Tag: The Jamestown Foundation

Ukraine/Russia/France/Germany – Macron, Merkel, Zelenskyy Meet to Defuse Russian War Scare (The Jamestown Foundation)

Vladimir Socor On April 16, in Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron hosted talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in person and with German Chancellor Angela...
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USA/Russia – Putin’s Power Play Foiled by Biden’s Punch-and-Placate Tactics (The Jamestown Foundation)

Pavel K. Baev An extraordinary sequence of oscillating hostile and conciliatory steps between the United States and Russia was initiated by President Joseph Biden’s phone...
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(Iran/Central Asia) Iran’s New Pivot to Central Asia (The Jamestown Foundation)

Omid Rahimi High-ranking officials from Iran and Tajikistan made a total of three visits to Dushanbe and Tehran, respectively, in less than two months, a...
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Russian Espionage Case in Italy: A Setback for Moscow? (The Jamestown Foundation)

Claudia Palazzo On the night of March 30, an Italian frigate commander, Walter Biot, was caught red-handed selling documents to Dimitry Ostrukhov, an employee at...
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Psychology in Modern Russian Warfare (The Jamestown Foundation)

Nicholas J. Myers On March 22, 2021, in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast about 350 kilometers east of Moscow, the Russian 96th Reconnaissance Brigade of the Western Military...
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Armenia/Azerbaijan – Azerbaijan Embarks on Construction of Nakhchivan Railway (Part Two) (The Jamestown Foundation)

Vasif Huseynov The unblocking of the Zangezur corridor will have wide-ranging geopolitical reverberations for both the directly concerned states, Armenia and Azerbaijan, and surrounding countries. https://jamestown.org/program/azerbaijan-embarks-on-construction-of-nakhchivan-railway-part-two/
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Russia’s Defense-Industrial Complex at a Crossroads: Aura Versus Reality (Part One) (The Jamestown Foundation)

Sergey Sukhankin On March 31, during a virtual meeting with the Kremlin, the president of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia (FNPR), Mikhail...
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Russia/Ukraine – Moscow Moving 15 Warships From Caspian Sea to Waters off Ukraine (The Jamestown Foundation)

The Russian Ministry of Defense announced today (April 13) that Moscow is sending 15 naval vessels from its Caspian Flotilla to waters off Ukraine...
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China/USA – Early Warning Brief: The Xi Administration Openly Challenges American Global Leadership And Takes Multiple Measures to Counter Washington’s Containment (The Jamestown Foundation)

Willy Wo-Lap Lam The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership has openly challenged Washington’s role as global rule-setter. The administration of CCP General Secretary and state...
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Belarus – Minsk Wages Diplomatic War on Multiple Fronts (The Jamestown Foundation)

Grigory Ioffe On April 4, President Alyaksandr Lukashenka proposed to “optimize” the number of Belarusian embassies and their staff around the world. https://jamestown.org/program/minsk-wages-diplomatic-war-on-multiple-fronts/
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Russia/Baltic Basin – Russia Builds up Its Export Potential in Baltic Basin (The Jamestown Foundation)

Rauf Mammadov Russian natural gas giant Gazprom signed a preliminary agreement with global engineering company Linde to deliver engineering and procurement services for the Ust-Luga...
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Russia/Ukraine – Penned in on Multiple International Issues, Putin Strives to Show Resolve on Ukraine (The Jamestown Foundation)

Pavel K. Baev Putting military pressure on Ukraine could have seemed to the Russian leadership to be the most practical way to assert Moscow’s central...
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China/Russia – China Learning From Russia’s “Emerging Great Power” Global Media Tactics (The Jamestown Foundation)

Elizabeth Chen Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers observed that China has employed newly assertive tactics—including spreading widespread Russian-style disinformation—which suggested that “Beijing...
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China/Taiwan – Exploring Chinese Military Thinking on Social Media Manipulation Against Taiwan (The Jamestown Foundation)

Nathan Beauchamp-Mustafaga, Jessica Drun Much has been written about China’s social media manipulation in Taiwan following the 2018 nine-in-one local elections, but both Taiwanese and Western...
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Czech Republic/China – How the CCP Mobilized a Cross-Border Disinformation Campaign Against the Czech Senate Speaker (The Jamestown Foundation)

Martin Hála, Filip Jirouš, Petra Ševčíková Recent events in the Czech Republic (CR) offer an interesting case study in Chinese propaganda and disinformation. https://jamestown.org/program/how-the-ccp-mobilized-a-cross-border-disinformation-campaign-against-the-czech-senate-speaker/
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China – Xinhua Infiltrates Western Electronic Media, Part One: Online “Advertorial” Content (The Jamestown Foundation)

John Dotson For many years, the People’s Republic of China (PRC)’s state propaganda apparatus has sought to expand its influence among foreign audiences as part...
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