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Russia/Belarus – Lukashenka Agrees to Joint Air Patrols and Training Centers With Russia, but Still Opposes Military Base (Part Two) (The Jamestown Foundation)

Arseny Sivitsky In addition to restarting joint air-patrol missions beginning this summer (see Part One), Belarus and Russia have agreed to establish three shared combat-training centers...

Russia/Belarus – Lukashenka Agrees to Joint Air Patrols and Training Centers With Russia, but Still Opposes Military Base (Part One) (The Jamestown Foundation)

Arseny Sivitsky The air forces of Russia and Belarus will begin joint air-defense missions out of one of the Belarusian airfields this summer. In reaching...

Russia/Crimea – Moscow to Drill for Fresh Water Under Azov Sea, Not to Help Crimea But to Back Its Claims (The Jamestown Foundation)

Paul Goble Moscow has announced it will begin drilling for fresh water under the Sea of Azov this summer to address growing water shortages in...

Ukraine – New Reservists Law in Ukraine: A Forced Step Forward (The Jamestown Foundation)

Yuri Lapaiev On March 30, 2021, the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) adopted a new law on reservists, #1357-IX, which modifies existing legislation (Rada.gov.ua, March 30)....

USA/Ukraine – Blinken’s Debut in Ukraine: A Case for Managing Expectations (Part Two) (The Jamestown Foundation)

Vladimir Socor President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his closest entourage sometimes raise public expectations of what the United States can deliver to Ukraine to unrealistically high...

Russia/USA – Russia Recoils From Possibility of Stable Relationship With US (The Jamestown Foundation)

Pavel K. Baev The traditional May 9 Victory Day parade in Moscow was not a grand affair this year, unlike the one originally planned for...

USA/Iran – How Governors and State Legislatures Can Mitigate the White House’s Iran Strategy (FDD)

Richard Goldberg A few months ago it seemed that the Biden administration would pursue a more moderate version of Obama’s Iran strategy. Now it’s poised...

Lebanon – Hezbollah’s al-Qard al-Hasan and Lebanon’s Banking Sector (FDD)

Tony Badran, Emanuele Ottolenghi In December 2020, an anonymous hacking group called SpiderZ hacked the al-Qard al-Hasan Association (AQAH) – the financial arm of the...

Afghanistan – Taliban leader boasts of security under his Islamic Emirate (FDD)

Thomas Joscelyn On May 9, the Taliban released a statement attributed to its “Emir of the Faithful,” Hibatullah (Haibatullah) Akhunzada, who has been the overall leader of...

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