Tag: The Jamestown Foundation

China – Globalizing Leninist Institutions: Trends in Overseas Party Building (Daniel Koss, The Jamestown Foundation)

Introduction The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Organization Department’s initiatives to build an organizational infrastructure with global reach evoke China’s revolutionary tradition, drawing lessons from history...
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China – Post-Reform Developments in Village and Neighborhood Party Building (Harry He, The Jamestown Foundation)

Introduction The Chinese President Xi Jinping (习近平) has repeatedly mentioned local governance capacity when reflecting on China’s successful management of the Covid-19 pandemic, crediting the...
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Nordic Countries/IS – How Nordic Countries are Handling the Question of Repatriating Islamic State Women (Herbert Maack, The Jamestown Foundation)

As the self-styled Islamic State (IS) “caliphate” collapsed in March 2019, the international community was faced with the problem of more than 70,000 IS...
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Somaliland – Somaliland Elections Disrupt al-Shabaab’s Regional Expansion (Michael Horton, The Jamestown Foundation)

On May 31, the independent, but unrecognized, Republic of Somaliland held parliamentary and local district elections. These internationally observed elections, which saw a high...
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Pakistan – Pakistan’s TTP Mounts Comeback Under New Leadership of Wali Mehsud (Syed Fazl-e Haider, The Jamestown Foundation)

On May 5, four Pakistani soldiers were killed and six injured on the Pakistani-Afghan border in the Baluchistan region when militants opened fire from...
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Lithuania/Belarus – Minsk Flooding Lithuania With Illegal Migrants From Middle East (Paul Goble, The Jamestown Foundation)

Angry at Lithuania for providing refuge to the Belarusian opposition and for criticizing Minsk’s recent action of forcing a plane to land in Belarus...
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NATO – NATO Summit: Strong on Russia but a Net Disappointment to Eastern Allies and Partners (Part Two) (Vladimir Socor, The Jamestown Foundation)

The quasi-annual charade surrounding the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s Membership Action Plans (NATO MAP) for Ukraine and Georgia took a different form at the...
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NATO – NATO Summit: Strong on Russia but a Net Disappointment to Eastern Allies and Partners (Part One) (Vladimir Socor, The Jamestown Foundation)

The heads of state and government of the North Atlantic Organization’s (NATO) 30 member countries held a summit at the Alliance’s Brussels headquarters on...
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USA/Russia – Biden and Putin Project Optimism After Resolving Practically Nothing in Geneva (Pavel Felgenhauer, The Jamestown Foundation)

United States President Joseph Biden and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, met in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 16, for their first summit since Biden...
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Iran/Caucasus – Iran and the 3+3 Regional Cooperation Format in the South Caucasus: Strengths and Weaknesses (Vali Kaleji, The Jamestown Foundation)

Over the past three decades, various initiatives for regional cooperation in the South Caucasus have been proposed, including the “Peaceful Caucasus Initiative” (Eduard Shevardnadze),...
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Armenia/Azerbaijan – Armenian-Azerbaijani Post-War Peace Process on Hold Ahead of Armenia’s Snap Parliamentary Elections (Vasif Huseynov, The Jamestown Foundation)

On June 1, 2021, Yerevan announced the suspension of the Armenian-Azerbaijani-Russian working group, which was established during the January 11 trilateral leaders’ summit and...
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Ukraine – Growing Pains in the Ukrainian Special Forces (Yuri Lapaiev, The Jamestown Foundation)

The Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (UASOF), the newest branch of the country’s Armed Forces, continue their development. Recently, UASOF operators conducted Chemical, Biological, Radiological,...
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Kazakhstan – Green Investment Receives a Boost in Kazakhstan (Margarita Assenova, The Jamestown Foundation)

The COVID-19 pandemic recovery in Central Asia is taking an unexpectedly green turn. Three of the five Central Asian states boast large hydrocarbon resources...
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Turkey/Russia – New Turkish-Built Dry Dock Will Not Solve Russia’s Deeper Shipbuilding Problems (Paul Goble, The Jamestown Foundation)

The problems plaguing Russia’s shipbuilding sector, both military and civilian, run so deep and widespread that even Moscow’s decision to award a contract to...
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Belarus/Russia – The Hijacking of the Ryanair Flight Over Belarus: A Russian ‘Reflexive Control’ Operation? (Arseny Sivitsky, The Jamestown Foundation)

The Belarusian authorities’ forced landing of the Vilnius-bound Ryanair Flight 4978 at Minsk airport, on May 23, and the arrest of the opposition NEXTA Telegram channel...
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Georgia – Georgia Bids Farewell to Soviet Arms (Beka Chedia, The Jamestown Foundation)

Georgia’s Defense Minister Juansher Burtchuladze reported to parliament on May 13 that his country would start producing American M4 assault rifles and unmanned aerial...
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