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 …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 199 (April 28, 2026)
Volodymyr Zelensky’s April 25 visit to Gabala and his joint appearance with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev produced six bilateral agreements spanning defense, energy, and trade — and positioned Baku as a prospective venue …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 197 (April 24, 2026)
by Alexander Shpunt
Introduction
On January 1, 2026, a quiet but politically charged institutional death took place in Georgia: the Provisional Administration of South Ossetia – formally titled the Administration of the Temporary …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 196 (April 13, 2026)
With Armenia’s parliamentary election set for June 7, 2026, Moscow has moved beyond its customary displeasure with Yerevan and into something resembling an all-out campaign to remove Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan from power. …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 195 (April 9, 2026)
by Boris Ginzburg
Several international media outlets have euphorically portrayed the first official meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya in Vilnius on January 25, 2026, as a …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 193 (March 24, 2026)
In February, a number of the works we review below were devoted to the analysis of post-communist countries, the study of the concept of “socialist heritage,” and the discourse of leaders during crises.…
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 192 (March 20, 2026)
by Dr. Kiryl Kascian
Belarus is an unusual place to consider in the context of the Middle East. Three Israeli presidents were born there, while Belarus itself has had only one president since …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 189 (March 11, 2026)
As Russia bleeds in Ukraine and Iran confronts a devastating military campaign by the United States and Israel, Tajikistan — bound to both by history, language, and structural dependency — faces a moment …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 188 (March 9, 2026)
by Gershon Kogan
Debates about Iran’s possible fragmentation tend to reproduce the same conceptual error: state breakdown is framed as a geopolitical event — sudden, discrete, visible. Fragmentation is better understood as a …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 187 (March 7, 2026)
The Iranian regime is making desperate efforts to draw as many countries as possible into the war. This strategic calculation pursues several objectives. Even before the outbreak of hostilities, Tehran had warned that …
