PSCRP-BESA Reports No 213 (June 24, 2026)
Perhaps for the first time since our monitoring program began, we encountered a situation where two publications, both worthy of the quality of their research and scientific integrity, were not included in our …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 211 (June 17, 2026)
by Boris Ginzburg
In a previous study for the “Caucasus Analytical Digest” published by the Center for Security Studies at the ETH Zurich (Switzerland) and the University of Bremen (Germany) in fall 2025, …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 210 (June 14, 2026)
by Kiryl Kascian
An article titled “Coloniality by proxy: Albania’s road to Brussels runs through Tel Aviv” appeared in my social media feed a few days ago. Under normal circumstances, it …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 208 (June 6, 2026)
By Gershon Kogan
Western strategic analysis of Iran follows a well-established perimeter: the nuclear file, ballistic missile development, proxy networks across the Middle East. This perimeter is not wrong — but it is …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 207 (May 31, 2026)
Just as in the previous issue of our monitoring, readers saw many studies of Central Asia, the April issue contains a significant amount of material on the western flank of the post-Soviet space. …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 205 (May 23, 2026)
With Armenian parliamentary elections set for June 7, Moscow has activated an unusually wide operational spectrum against Yerevan — ranging from clerical intelligence assets and a resident SVR station to a paid foreign …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 204 (May 20, 2026)
by Alexander Shpunt
This text was prepared with a deliberate restriction on the sources of information consulted. The author set an exceptionally demanding methodological objective: to abstain entirely from drawing on sources that …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 202 (May 12, 2026)
by Alexander Shpunt
Introduction
By May 2026, the confrontation between the civil authorities of the Republic of Armenia, headed by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC) has become, according …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 201 (May 7, 2026)
by Gershon Kogan*
On December 8, 1991, three men met in a hunting lodge in the Belovezha Forest and signed a document dissolving the largest state on earth. Stanislav Shushkevich, Leonid Kravchuk, and …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 200 (April 30, 2026)
Our monitoring of March’s academic publications, which touched on the post-Soviet space in one context or another, unexpectedly focused on the Central Asian region. This wasn’t the editor’s choice; it’s simply that interest …
