Tag: Russia

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 9, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

Russian territorial gains have become less costly over the last four months compared to Spring 2025 as Russian forces are sustaining a lower casualty...

Geostrategic magazine (9 September 2025)

From global think tanks The analyses published here do not necessarily reflect the strategic thinking of The Global Eye. Today’s about: France; Georgia; Guyana; Japan; Libya;...

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 8, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

Russian Security Council Chairperson Dmitry Medvedev directly threatened Finland and used language that directly mirrors the Kremlin’s false justifications for its invasions of Ukraine. Medvedev’s...

The China-Russia- North Korea alliance that needs no name (Seong-Hyon Lee – Lowy The Interpreter)

The image of Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, and Kim Jong-un standing together at Tiananmen Square was a masterclass in political theatre, a chilling and...

Ukraine’s oil war threatens to leave Russia running on empty (David Kirichenko – ASPI The Strategist)

Ukraine is steadily expanding its campaign against Russia’s oil refineries. Fuel shortages are worsening across the country, with one Russian newspaper warning that the...

Soviet symbolism returns to Russian diplomacy (Iryna Skubii – Lowy The Interpreter)

Sergei Lavrov is no stranger to making a statement. But not in a fashion sense. So, when Russia’s long-serving Foreign Minister wore a pullover...

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 7, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

Russia launched its largest combined drone and missile strike against Ukraine of the war to date on the night of September 6 to 7...

Ukraine’s cyber chief on Russian hackers’ shifting tactics, US cyber aid (Daryna Antoniuk – The Record)

When Oleksandr Potii took the helm of Ukraine’s cybersecurity agency last November, his to-do list exploded. Once responsible for only a handful of policy...

Geostrategic magazine (6 September 2025)

From global think tanks The analyses published here do not necessarily reflect the strategic thinking of The Global Eye. Today’s about: Afghanistan-Central Asia-Water Shortage; China; China-Taiwan;...

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 5, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected the legitimacy of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and said that it is impossible to conclude a peace agreement with...

Russia Continues Efforts to Regain Influence over Moldova (Christina Harward – Institute for the Study of War)

The Kremlin is trying to influence the upcoming Moldovan parliamentary elections on September 28, 2025, as it tried with Moldova’s presidential election and referendum...

The ‘Fortress Russia’ economy has adapted well to pressure. But stagflation presents an opportunity for the West (Timothy Ash – Chatham House)

The Russian economy has proven much more durable through three and half years of full-scale war in Ukraine, and a decade of Western sanctions,...

Tightening the oil-price cap to increase the pressure on Russia (Volodymyr Dubrovskiy, James Nixey – Chatham House)

Russia is the world’s most sanctioned country, but the current regime of sanctions has largely failed to achieve its aim of constraining Russia’s ability...

Zapad 2025: What the Russia–Belarus military exercise will reveal about Lukashenka’s intentions (Ryhor Astapenia – Chatham House)

The Russia–Belarus Zapad 2025 military exercise is currently underway. The ‘hot phase’ is scheduled for 12–16 September but the drills have already begun, with...

Geostrategic magazine (5 September 2025)

From global think tanks The analyses published here do not necessarily reflect the strategic thinking of The Global Eye. Today’s about: China-Hungary; CRINK; Europe-Ukraine; Georgia-Azerbaijan-Armenia; Global...

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 4, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

The British and French-led Coalition of the Willing and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met in Paris to discuss possible future security guarantees for Ukraine...