Common trends in Russia's relations with Central Asian countries during the Russian-Ukrainian war.
Ukraine
- Dr. Alon Levkowitz
- May 2, 2023
- Paper No. 2193
Public discourse in South Korea and Japan has begun to include discussion of the development of nuclear capabilities. This policy change in the regional nuclear discourse, together with attempts by North Korea and Russia to legitimize the use of tactical nuclear weapons, should raise concerns not just in Asia but in the Middle East as well.
- Dr. Jiri Valenta
- July 4, 2021
- Paper No. 2087
Many are still wondering whether Vladimir Putinโs massive troop deployment in conflict zones in the Donbas and the Crimean Peninsula in the spring of 2021 was preparation for eventual war and territorial gain or simply a public relations exercise meant to intimidate Ukraine and the West. The answer has to do with Putinโs main red line.
- Emil Avdaliani
- May 20, 2021
- Paper No. 2039
What Moscow is after with its renewed military pressure on Kyiv is unclear, but the long-term ramifications are discernible.ย Withย each passing year, it becomes more and more costly for Russia to undermineย Ukraineโs efforts to build more effective military forces and a stronger economy.
- Dr. Jiri Valenta
- April 23, 2021
- Paper No. 2005
Having used brutal force to crush nationwide demonstrations in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny,ย President Vladimir Putin has now embarked on a new venture. By mobilizing a huge number of Russian forces at the eastern borders of Ukraine and in the annexed Crimea, he is refueling a conflict that has been simmering since 2014. Or is it all for show?
- Punsara Amarasinghe
- January 21, 2020
- Paper No. 1414
Iranโs prevarications about its responsibility for the shooting down of Ukrainian International Airlines Flight 752 during the recent escalation of tensions with the US magnify its culpability and could lay it open to reparations claims by Canada, Ukraine, Sweden, and the UK, all of which lost citizens in the disaster.
- Emil Avdaliani
- May 15, 2019
- Paper No. 1173
Ukraine has a new president, 41-year-old Volodymyr Zelensky. While some argue that Kievโs policy toward Russia is now likely to undergo a significant positive change, geopolitical realities suggest the opposite. Ukraine-Russia relations might in fact worsen now that Moscow has eased the citizenship process for Donbas residents.
- Dr. Jiri and Leni Valenta
- April 9, 2019
- Paper No. 1136
Although Vladimir Putin has not articulated the final objective of his proxy war in eastern Ukraine, his actions seem to indicate that he is determined to create a land bridge from Mariupol to Odessa โ two major seaports vitally important to Ukraine's economy. Putin's overall strategy in Ukraine seems to be to strangle it economically by disrupting shipping between the Odessa and Azov Sea ports, with the aim of eventually subjugating Ukraine to Russia.
- Dr. Jiri Valenta
- March 18, 2019
- Paper No. 1115
If Nicolรกs Maduro is removed from office in Venezuela, Putin might act as he did when a popular revolution overthrew Yanukovych in Ukraine in 2014. At that time, he launched a surprise invasion of Crimea. This time, he may launch a surprise naval and land attack on Mariupol, set up a land bridge from Crimea to Russia, and continue intensifying his attempt to strangle Ukraine's economy in order to subjugate that country to Russia. Trump must take immediate preemptive measures to prevent this by increasing naval aid to Kiev.
- Emil Avdaliani
- December 11, 2018
- Paper No. 1033
The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) is experiencing troubles in Ukraine. Areas once considered to be the uncontested territory of the Russian Patriarchate are now becoming autocephalous (independent), adding yet another dimension to the geopolitical challenges Russia is facing in the borderlands of the former Soviet space.