Tag: The Jamestown Foundation

(Georgia) Georgia Is Rebuilding Its Air Force (The Jamestown Foundation)

 Giorgi Menabde On March 6, a modernized Georgian Su-25UB Grach (NATO classification: “Frogfoot”) ground-attack/close air support (CAS) jet, successfully completed a post-repair test flight (Business-partner.ge,...

(Crimea/Russia) Demographic Transformation of Crimea: Forced Migration as Part of Russia’s ‘Hybrid’ Strategy (The Jamestown Foundation)

Alla Hurska Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Decree No. 201 came into effect on March 20, 2021. The executive edict adds Crimea and Sevastopol to “the...

(Russia/China/West) Russia Finds Itself Marginalized Between China and a Reuniting West (The Jamestown Foundation)

 Pavel K. Baev The foreboding in Moscow of a new escalation of tensions with the West has given way to feelings of almost disappointing anticlimax. https://jamestown.org/program/russia-finds-itself-marginalized-between-china-and-a-reuniting-west/

(Pakistan) Pakistan’s Dual Counter-Terrorism Challenges: Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan’s Merger and Cross-Border Campaign from Afghanistan (The Jamestown Foundation)

Syed Fazl-e Haider On February 26, Nooristan, known as Hasan Baba, was killed by Pakistani security forces. He was a commander of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan...

(Yemen) Yemen’s Emerging Political Coalitions: A First Step Toward De-escalation? (The Jamestown Foundation)

Michael Horton Politics in Yemen are best described as kaleidoscopic. Loyalties, alliances, and linkages within and between factions and parties shift with every rotation of...

(China) Semiconductor Scandal A Concerning Backdrop to Xi’s Pursuit of “Core Technologies” (The Jamestown Foundation)

Elizabeth Chen China’s leadership has signaled the country’s dedication towards pursuing self-sufficiency in “core technologies“ including integrated circuits. https://jamestown.org/program/semiconductor-scandal-a-concerning-backdrop-to-xis-pursuit-of-core-technologies/

(China/Pingtan Island) Potential Military Implications of Pingtan Island’s New Transportation Infrastructure (The Jamestown Foundation)

Kristian McGuire Within the last decade, Pingtan Island (平潭岛, Pingtan Dao), which is the nearest territory to the Republic of China (ROC or Taiwan) controlled by...

(China) China’s 2027 Goal Marks the PLA’s Centennial, Not an Expedited Military Modernization (The Jamestown Foundation)

Brian Hart, Bonnie S. Glaser, Matthew P. Funaiole China has added a new short-term milestone to its existing slate of military modernization goals. While noteworthy in its...

(Russia/Dagestan) Makhachkala Experiences First Special Operation in Five Years (The Jamestown Foundation)

Valery Dzutsati On March 11, government forces in Makhachkala, Dagestan, killed a suspected rebel. According to official sources, the suspect had been plotting a terrorist...

(Russia/Karabakh) Russia’s Karabakh Protectorate Taking Clearer Shape (Part Three) (The Jamestown Foundation)

Vladimir Socor Relations between the authorities in Stepanakert, the capital of the self-declared “republic” of Karabakh, and the government of Nikol Pashinian in Yerevan are...

(Azerbaijan/Turkmenistan/Caspian Region) Baku-Ashgabat Accord Transforms Geopolitics of Caspian Region (The Jamestown Foundation)

Paul Goble When the five Caspian littoral states (Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan) finally agreed, in August 2018, to the delimitation of the surface...

(Ukraine) Ukraine to License-Build US Helicopters for Its Armed Forces (The Jamestown Foundation)

John C. K. Daly Ukraine’s efforts to politically and military integrate with the West greatly intensified after Russia’s 2014 absorption of Crimea, while the subsequent...

(Russia/Karabakh) Russia’s Karabakh Protectorate Taking Clearer Shape (Part Two) (The Jamestown Foundation)

Vladimir Socor Russia seems intent on reproducing in Karabakh the model it had earlier developed in Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transnistria and Donbas—namely, a local proto-state...

(Russia) Two Words That Shook Putin’s Regime (The Jamestown Foundation)

 Pavel K. Baev The resonance in Russia from a short fragment of United States President Joseph Biden’s ABC News interview last Wednesday (March 17) has been extraordinarily...

(Ukraine) While Zelenskyy Promises Peace, Ukraine’s Army Faces Serious Challenges (The Jamestown Foundation)

Mykola Vorobiov On March 3, the Russian proxy representatives of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) reportedly gave permission to their military to launch preemptive...

(Russia) Special Services Aggravate Bad Governance in Russia (The Jamestown Foundation)

Pavel K. Baev The escalation of repressions against all manifestations of discontent in Russia inevitably results in greater influence of the country’s special services and...