PSCRP-BESA Reports No 123 (April 7, 2025)
Ramzan Kadyrov is seriously ill. The exact diagnoses remain the subject of rumors and speculation, but the fact itself is undeniable. This is evidenced by the changes in the politician’s physical condition …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 122 (March 31, 2025)
by Alexander Shpunt
Just two years ago, the future political orientation of Armenia and Georgia toward closer ties with Western countries—primarily the European Union—appeared to have no alternative.
Immediately after Georgia gained independence …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 118 (March 11, 2025)
Russia, which a dozen years ago aspired to be a major transportation corridor from the Pacific to the Atlantic, is gradually turning into a transportation and logistics desert. The new joint Chinese-Kazakh railroad …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 117 (March 4, 2025)
by Alexander Shpunt
February is a time of plenty for the researcher of intellectual and academic thought. Publications are published that did not find a niche in the editorial plans of the previous …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 116 (February 21, 2025)
by Alexander Shpunt
The rapid surge in the volatility of political processes globally, particularly in Israel’s geopolitical landscape over the past two years, has brought about an unexpected outcome: longstanding geopolitical analysis methods, …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 115 (February 20, 2025)
by Dor Shabashewitz
Secessionist movements have existed in Russia for as long as the Russian Federation itself. After the end of several heated conflicts in the 1990s and early 2000s, Moscow dismissed independence …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 113 (February 6, 2025)
by Alexander Shpunt
PSCRP is launching a program of monthly monitoring of analytical publications from the world’s leading universities and think tanks, which in one way or another affect the study of political …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 111 (Jan 14, 2025)
By Alex Grinberg
On December 25, Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 crashed near Aktau, Kazakhstan, while en route from Baku to Grozny. The Embraer 190 aircraft, carrying 67 people, including five crew members, broke …
On Thursday, Jan 16, 2025, the Post-Soviet Conflicts Research Program at the BESA Center organized a virtual discussion of the new book by Prof. Dr. Irina Busygina, “How Geography and Institutions Shaped the Development of Nations: Across Countries and Continents” …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 105 (Dec 17, 2024)
The revolutionary situation in Georgia could reach its climax on December 29, influenced by two factors: external and domestic.
The external factor relates to Salome Zourabichvili’s successful foreign visit to Paris. During the …
