Tag: The Jamestown Foundation

Azerbaijan -The Alat Port Free Economic Zone’s Role in Azerbaijan’s Long-Term Geo-Economic Strategy (The Jamestown Foundation)

Ayaz Museyibov The Azerbaijani authorities held a groundbreaking ceremony on July 1 for the planned Alat Free Economic Zone (AFEZ), which will be linked to...
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Russia/Belarus/Moldova – Moscow Worried Orthodox in Belarus and Moldova May Gain Autocephaly (The Jamestown Foundation)

Paul Globe Moscow is increasingly anxious about potential new moves in Belarus and Moldova in the coming weeks toward achieving autocephalous status for the local...
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Europe/Black Sea Region – Will the EU Shake off Its Lethargy Over the Protracted Conflicts in the Black Sea Region? (Part Four) (The Jamestown...

Vladimir Socor The European Union has a 30-year handicap to overcome in tackling the Russia-orchestrated conflicts in the wider Black Sea region. Midway through that...
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Belarus – A Year On: The International Dimension of Belarus’s Political Crisis (The Jamestown Foundation)

Grigory Ioffe The international situation both triggered the ongoing crisis in Belarus—at least in the minds of some observers—and continues to have implications for its...
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Russia/Defense/Ukraine – New Wings for the Ukrainian Air Force (The Jamestown Foundation)

Yuri Lapaiev writes: On July 20, Russian United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), Rostec and Sukhoi officially unveiled their newest single-engine fighter, nicknamed the “Checkmate,” at...
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Europe/Georgia – Charles Michel Tries to Keep Georgia From Leaving the European Orbit (The Jamestown Foundation)

Giorgi Menadbe writes: On July 29, Charles Michel, the president of the European Council (the main policy-setting body of the European Union), released a...
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Europe/Black Sea Region – Will the EU Shake off Its Lethargy Over the Protracted Conflicts in the Black Sea Region? (Part Two) (The Jamestown...

Vladimir Socor writes: The European Union has yet to develop a policy regarding the protracted (“frozen”) conflicts in the wider Black Sea region. Russia...
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Belarus – The Diplomatic Triumph of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya and the Fate of the Belarusian Opposition (The Jamestown Foundation)

Grigory Ioffe writes: On July 28, United States President Joseph Biden held a 15-minute face-to-face talk with Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who many in the West...
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Russia/Pakistan/South Asia – Pakistan Stream Gas Pipeline: Russia’s Key to South Asia? (The Jamestown Foundation)

Sergey Sukhankin writes: Russian Energy Minister Nikolai Shulginov and Pakistan’s ambassador to Moscow, Shafqat Ali Khan, signed a revised agreement on May 28 that...
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Russia – Putin’s Response to Bridge Collapse Highlights Infrastructure and Political Problems (The Jamestown Foundation)

Paul Globe writes: The collapse of a single short river crossing on the Trans-Siberian Railroad 300 kilometers from Chita, in late July, and President...
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Chechnya’s Veteran Fighters – Chechnya’s Veteran Fighters Have Their Backs to the Wall (The Jamestown Foundation)

Aslan Doukaev writes: In two battlegrounds 1,500 kilometers apart, veteran Chechen freelance fighters are being rebuked by those with whom they aligned against a...
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Russia – Russian Communists Try to Control Popular Discontent (The Jamestown Foundation)

Kseniya Kirillova writes: In the run-up to September’s legislative elections to the State Duma (lower chamber of the Russian parliament), the Communist Party of...
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Russia – Putin’s Paranoia, More Than Nuclear Weapons and Oil, Make Russia Dangerous (The Jamestown Foundation)

Pavel K. Baev writes: The remarks by United States President Joseph Biden at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence last week (July...
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Kazakhstan/China – Anti-China Sentiments Grows in Kazakhstan as Economic Cooperation Stalls (The Jamestown Foundation)

Serik Rymbetov writes: On July 6, Kazakhstan celebrated Capital City Day in commemoration of former president Nursultan Nazarbayev’s 1994 decision to move the capital...
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Russia/Defense – Putin Expresses Support for Cossack Battalion in Russian National Guard (The Jamestown Foundation)

Richard Arnold writes: In a further sign of the rising importance of Cossack neo-imperial structures in Russia’s current political system, apparently President Vladimir Putin...
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Russia/Defense – Naval Parade Plays Into Putin’s Dangerous Vanity (The Jamestown Foundation)

Pavel K. Baev writes: Combat ships lined the Neva River in St. Petersburg and crowded the harbor of the nearby Kronstadt naval base last...
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