Tag: The Jamestown Foundation

(Russia/Arctic) Russia’s New ‘Arctic Offensive’: Do the Benefits Outweigh the Costs? (Part Two) (The Jamestown Foundation)

Sergey Sukhankin On February 1, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree approving the launch of six large investment projects in the Arctic that...
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(Russia/Africa) Moscow Expanding Diplomatic Contacts With Less Prominent Countries in Africa (The Jamestown Foundation)

Paul Goble Russia’s involvement in Africa over the last decade has attracted attention particularly when it has involved Moscow’s use of private military companies to...
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(Georgia) Protests in Georgia Increase Former President Mikheil Saakashvili’s Influence (The Jamestown Foundation)

Giorgi Menabde On March 1, European Council President Charles Michel met in Tbilisi with Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili and Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili. Reportedly, the...
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(Russia/Armenia) Lacking Alternatives, Russia Betting on Armenia’s Embattled Prime Minister Pashinian (The Jamestown Foundation)

Vladimir Socor The top brass of Armenia’s Armed Forces along with a broad coalition of political groups have moved to oust Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian...
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(Russia/Middle East/USA) Russia Tries to Counter US Moves in the Middle East, in Vain (The Jamestown Foundation)

Pavel K. Baev As its relations with Europe deteriorate and partnership with China hits an apparent pause, Russia searches for new opportunities to restore its...
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(Ukraine/Europe) Ukraine, EU Locked in Clash of Cultures and Values (The Jamestown Foundation)

Oleg Varfolomeyev The Ukrainian government concluded a series of agreements and held important discussions with European Union officials during Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal’s February 9–11...
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(Russia/Iran/Turkey/Caspian Region) Moscow Expanding Ties With Iran to Counter Growing Turkish Influence Around Caspian (The Jamestown Foundation)

Paul Goble Moscow is alarmed by the expansion of Turkish influence in the Caspian region, most immediately by Turkey’s enthusiasm for trans-Caspian natural gas pipelines,...
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(Armenia) Armenia’s Military Leadership, Civilian Opposition Move to Oust Pashinian’s Government (The Jamestown Foundation)

Vladimir Socor A military-civilian putsch broke out in Yerevan today (February 25) against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and his government, who are blamed for Armenia’s disastrous defeat...
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(Russia/Karabakh) Russia’s Iskander Missiles Fail in Karabakh but Cause Crisis in Armenia (The Jamestown Foundation)

Pavel Felgenhauer The Second Karabakh War, between Armenia and Azerbaijan, began on September 27, 2020, and ended on November 9, 2020, with a Russian-brokered and...
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(Germany/Russia) Is There a Hydrogen Future for Nord Stream Two? (The Jamestown Foundation)

Mateusz Kubiak On February 16, the German-Russian Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual “Russia Conference” with the participation of high-ranking politicians and business executives. https://jamestown.org/program/is-there-a-hydrogen-future-for-nord-stream-two/
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(Ukraine) Ukraine’s Sanctions Against Pro-Russian Oligarch Medvedchuk—All About Oil and Coal (The Jamestown Foundation)

Alla Hurska On February 19, the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) imposed sanctions on Ukrainian tycoon and politician Viktor Medvedchuk and his...
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(Georgia) Head of Georgia’s Main Opposition Party Arrested by Authorities (The Jamestown Foundation)

Giorgi Menabde On the evening of February 23, Georgia’s opposition parties launched an open-ended rally on Rustaveli Avenue, where all the important events in the...
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(Belarus) Amidst Repressions, Minsk Is Snapping Back (The Jamestown Foundation)

Grigory Ioffe Three legal trials in Minsk attracted maximum attention during the middle of February. One of them has already ended with a verdict—two-year prison...
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(Ukraine) Reforming Territorial Defense in Ukraine: Danger in Delay (The Jamestown Foundation)

Yuri Lapaiev Late last year, on December 16, the Ukrainian parliament took up a new draft bill (#4504) on territorial defense (Rada.gov.ua, December 16, 2020). https://jamestown.org/program/reforming-territorial-defense-in-ukraine-danger-in-delay/
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(Russia) Moscow’s Hopes to Use Water as ‘New Oil’ Outraging Siberians (The Jamestown Foundation)

Paul Goble Given the Vladimir Putin regime’s past reliance on oil exports, it is perhaps no surprise that Moscow has been casting about for some...
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(Iran/Armenia/Azerbaijan) Iran Seeks to Reroute North-South Transport Corridor to Armenia, Away From Azerbaijan (The Jamestown Foundation)

Rahim Rahimov Iran emerged as a potential loser from the Russia-brokered trilateral truce accords that ended last autumn’s 44-day Second Karabakh War between Armenia and...
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