Tag: The Jamestown Foundation

Russia. Russian-Style Multilateralism: Decorative and Ineffectual (Pavel K. Baev, The Jamestown Foundation)

Amidst the ongoing turmoil in Afghanistan, Russia has been convening or partaking in unusually numerous multilateral forums. President Vladimir Putin, aware of the strong...
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Russia/Ukraine. Blind, Confuse and Demoralize: Russian Electronic Warfare Operations in Donbas (The Jamestown Foundation)

Sergey Sukhankin Moscow’s rapid and mostly bloodless annexation of Ukrainian Crimea in February–March 2014, followed a month later by the Russian-fueled instability and military confrontation...
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China. Implications of Xi’s Revival of the Maoist Slogan “Common Prosperity” (The Jamestown Foundation)

Willy Wo-Lap Lam The Chinese President Xi Jinping has masterminded a major policy shift for the world’s second largest economy by underscoring the imperative of...
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Belarus/Russia – Lukashenka Says No to Russian Military Base and Deeper Integration With Russia (The Jamestown Foundation)

Vladimir Socor In his marathon question-and-answer session on August 9, Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka again ruled out the integration of Belarus with Russia at the...
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Afghanistan/North Caucasus – Taliban Triumph in Afghanistan Echoes in Russia’s North Caucasus (The Jamestown Foundation)

Paul Globe The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan threatens to destabilize the North Caucasus for three interrelated reasons. First, the Taliban victory is certain to inspire...
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Russia – Russia Warns Ukraine and Other Neighbors to Draw Lessons From Fall of Kabul (The Jamestown Foundation)

Pavel E. Felgenhauer The sudden collapse of the Afghan National Army and security forces, the fall of Kabul without a fight, President Ashraf Ghani fleeing...
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Azerbaijan/Turkey/Cyprus – The Cyprus Dimension to the Azerbaijani-Turkish Alliance (The Jamestown Foundation)

Rahim Rahimov Following the Second Karabakh War (September 27–November 9, 2020) between Armenia and Azerbaijan and Turkey’s support for the latter in that conflict, Ankara...
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Ukraine – Hydrogen Production in Ukraine: Escape From Energy Dependency and a New Source of Revenue After Nord Stream Two (The Jamestown Foundation)

Sergey Sukhankin On June 19, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, speaking at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, in Antalya, Turkey, underscored that the use of alternative...
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Ukraine – New Appointments in the Ukrainian Military: Occasion for Restrained Optimism? (by Yuri Lapaiev – Jamestown Foundation)

From August 9 to 13, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) conducted large-scale military exercises in the southern part of the country, including on...
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Kazakhstan – Kazakhstan Surges to Third Place in Global Crypto-Currency Production, Behind China and US (The Jamestown Foundation)

John C. K. Daly While many crypto-currency advocates worldwide promote this sector as the next step in international finance, multiple governments are becoming increasingly leery...
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Russia/Georgia – Russian Interference in Georgian Politics: The Activation of Ultra-Right Forces (The Jamestown Foundation)

Beka Chedia On August 2, Irma Inasvhili, one of the founders of the Georgian pro-Russian political party Alliance of Patriots, posted her faction’s open letter...
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Afghanistan/Taliban/Central Asia – Taliban Victory Unsettles Geopolitics in Central Asia (The Jamestown Foundation)

Paul Globe The suddenness of the Taliban’s victory amidst the final departure of United States forces from Afghanistan has intensified fears in Central Asia about...
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China/Central Asia/Afghanistan – Expanding China’s Central Asia Playbook to Afghanistan (The Jamestown Foundation)

Niva Yau For almost 30 years, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has deployed various strategies to increase its economic and political influence in Central...
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China/North Korea – ‘Lips and Teeth’: The Enduring China-North Korea Relationship (The Jamestown Foundation)

Pratik Jakhar The leaders of China and North Korea marked the 60th anniversary of the China-North Korea Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance (Peking...
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China – China’s New Biosecurity Law Gives Limited Insight into Government Priorities and Next Steps (The Jamestown Foundation)

James Haynes The new Biosecurity Law (, Shengwu anquan fa, hereafter “Law”) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) went into effect on the country’s sixth...
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Azerbaijan/Pakistan/Turkey – Azerbaijan Boosts Trilateral Cooperation With Pakistan and Turkey (The Jamestown Foundation)

Vasif Huseynov On July 27, the parliamentary speakers of Turkey, Azerbaijan and Pakistan signed a strategic partnership document—the “Baku Declaration”—in Baku, Azerbaijan, which creates a...
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