Tag: The Jamestown Foundation

China – A Different Kind of Army: The Militarization of China’s Internet Trolls (The Jamestown Foundation)

Ryan Fedasiuk The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) believes it is engaged in a global struggle for China’s “image sovereignty” (形象主权 xingxiang zhuquan). https://jamestown.org/program/a-different-kind-of-army-the-militarization-of-chinas-internet-trolls/
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Russia/Montenegro/NATO – Russian Influence in Montenegro Could Create a Threat for NATO’s Information Security (The Jamestown Foundation)

Kseniya Kirillova A scandal erupted in Montenegro at the end of March: the head of the Balkan country’s National Security Agency (ANB), Dejan Vuksic, was...
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Syria/Russia/Turkey – Russia and Syrian Arab Army Targeting Turkish-Backed Opposition’s Energy Infrastructure (The Jamestown Foundation)

Can Kasapoglu The local Russian Aerospace Forces (Vozdushno Kosmicheskikh Sil—VKS) contingent and the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) have shifted their operational focus to targeting energy...
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Caspian Region – Geopolitical Competition in Caspian Region About More Than Gas and Oil (The Jamestown Foundation)

Paul Goble Geopolitical competition in the Caspian Sea region over oil and natural gas fields, pipelines carrying these hydrocarbons across that body of water, and...
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(Azerbaijan) Azerbaijan Embarks on Construction of Nakhchivan Railway (Part One) (The Jamestown Foundation)

Vasif Huseynov On February 14, President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan, during his visit to the Azerbaijani territories retaken following the Second Karabakh War (September 27–November...
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(Russia/Dagestan) Brother of Former Dagestani Governor Sentenced to Lengthy Prison Term (The Jamestown Foundation)

Valery Dzutsati On March 22, a Moscow court sentenced the brother of a former governor of Dagestan to 12 years in prison for bribery and...
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(Russia/Ukraine/Europe) War Scare Is Putin’s Natural Element (The Jamestown Foundation)

Pavel K. Baev The current escalation of tensions around eastern Ukraine is dangerous and may appear untimely and inopportune while Europe and Russia seek to...
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(Ukraine/Belarus) Ukrainian Dependency on Belarusian Fuels in Light of the Belarus Sanctions Debate (The Jamestown Foundation)

Mateusz Kubiak As Russia appears to be escalating the war in eastern Ukraine (see EDM, March 11), the debate in the West on possible sanctions against...
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(Central Asia/Turkey/Russia/China) Moscow and Beijing Seek to Counter Growing Turkish Influence in Central Asia (The Jamestown Foundation)

Paul Goble Geopolitical competition over Central Asia is intensifying, with the two most prominent longstanding rivals, Russia and China, now confronted by the rising power...
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(Ukraine/Normandy Four Group) ‘Nothing About Us Without Us’: Normandy Without Ukraine? (The Jamestown Foundation)

Vladimir Socor Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron conferred, on March 30, by video-conference on multiple international issues,...
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(Belarus) Belarus’s Ties with the West: The Implacable Downward Spiral (The Jamestown Foundation)

Grigory Ioffe Belarusian authorities denied the official request of the opposition (see EDM, March 17) to celebrate Freedom Day on March 25. https://jamestown.org/program/belaruss-ties-with-the-west-the-implacable-downward-spiral/
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(Russia/China/Space) Russian-Chinese Cooperation in Space (The Jamestown Foundation)

Pavel Luzin On March 9, Russia and China signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the construction of an international lunar research station (ILRS)...
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(Bulgaria/Russia) Russian Espionage Scandal in Bulgaria (The Jamestown Foundation)

Margarita Assenova On the eve of a critical parliamentary election on April 4, the Bulgarian authorities have exposed a major case of espionage on behalf...
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(France/Germany/Russia/Ukraine) Franco-German Proposals in the Normandy Forum: A Letdown to Ukraine (The Jamestown Foundation)

Vladimir Socor The Kremlin’s representative to negotiations over Russia’s war in Ukraine’s east, Dmitry Kozak, is undoubtedly the source of the outpouring of secret documents...
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(Lake Balkhash/Kazakhstan/China) Chinese Threat to Lake Balkhash Fueling Anti-Chinese Feelings in Kazakhstan (The Jamestown Foundation)

Paul Goble Kazakhstan’s Lake Balkhash, the 15th largest freshwater lake in the world, may follow the Aral Sea into extinction, Russian researcher Petr Bologov warned six...
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(Suez Canal/Russia) The ‘Suez Jam’: A Window of Opportunity for Russia’s Northern Sea Route? (The Jamestown Foundation)

Sergey Sukhankin On March 23, the Suez Canal, one of the world’s busiest transport arteries, became blocked in both directions when the ultra-large Golden-class container...
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