Tag: The Jamestown Foundation

(China/CEEC Summit) China-CEEC Summit Returns After Pandemic—The View From Warsaw (The Jamestown Foundation)

Jakub Bornio The latest People’s Republic of China–Central and Eastern European Countries (China-CEEC) summit took place online, on February 9, after a one-year break caused...
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(Ukraine/Russia) More Contentious Issues Surface Between Kyiv and Moscow in the Minsk Contact Group (The Jamestown Foundation)

Vladimir Socor The latest session of the Minsk Contact Group (see EDM, February 18) lifted a curtain’s corner on several disputed issues that had not...
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(Russia) West’s Renewed Focus on Solidarity and Coordination Perturbs Kremlin (The Jamestown Foundation)

Pavel K. Baev The disastrous visit to Moscow of the European Union’s top diplomat, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell, on...
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(Belarus) Minsk Announces Possible Changes to Its Foreign Policy (The Jamestown Foundation)

Yauheni Preiherman Foreign policy featured among the central topics of the All-Belarusian People’s Assembly (ABPA), on February 11–12 (see EDM, February 16). This is no surprise,...
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(Russia/Ukraine) Russia Calibrating Low-Intensity War in Ukraine’s East (The Jamestown Foundation)

Vladimir Socor From January 21 through February 14, Russian and proxy forces killed 13 Ukrainian soldiers and wounded at least another 19 along the frontline...
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(Azerbaijan/Central Asia/Russia/Iran) Growing Azerbaijani–Central Asian Ties Likely to Trigger Conflicts With Russia and Iran (The Jamestown Foundation)

Paul Goble Azerbaijan’s victory in the Second Karabakh War (September 29–November 9) has had a transformative effect on the country. https://jamestown.org/program/growing-azerbaijani-central-asian-ties-likely-to-trigger-conflicts-with-russia-and-iran/
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(Russia/West/Donbas) Escalating Russian-Western Tensions Are Reflected in Confrontation in Donbas (The Jamestown Foundation)

Pavel Felgenhauer In a high-profile interview with Rossiya state TV, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced that Moscow is ready to “sever relations with the European...
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(Russia/Internet) Russian Government Moves to Assert Increasing Control Over Internet (The Jamestown Foundation)

John C. K. Daly Amidst growing political dissatisfaction, the Russian government is grappling with the apparent vulnerabilities of the country’s internet. https://jamestown.org/program/russian-government-moves-to-assert-increasing-control-over-internet/
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(Russia/Arctic) Russia’s New ‘Arctic Offensive’: Do the Benefits Outweigh the Costs? (Part One) (The Jamestown Foundation)

 Sergey Sukhankin On February 1, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree approving the launch of six major state-supported investment projects in the Arctic...
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(Second Karabakh War/Georgia) The Second Karabakh War and Georgia’s Threatened Transit Role (The Jamestown Foundation)

Zaal Anjaparidze The aftermath of the second Armenian-Azerbaijani war in Karabakh (September 29–November 9, 2020) initiated new geopolitical and geo-economic adjustments for the South Caucasus,...
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(Belarus) The All-Belarusian People’s Assembly: A Gathering of Winners? (The Jamestown Foundation)

Grigory Ioffe President Alyaksandr Lukashenka delivered a four-hour speech on February 11, 2021, at the All-Belarusian People’s Assembly (ABPA), the sixth such gathering since 1996,...
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(Russia) Moscow’s Delay of 2020 Census Opens Way for Circassian Promotion of Common Identity (The Jamestown Foundation)

Paul Goble For the second time, ostensibly out of concern that census takers might further spread the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russian government has postponed the...
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(Crimea/Ukraine/Russia) Crimea Platform: Ukraine’s Initiative to Raise the Costs of Russia’s Occupation (The Jamestown Foundation)

Vladimir Socor President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Ukrainian government are preparing to host a summit of heads of state and government, aiming to mobilize a...
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(Russia/Gazprom/Dagestan) Gazprom Wants to Abandon Money-Losing Gas Distribution Obligations in Dagestan (The Jamestown Foundation)

Valery Dzutsati Russian energy giant Gazprom wants to completely abandon its natural gas retail sales and distribution business in Dagestan because those operations bring the...
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(Russia/Europe) Russia Blackmails and Courts Europe (The Jamestown Foundation)

Pavel K. Baev Tense political relations with Europe have come into sharp focus in Russian domestic debates, forcing a sudden backtrack. https://jamestown.org/program/russia-blackmails-and-courts-europe/
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(Bangladesh/Female Radicalization and Extremism) Neo-Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh’s Female Members Further Islamic State’s Recruitment and Propaganda (The Jamestown Foundation)

Animesh Roul The Neo-Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (Neo-JMB), which was responsible for the deadly July 2016 Holey Artisan Bakery terrorist attack in Dhaka claimed by Islamic...
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