Sea Region
• Cossack Divisions Now Threaten Kyiv the Way They Already Do Moscow
• Armenian Prime Minister Pashinian Wins New Political Mandate Despite Recent Military Defeat

Volume 18 Issue 104

June 30, 2021

• As Russian Military Prepares for Zapad 2021, Heavy Armed Forces Stay Close to Ukraine
• EU Sectoral Sanctions Put a Heavy Burden on Lukashenka's Regime
• Italy and Ukraine Strengthen Bilateral Cooperation

Volume 18 Issue 103

June 29, 2021

• China and Russia Both Cooperating and Competing in Africa
• Brussels’s Virtue Signaling on Belarus May Prove Counterproductive
• Biden-Putin Summit Sparks Political Confrontations Inside Ukraine

Volume 18 Issue 102

June 28, 2021

• Russia Predictably Steps up Attacks on US-European Unity
• Turkey Breaches Russia’s Sphere of Influence
• Sale of German Aluminum Company to Russia Raises Security Concerns

Volume 18 Issue 101

June 24, 2021

• Russia Bungles Pre-Planned Intercept of UK Navy Vessel off Coast of Crimea
• Russia’s Caspian Flotilla No Longer Only Force That Matters There
• Russia’s ‘Green’ Agenda in Action: Economic Tools and Political Motivations (Part One)

Volume 18 Issue 100

June 23, 2021

• Can Turkish Drones Bolster NATO’s Eastern Flank Against Russia?
• Shusha Declaration Cements Azerbaijani-Turkish Alliance
• Kremlin’s Geopolitical Fears Divide Finno-Ugric Peoples

Volume 18 Issue 99

June 22, 2021

• Moscow Ready to Exploit Increasingly Independent-Minded Greenland against West
• Roscosmos Suffers From Russia’s Confrontation With the US
• Unpalatable Truths About Belarus’s Political Crisis

Volume 18 Issue 98

June 21, 2021

• Putin's Satisfaction With Geneva Summit Will Not Last
• Border Conflict Compels Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to Look for Foreign Weapons
• Governor of Chechnya Hunts Down His Critics Across Russian Federation

Volume 18 Issue 97

June 17, 2021

• Biden and Putin Project Optimism After Resolving Practically Nothing in Geneva
• NATO Summit: Strong on Russia but a Net Disappointment to Eastern Allies and Partners (Part One)
• NATO Summit: Strong on Russia but a Net Disappointment to Eastern Allies and Partners (Part Two)
• Minsk Flooding Lithuania With Illegal Migrants From Middle East

Volume 18 Issue 96

June 16, 2021

• Growing Pains in the Ukrainian Special Forces
• Armenian-Azerbaijani Post-War Peace Process on Hold Ahead of Armenia’s Snap Parliamentary Elections
• Iran and the 3+3 Regional Cooperation Format in the South Caucasus: Strengths and Weaknesses

Volume 18 Issue 95

June 15, 2021

• The Hijacking of the Ryanair Flight Over Belarus: A Russian ‘Reflexive Control’ Operation?
• New Turkish-Built Dry Dock Will Not Solve Russia’s Deeper Shipbuilding Problems
• Green Investment Receives a Boost in Kazakhstan

Volume 18 Issue 94

June 14, 2021

• Contradictory US and Russian Messaging on the Biden-Putin Geneva Summit
• Belarus’s Political Crisis Reverberates in Russia and Poland
• US Asks Georgia to Mediate Between Armenia and Azerbaijan

Volume 18 Issue 93

June 10, 2021

• America is Back…But Russia is Back Too, Says Putin
• Mitigating the Nord Stream Two Impact on Ukraine
• Competition Among Transportation Corridors in South Caucasus Heating Up

Volume 18 Issue 92

June 9, 2021

• Russian Military Considers New Electronic Warfare Aircraft
• Russia’s Approach to Nuclear Power in Outer Space
• Georgia Bids Farewell to Soviet Arms

Volume 18 Issue 91

June 8, 2021

• Russia’s Pivot to Asia (China) After 2014: The Wrong Turn?
• Belarus Far More European and Far Less Eurasian than Moscow or the West Think
• Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova Form an Association Trio

Volume 18 Issue 90

June 7, 2021

• Distortions in Russian Economic Policy Exposed at Pompous Forum
• Belarus: What Did Roman Protasevich’s Interview Reveal?
• Deepening Polish-Turkish Cooperation

Volume 18 Issue 89

June 4, 2021

• Crimea’s Nuclear Potential: A Return to Soviet Practices
• Dagestani Leadership Struggles With Countering Islamic State’s Propaganda Offensive
• Azerbaijanis and Georgians Clash in Dmanisi: Isolated Incident or Growing Trend?

Volume 18 Issue 88

June 3, 2021

• Moscow Announces Dramatic Expansion of Military Forces in Western Direction
• Moscow and Tehran Dramatically Expanding Economic and Security Cooperation
• Iran Balks at Definition of Offshore Territorial Baselines in Caspian Sea

Volume 18 Issue 87

June 2, 2021

• Defense Reform in Ukraine: The Leadership Challenge
• Irrationality in and Around Belarus’s Political Crisis
• Karabakh: An Emerging Regional Transport Hub

Volume 18 Issue 86

June 1, 2021

• The Kremlin’s Quandary With Supporting an Isolated Belarus
• Four Setbacks to Western Credibility in Ukraine (Part Two)
• Moscow Promoting Canal System Linking Turkey and Central Asia Via Russian Territory

Volume 18 Issue 85

May 27, 2021

• Lukashenka Miscalculates International Response to Ryanair Intercept
• Four Setbacks to Western Credibility in Ukraine (Part One)
• West Needs to Focus on What Russia Will Be Like After Putin, New Book Says

Volume 18 Issue 84

May 26, 2021

• Russia’s ‘Green’ Agenda in the Arctic and the Far East: Words vs. Deeds
• Russia on an ‘Unfriendly’ Planet: The Psychological Origins of the Kremlin’s Diplomatic War
• Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan’s Divergent Responses to Regional Border Conflict

Volume 18 Issue 83

May 25, 2021

• Belarusian Hijacking Creates Both Opportunities and Problems for Moscow
• Leader-Oriented Relations Between Russia and Turkey in Times of Pandemic
• Ukraine’s New Naval Doctrine: A Revision of the Mosquito Fleet Strategy or Bureaucratic Inconsistency?

Volume 18 Issue 82

May 24, 2021

• The Arctic Prelude to a ‘Stabilization’ Summit
• Belarus Stages What It Sees as Major Security Operations
• Fate of Zangezur Corridor Unclear Amidst Precarious Tensions Between Armenia and Azerbaijan

Volume 18 Issue 81

May 20, 2021

• The Dimming Prospects of US-Russian Deescalation
• DPR and LPR Increasingly at Odds, Complicating Moscow’s Approach to Ukraine
• Zelenskyy Ready to Frame Poroshenko on Criminal Charges

Volume 18 Issue 80

May 19, 2021

• Tajik-Kyrgyz Border Clashes and Russia’s Limited Role: Is the Region on the Brink of Geopolitical Change?
• Belarusian Political Standoff: Entrenchment on All Sides
• Moldova’s Enduring Political Crisis: A Showcase for Russia’s New Model of Foreign Aggression

Volume 18 Issue 79

May 18, 2021

• Karabakh Conflict Takes a Dangerous Turn
• Belarusian Oil Industry Suffers From US Sanctions
• The ‘Big Game’ Around Georgia’s Deep-Water Ports

Volume 18 Issue 78

May 17, 2021

• Moscow Cannot Find Opening to Boost Its Role in Middle East
• Outreach to Putin, Crackdown on Medvedchuk: A Hard Stretch for Zelenskyy
• Russian Propaganda Focuses on Kazan School Shooting Tragedy

Volume 18 Issue 77

May 13, 2021

• Ukraine Indicts, Detains Putin’s Top Asset Medvedchuk
• Greenland Likely to Be Cockpit of Arctic Conflict Between Russia and the West
• Putin’s Russia Reverts Still Deeper Into Soviet Legacy

Volume 18 Issue 76

May 12, 2021

• Russia’s Armed Forces Test Combat Readiness Close to Ukraine’s Border
• Russian Naval Base in Sudan Stays for Now: What Happens Next?
• Going Over the Top in and Around Belarus

Volume 18 Issue 75

May 11, 2021

• Moscow to Drill for Fresh Water Under Azov Sea, Not to Help Crimea But to Back Its Claims
• Lukashenka Agrees to Joint Air Patrols and Training Centers With Russia, but Still Opposes Military Base (Part One)
• Lukashenka Agrees to Joint Air Patrols and Training Centers With Russia, but Still Opposes Military Base (Part Two)

Volume 18 Issue 74

May 10, 2021

• Russia Recoils From Possibility of Stable Relationship With US
• Blinken’s Debut in Ukraine: A Case for Managing Expectations (Part Two)
• New Reservists Law in Ukraine: A Forced Step Forward

Volume 18 Issue 73

May 6, 2021

• The Thorny Road to the Kremlin’s Desired Yalta-2021
• Blinken’s Debut in Ukraine: A Case for Managing Expectations (Part One)
• China Helping Russia on Northern Sea Route Now but Ready to Push Moscow Aside Later

Volume 18 Issue 72

May 5, 2021

• Russian UAV Technology and Loitering Munitions
• Chechen Officials and Ingush Activists Agree to Meet to Discuss Border Issues
• Belarusian State-Run TV Scores Propaganda Victories

Volume 18 Issue 71

May 4, 2021

• Ukrainians Fear Moscow May Use Their Co-Ethnics in Russia in Provocation to Restart War
• Making Sense of the ‘Semenchenko’s PMC’ Affair
• Russia’s Defense-Industrial Complex at a Crossroads: Aura Versus Reality (Part Two)

Volume 18 Issue 70

May 3, 2021

• Putin Pauses, but Russia’s Propensity for Trouble-Making Persists
• One-on-One With Putin: A Reckless Adventure for Zelenskyy (Part Two)
• Role of Airborne Troops in Russia’s Military Buildup in Crimea

Volume 18 Issue 69

April 29, 2021

• Russia’s Direct Action ‘Black Ops’ in Europe
• One-on-One With Putin: A Reckless Adventure for Zelenskyy (Part One)
• ‘Canal War’ Breaking Out in Greater Caspian Region

Volume 18 Issue 68

April 28, 2021

• The Kremlin Sets Insuperable Preconditions to Meeting With Zelenskyy
• Escalation Around Donbas: Is the Ukrainian Army Prepared for Full-Scale Russian Aggression?
• Azerbaijan Feels Pressure to Join Moscow-Dominated Eurasian Economic Union

Volume 18 Issue 67

April 27, 2021

• Moscow Pulls Back Land Forces From Ukrainian Border but Not Its Navy in Black Sea
• Declared Russian Troops Pull Out: Did the Kremlin Achieve What It Wanted?
• Crimea: The Expanding Military Capabilities of Russia’s Area Denial Zone in the Black Sea

Volume 18 Issue 66

April 26, 2021

• Amidst Seemingly Easing Tensions, Putin Leaves Much Unsaid in Speech to Parliament
• Minsk Is Trying to Unfreeze Relations With West, Ukraine
• International Involvement in Infrastructure Projects in Azerbaijan’s Newly Regained Territories

Volume 18 Issue 65

April 22, 2021

• Putin Delivers More Restrained National Address as Moscow Announces Partial Troop Withdrawal
• Zelenskyy Seeks a Summit With Putin Again
• Moscow Pushing Even More Expansive Claims on Arctic

Volume 18 Issue 64

April 21, 2021

• Moscow Forming First Robotic Military Units
• Ukraine Teams up With Qatar in the Gas Sector
• Azerbaijan Embarks on Construction of Nakhchivan Railway (Part Three)

Volume 18 Issue 63

April 20, 2021

• Russia Effectively Seizes Control of Sea of Azov, Threatening Ukraine
• Lukashenka Visits Azerbaijan After Belarus Protests and Karabakh War
• Muted Georgian Response to Military Situation Around Ukraine

Volume 18 Issue 62

April 19, 2021

• Putin’s Power Play Foiled by Biden’s Punch-and-Placate Tactics
• Macron, Merkel, Zelenskyy Meet to Defuse Russian War Scare
• An Alarming Twist in Belarus’s Political Crisis

Volume 18 Issue 61

April 15, 2021

• Moscow Angered and Bewildered by Biden’s Summit Proposal Followed by Sanctions
• Advisor to Russian Defense Minister Warns of ‘Mental War’: Who Is Waging It and Against Whom?
• Iran and Tajikistan Announce Formation of Joint Military Committee

Volume 18 Issue 60

April 14, 2021

• Psychology in Modern Russian Warfare
• Russian Espionage Case in Italy: A Setback for Moscow?
• Iran’s New Pivot to Central Asia

Volume 18 Issue 59

April 13, 2021

• Moscow Moving 15 Warships From Caspian Sea to Waters off Ukraine
• Russia’s Defense-Industrial Complex at a Crossroads: Aura Versus Reality (Part One)
• Azerbaijan Embarks on Construction of Nakhchivan Railway (Part Two)

Volume 18 Issue 58

April 12, 2021

• Penned in on Multiple International Issues, Putin Strives to Show Resolve on Ukraine
• Russia Builds up Its Export Potential in Baltic Basin
• Minsk Wages Diplomatic War on Multiple Fronts

Volume 18 Issue 57

April 8, 2021

• Tensions Escalate in Donbas and on Ukrainian Border
• Moscow Struggles to Improve and Extend Siberian Railways to Preserve China Trade
• Prospect of Cooperation With Russia on Nuclear Power Plant Clouds Uzbekistan’s More Immediate Energy Needs

Volume 18 Issue 56

April 7, 2021

• Gazprom Struggles With Its Mega LNG Project in the Baltic Sea
• The State of Disunion in Belarus
• Is Turkmenistan’s President Berdimuhamedov Grooming His Son to Succeed Him?

Volume 18 Issue 55

April 6, 2021

• Geopolitical Competition in Caspian Region About More Than Gas and Oil
• Russia and Syrian Arab Army Targeting Turkish-Backed Opposition’s Energy Infrastructure
• Russian Influence in Montenegro Could Create a Threat for NATO's Information Security

Volume 18 Issue 54

April 5, 2021

• War Scare Is Putin’s Natural Element
• Brother of Former Dagestani Governor Sentenced to Lengthy Prison Term
• Azerbaijan Embarks on Construction of Nakhchivan Railway (Part One)

Volume 18 Issue 53

April 1, 2021

• ‘Nothing About Us Without Us’: Normandy Without Ukraine?
• Moscow and Beijing Seek to Counter Growing Turkish Influence in Central Asia
• Ukrainian Dependency on Belarusian Fuels in Light of the Belarus Sanctions Debate

Volume 18 Issue 52

March 31, 2021

• Russian-Chinese Cooperation in Space
• Russian Espionage Scandal in Bulgaria
• Belarus’s Ties With the West: The Implacable Downward Spiral

Volume 18 Issue 51

March 30, 2021

• The ‘Suez Jam’: A Window of Opportunity for Russia’s Northern Sea Route?
• Chinese Threat to Lake Balkhash Fueling Anti-Chinese Feelings in Kazakhstan
• Franco-German Proposals in the Normandy Forum: A Letdown to Ukraine

Volume 18 Issue 50

March 29, 2021

• Russia Finds Itself Marginalized Between China and a Reuniting West
• Demographic Transformation of Crimea: Forced Migration as Part of Russia’s ‘Hybrid’ Strategy
• Georgia Is Rebuilding Its Air Force

Volume 18 Issue 49

March 25, 2021

• Kremlin’s ‘Vaccine Diplomacy’ in Action: Tools, Strengths, Intermediary Results
• Yermak’s Earlier Giveaways Come Back to Haunt Zelenskyy and Ukraine
• Is China About to Deploy Private Military Companies in Central Asia?

Volume 18 Issue 48

March 24, 2021

• Moscow Weighs Options to Procure S-500 Air-Defense Systems
• Turning up the Conflict Dial: The Political Reasons Behind the Resumed Fighting in Donbas
• Parallel Worlds in Belarus’s Public Politics

Volume 18 Issue 47

March 23, 2021

• Baku-Ashgabat Accord Transforms Geopolitics of Caspian Region
• Russia’s Karabakh Protectorate Taking Clearer Shape (Part Three)
• Makhachkala Experiences First Special Operation in Five Years

Volume 18 Issue 46

March 22, 2021

• Two Words That Shook Putin’s Regime
• Russia’s Karabakh Protectorate Taking Clearer Shape (Part Two)
• Ukraine to License-Build US Helicopters for Its Armed Forces

Volume 18 Issue 45

March 18, 2021

• Lost in Translation: US-Russian Discourse Escalates Further
• Russia’s Karabakh Protectorate Taking Clearer Shape (Part One)
• Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan Move toward Resolution of Longstanding Border Dispute

Volume 18 Issue 44

March 17, 2021

• Russia’s Air Defense Capabilities Boosted by Automated Systems
• Reshaping Belarus's Political Scene
• Azerbaijan Warns Against Threats That Might Undermine Peace Process With Armenia

Volume 18 Issue 43

March 16, 2021

• Moscow Seeks to Put Gagauz in Play Against Pro-Western Moldovan President
• Russia’s Non-Energy Exports Boom: A Not-so-Unequivocal Triumph?
• Turkish-Greek Relations in the Aegean: Is a Solution Possible?

Volume 18 Issue 42

March 15, 2021

• Special Services Aggravate Bad Governance in Russia
• While Zelenskyy Promises Peace, Ukraine’s Army Faces Serious Challenges
• Azerbaijani Leadership Envisages ‘Smart City’ Concepts for Karabakh

Volume 18 Issue 41

March 11, 2021

• Russia Escalates Its Proxy War in Eastern Ukraine
• Moscow’s Plans for New Kind of Aircraft Carrier Unlikely to Be Realized
• Prime Minister Pashinian Stages Own Coup Against Armenia’s Military

Volume 18 Issue 40

March 10, 2021

• Russia’s Electronic Warfare Capabilities as a Threat to GPS
• Russia’s Digitalization of the Arctic Region: Plans and Achievements
• Mikheil Saakashvili’s Activity Strains Georgian-Ukrainian Relations

Volume 18 Issue 39

March 9, 2021

• Russia’s Historical Markers and a Hampered Future
• Karabakh Conflict Far From Over and Could Explode Again
• Revolution, Counter-Revolution and Social Cohesion in Belarus

Volume 18 Issue 38

March 8, 2021

• Poverty and Passivity: Are New Protests Expected in the Russian Regions?
• Lithuanian-Russian Radio Frequency Dispute Highlights Problems of Civilian Versus Military Applications
• Can Russia Capitalize on the Current Political Unrest in Georgia?

Volume 18 Issue 37

March 4, 2021

• Moscow Angered but Not Deterred by Newest Round of Western Sanctions
• Including Iran in Moscow-Led Economic Group Will Upend Former Soviet Space
• Anniversary of Stalinist Deportations Shines Renewed Spotlight on Unresolved Chechen-Dagestani Territorial Dispute

Volume 18 Issue 36

March 3, 2021

• Moscow Prioritizes the Development of Hypersonic Weapons
• Azerbaijan, Turkey Watching Armenia’s Political Crisis
• Kyrgyzstan Preparing for Constitutional Reform in Search for Stability

Volume 18 Issue 35

March 2, 2021

• Moscow Expanding Diplomatic Contacts With Less Prominent Countries in Africa
• Russia’s New ‘Arctic Offensive’: Do the Benefits Outweigh the Costs? (Part Two)
• Sochi Summit Contra the West’s Belarus Policies

Volume 18 Issue 34

March 1, 2021

• Russia Tries to Counter US Moves in the Middle East, in Vain
• Lacking Alternatives, Russia Betting on Armenia’s Embattled Prime Minister Pashinian
• Protests in Georgia Increase Former President Mikheil Saakashvili’s Influence

Volume 18 Issue 33

February 26, 2021

• Armenia’s Military Leadership, Civilian Opposition Move to Oust Pashinian’s Government (Part Two)

Volume 18 Issue 32

February 25, 2021

• Russia’s Iskander Missiles Fail in Karabakh but Cause Crisis in Armenia
• Armenia’s Military Leadership, Civilian Opposition Move to Oust Pashinian’s Government (Part One)
• Moscow Expanding Ties With Iran to Counter Growing Turkish Influence Around Caspian
• Ukraine, EU Locked in Clash of Cultures and Values

Volume 18 Issue 31

February 24, 2021

• Head of Georgia’s Main Opposition Party Arrested by Authorities
• Ukraine’s Sanctions Against Pro-Russian Oligarch Medvedchuk—All About Oil and Coal
• Is There a Hydrogen Future for Nord Stream Two?

Volume 18 Issue 30

February 23, 2021

• Moscow’s Hopes to Use Water as ‘New Oil’ Outraging Siberians
• Reforming Territorial Defense in Ukraine: Danger in Delay
• Amidst Repressions, Minsk Is Snapping Back

Volume 18 Issue 29

February 22, 2021

• West’s Renewed Focus on Solidarity and Coordination Perturbs Kremlin
• More Contentious Issues Surface Between Kyiv and Moscow in the Minsk Contact Group
• China-CEEC Summit Returns After Pandemic—The View From Warsaw
• Iran Seeks to Reroute North-South Transport Corridor to Armenia, Away From Azerbaijan

Volume 18 Issue 28

February 18, 2021

• Escalating Russian-Western Tensions Are Reflected in Confrontation in Donbas
• Growing Azerbaijani–Central Asian Ties Likely to Trigger Conflicts With Russia and Iran
• Russia Calibrating Low-Intensity War in Ukraine’s East
• Minsk Announces Possible Changes to Its Foreign Policy

Volume 18 Issue 27

February 17, 2021

• The Romanian Corvette Program Saga (Part Two)
• Russia’s New ‘Arctic Offensive’: Do the Benefits Outweigh the Costs? (Part One)
• Russian Government Moves to Assert Increasing Control Over Internet

Volume 18 Issue 26

February 16, 2021

• Moscow’s Delay of 2020 Census Opens Way for Circassian Promotion of Common Identity
• The All-Belarusian People’s Assembly: A Gathering of Winners?
• The Second Karabakh War and Georgia’s Threatened Transit Role

Volume 18 Issue 25

February 15, 2021

• Russia Blackmails and Courts Europe
• Gazprom Wants to Abandon Money-Losing Gas Distribution Obligations in Dagestan
• Crimea Platform: Ukraine’s Initiative to Raise the Costs of Russia’s Occupation

Volume 18 Issue 24

February 11, 2021

• Russian Aerospace Forces Journal Recommends Preventive Strike Against NATO
• Porosity of Tajik-Afghan Border Making Beijing’s Involvement in Region More Ominous
• Ukraine’s China Policy: A (Not so) Delicate Balance

Volume 18 Issue 23

February 10, 2021

• The Romanian Corvette Program Saga (Part One)
• Azerbaijan, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan Sign Trilateral Roadmap for Cooperation on Eurasian Connectivity
• Russians One Step Closer to Taking Over Handling of Belarusian Oil Product Exports?

Volume 18 Issue 22

February 9, 2021

• Revision of Montreux Convention Could Work in Moscow’s Favor
• The ‘Wagner Affair’ in Belarus and Its Implications for Ukraine
• The Complexities of Measuring Belarusian Public Opinion

Volume 18 Issue 21

February 8, 2021

• Russia Defiant of White House’s Foreign Policy Agenda
• Russian Authorities Redouble Pressure to Preserve Crimeans’ Loyalty
• Does the Normandy Group on the Russia-Ukraine Conflict Have a Future? (Part Two)

Volume 18 Issue 20

February 4, 2021

• Navalny and Russia’s ‘Hybrid War’ in the Streets
• Poisonings of Activists in the North Caucasus: A Low Threshold for Chemical Weapons Use Inside Russia?
• Joint Russian-Turkish Karabakh Monitoring Center Opens Amidst Fresh Controversy
• Does the Normandy Group on the Russia-Ukraine Conflict Have a Future? (Part One)

Volume 18 Issue 19

February 3, 2021

• Moscow’s Military Modernization Sets Agenda for UAV Development
• New Year, New Battles: China Does Not Plan to Give up Motor Sich?
• Baku and Ankara Deny Turkish Military Bases Being Established in Azerbaijan

Volume 18 Issue 18

February 2, 2021

• De-Cossackization—Modern-Day Echoes of a Soviet Crime
• Belarusian Realities: Between Dreams and Policy Objectives
• Georgian Politics Without the ‘Strong Man’: Has Ivanishvili Really Relinquished Power?

Volume 18 Issue 17

February 1, 2021

• Putin Postures as a ‘Davos Man’ While Bolstering His Autocracy
• Clouds Darkening Over Nord Stream Two Pipeline
• Can the Minsk Group on the Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict Reinvent Itself? (Part Two)

Volume 18 Issue 16

January 28, 2021

• Kremlin Pleased With Swift Extension of New START
• Moscow Adopting East India Company Strategy to Develop Russian Far East
• Can the Minsk Group on the Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict Reinvent Itself? (Part One)
• Year 2020 in Review: Uzbekistan Grapples With Pandemic, Disasters, Russian Pressure

Volume 18 Issue 15

January 27, 2021

• Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan Seek to Expand Cooperation on Caspian Energy Production
• Strategic Thinking and a Fight for Belarusian Democracy
• Chief of General Staff Gerasimov Takes Over Russia’s Academy of Military Sciences: What to Expect From Russian Planning for Future Warfare?

Volume 18 Issue 14

January 26, 2021

• Russian ‘Peacekeeping’ in Karabakh: Old Model, New Features, Mission Creep (Part Three)
• New Undersea Cables Could Become a Flashpoint in the Arctic
• Year 2020 in Review: Kazakhstan Struggling With Structural Reform Amid COVID-19 Crisis

Volume 18 Issue 13

January 25, 2021

• Kremlin Tests Limits of New US Administration
• Putin May Cripple the US’s Strongest Voice in Russia
• Nakhchivan Corridor: Implications for Georgia and Iran

Volume 18 Issue 12

January 22, 2021

• Russian ‘Peacekeeping’ in Karabakh: Old Model, New Features, Mission Creep (Part Two)
• Growing Presence of Cossacks in 2021
• GLONASS Program for 2021–2030

Volume 18 Issue 11

January 21, 2021

• Moscow in Confrontational Mode Reacting to Biden’s Inauguration
• Karabakh Victory Transforming Meaning of Black January for Many Azerbaijanis
• Russian 'Peacekeeping' in Karabakh: Old Model, New Features, Mission Creep (Part One)
• Egyptian-Russian Naval Exercises in the Black Sea: Strategic Balancing against Turkey?

Volume 18 Issue 10

January 20, 2021

• Russia’s Growing Military Presence in the Central African Republic
• Even the Near Future Is Uncertain in Belarus
• Year 2020 in Review: The Scorched-Earth Political Strategy of the Pro-Russian Ex-President Dodon

Volume 18 Issue 9

January 19, 2021

• Navalny Has Set a Damning Dilemma for Putin’s Regime
• Moscow’s Problems in Gearing Up for Geopolitical Competition in Antarctic
• Azerbaijan's Gas Reaches Europe

Volume 18 Issue 8

January 14, 2021

• Putin Exercises Free Hand in South Caucasus
• Vitaly Balasanian, Karabakh’s Strongman-in-Waiting
• Grozny’s Restoration of Chechen Place Names a Serious Threat to the Kremlin
• Russia’s Strategy in the Sea of Azov: The Kerch Bridge, Artificial Shipping Delays and Continued Harm to Ukraine

Volume 18 Issue 7

January 13, 2021

• The Second Karabakh War: Lessons and Implications for Russia (Part Two)
• Year 2020 in Review: Results of Russia’s Nuclear Weapons Modernization
• Smaller Protests Persist, but Life Goes on in the Republic of Belarus

Volume 18 Issue 6

January 12, 2021

• Vilnius at 30—Nothing Must Be Forgotten
• Trilateral Summit of Armenian, Azerbaijani and Russian Leaders
• Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia to Start Regional Interconnectivity Projects

Volume 18 Issue 5

January 11, 2021

• Russia’s Looming Year of Predictable Stagnancy
• Year 2020 in Review: Azerbaijan Faces the Pandemic and a Victorious War in Karabakh
• Year 2020 in Review: Ukraine Grapples With Pandemic, Vested Interests, Stalemate With Moscow

Volume 18 Issue 4

January 7, 2021

• Disarray in Washington Catches Moscow off Guard
• Year 2020 in Review: Siberians Take Center Stage in Russia
• Armenia’s 44-Day War: A Self-Inflicted Trauma (Part Two)
• Belarus Secures Russian Oil and Gas Supplies for 2021

Volume 18 Issue 3

January 6, 2021

• Armenia’s 44-Day War: A Self-Inflicted Trauma (Part One)
• Russia’s Northern Fleet Upgraded to Military District Status
• Stolen Childhood: Russian Propaganda and Militarization of Youth in Crimea

Volume 18 Issue 2

January 5, 2021

• Year 2020 in Review: Pandemic Exacerbated Problems Across North Caucasus and Set Stage for More Conflict
• Year 2020 in Review: The Saga of a Bitterly Divided Belarusian Society
• The Second Karabakh War: Lessons and Implications for Russia (Part One)

Volume 18 Issue 1

January 4, 2021

• Year 2020 in Review: The Maturation of Russia’s Autocracy
• Year 2020 in Review: Internal and External Challenges Mount for Moscow in the Northeast Caucasus
• Year 2020 in Review: A Weakening of Georgian Democracy