Tag: The Jamestown Foundation

The Commercial Space Sector and Russia’s Space Strategy (Pavel Luzin, The Jamestown Foundation)

Even as the commercial space sector grows quickly in the United States as well as in Europe, China, Japan, India and other countries, Russia...
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Russian Military Enhances UACV Strike Capability (Roger McDermott, The Jamestown Foundation)

The leadership of Russia’s Armed Forces has used the introduction and diversification of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) as a means to boost target acquisition...
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Non-Citizenship Issue in Baltic Countries Passing from the Scene (Paul Globe, The Jamestown Foundation)

In the 1990s, the status of ethnic Russians who did not automatically become citizens in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania was a lively topic—especially in...
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The Belarusian Opposition and the Five Stages of Grief (Grigory Ioffe, The Jamestown Foundation)

Writing about the Belarusian opposition (BO) can be risky because any expressed negativity toward the opposition leaders is perceived in some quarters as tantamount...
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‘Zangezur Corridor’ Closer to Realization as Armenia Readies to Normalize Relations With Turkey and Azerbaijan (Vasif Huseynov, The Jamestown Foundation)

On October 15, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian, in an online summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), declared his country’s readiness to...
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Cautious Optimism in Azerbaijani-French Relations: The View From Baku (Shabnam Hasanova, The Jamestown Foundation)

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s interview with French television channel France 24 late last month (September 28) highlighted both current and future perspectives for bilateral relations between...
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Russia’s Cossacks: Strategic Asset or Financial Liability? (Aslan Doukaev, The Jamestown Foundation)

The Cossack revivalist movement in southern Russia (and beyond) since the collapse of the Soviet Union is marked by two parallel tendencies. On the...
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The EU-Russia Antagonism Stretches From Ukraine to the Arctic (Pavel K. Baev, The Jamestown Foundation)

In its multi-domain confrontation with the West, Russia presumes that the main driver is the rivalry with the United States, while typically portraying the...
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Russia hopes for a U-turn in the EU’s energy policy (Mateusz Kubiak, The Jamestown Foundation)

On October 6, Vladimir Putin held a publicly broadcasted meeting with Russian oil and gas industry representatives, discussing the skyrocketing global natural gas prices...
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Circassians See Russian Census as Real Chance to Unite Their Nation (Paul Globe, The Jamestown Foundation)

The Circassians, whom the Soviet and Russian states have subdivided into twelve different nations in order to control the North Caucasus, see the upcoming...
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Early Warning Brief: Factional Strife Intensifies as Xi Strives to Consolidate Power (Willy Wo-Lap Lam, The Jamstown Foundation)

More evidence has emerged of a ferocious power struggle between China’s supreme leader, President Xi Jinping and powerful factions and personages including former Vice-President...
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A War and Peace Visit to Moscow (Pavel Felgenhauer, The Jamestown Foundation)

US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland spent two days in Moscow meeting with top foreign policy officials at a pivotal...
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Who Is Losing Belarus? (Grigory Ioffe, The Jamestown Foundation)

On October 7, the European Parliament (EP) passed a resolution demanding that the European Union (EU) impose the fifth package of economic sanctions on...
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Putin‘s Brutal Letter to Ukraine under Medvedev’s Byline (Vladimir Socor, The Jamestown Foundation)

The Kremlin has published an open letter to and about Ukraine, replete with insults and threats. An official public document in such a style...
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The Realities of Russian Military Shipbuilding (Part Two) (Andrii Ryzhenko, The Jamestown Foundation)

A constant drumbeat of Russian propaganda and sensationalist international reporting has created the impression that Russia’s naval forces are much more formidable than is...
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Zapad 2021 Suggests, in Event of War, Moscow Could Seize Baltics but Lose Kaliningrad (Paul Globe, The Jamestown Foundation)

Military exercises not only make known what a government believes could happen but become an occasion for its analysts and those in other countries...
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