PSCRP-BESA Reports No 174 (December 30, 2025)
The Baltic states are preparing for war — not a hypothetical conflict decades away, but one their leaders believe could come within five years. “Russia is a threat today, tomorrow and in the …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 173 (December 24, 2025)
A working visit to Israel by Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Vahan Kostanyan on November 27 triggered a sharp reaction in Iran. Particular concern was caused by the fact that Israeli media placed special …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 172 (December 19, 2025)
Selecting an overarching frame for the academic works we chose for the December issue of our monitoring bulletin, we noticed that all of them, in one way or another, touch upon the civilizational …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 171 (December 15, 2025)
The role and place of the new U.S. National Security Strategy (2025) within the framework of the existing international order
By Alexander Shpunt
The U.S. National Security Strategy (NSS-2025) is not merely another …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 169 (December 5, 2025)
For Russia’s neighbors, proximity is a liability — and Kazakhstan may want to study how the Baltic states are preparing for the next shock.
Living next door to the Russian Federation is less …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 168 (November 29, 2025)
By Alexander Shpunt
The watchword of our October monitoring issue is “Method.” This edition brings together unusual, at times even exotic, yet strictly academic materials. It so happened that in October several works …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 167 (November 24, 2025)
By Alexander Shpunt
In the first part of our study we examined the social and political role of “SVO veterans” in the contemporary political and public landscape of Russia. We concluded that this …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 165 (November 16, 2025)
By Alexander Shpunt
The military phase of the conflict in the south-east of Russia and Ukraine is far from over. More than 700,000 Russian servicemembers are simultaneously “on the line of contact”—and …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 164 (November 15, 2025)
Kazakhstan’s decision to join the Abraham Accords did more than place its signature on yet another international agreement. It re-arranged the mental map of Eurasia. To put it plainly, this marks the …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 161 (October 26, 2025)
The ruling Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) won the parliamentary elections held in Moldova on September 28, gaining an absolute majority with 50.2% of the vote and 55 out of 101 …
