Tag: The Jamestown Foundation

Lavrov’s Leaks: Moscow Embarrasses Berlin and Paris in Negotiations Over Ukraine (Part Two) (Vladimir Socor, The Jamestown Foundation)

While Kyiv, Berlin and Paris pursue (with varying degrees of intensity, frantically in Kyiv’s case) a high-level “Normandy” meeting as a goal for its...
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Tajikistan’s Pamir Region Descends Into Chaos (Paul Globe, The Jamestown Foundation)

The extrajudicial murder of a local Pamiri activist by state security police in the mountainous and impoverished Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast of Tajikistan has sparked...
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Regional Tensions Could Trigger Energy Deficit in Karabakh (Fuad Shahbazov, The Jamestown Foundation)

Last September, long-brewing strains between Iran and Azerbaijan reached an unprecedented level, resulting in the deployment of troops and large-scale military drills by both...
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Lavrov’s Leaks: Moscow Embarrasses Berlin and Paris in Negotiations Over Ukraine (Part One) (Vladimir Socor, The Jamestown Foundation)

Russian diplomacy is testing its rogue-state practices on its Western diplomatic counterparts, and finds them malleable. On November 17, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov...
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Ukraine’s Troubles, Putin’s ‘Red Lines’ and Biden’s Warnings (Pavel K. Baev, The Jamestown Foundation)

Crisis is brewing yet again in the intrinsically antagonistic relations between Russia and Ukraine, and President Vladimir Putin seeks to harvest richer political dividends...
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A New Chinese National Security Bureaucracy Emerges (Joel Wuthnow, The Jamestown Foundation)

An intriguing aspect of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s political consolidation was the establishment of a Central National Security Commission (CNSC; 中央国家安全委员会, Zhongyang guojia anquan weiyuanhui )...
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Australia-China Tensions Simmer Amid Trade War and AUKUS (William Yuen Yee, The Jamestown Foundation)

In a speech about the impact of the ongoing trade war with China on Australia, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said that the “economy has shown...
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Geopolitical Challenges Cloud Next Chapter in Xi’s Triumphalist History (John S. Van Oudenaren, The Jamestown Foundation)

The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Resolution on its first 100-years of history cements  “Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New...
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Evolving Missions and Capabilities of the PLA Rocket Force: Implications for Taiwan and Beyond (Yuan-Chou Jing, Yi-Ren Lai, The Jamestown Foundation)

According to a recent Taiwan Ministry of National Defense (MND) report, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is strengthening its superior capabilities within the...
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Infrastructure Development in Tibet and its Implications for India (Suyash Desai, The Jamestown Foundation)

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) considers Tibet an intrinsic part of Chinese territory, which it has controlled since the early 1950s. When the...
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Pakistan’s Deal with Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan: Statesmanship or Surrender? (Syed Fazl-e-Haider, The Jamestown Foundation)

On November 1, supporters of Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) abandoned their two-week long protests and marched to the Pakistani capital Islamabad after the group signed a...
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Emerging Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Threats from Europe’s ‘Garage Extremists’ (Rueben Dass, The Jamestown Foundation)

In September 2021, a 26-year-old French national, influenced by far-right ideology, was arrested for having successfully manufactured four improvised explosive devices (IEDs) containing uranium...
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Assassination Attempt against Prime Minister Al-Khadimi Highlights Intra-Shia Divisions in Iraq (Rami Jameel, The Jamestown Foundation)

A loud explosion was heard in the early hours of November 7 in the fortified area in Baghdad known as the “Green Zone.” This...
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Moldova Uniquely Vulnerable to Russian Energy Servitude (Part Two) (Vladimir Socor, The Jamestown Foundation)

Moldova’s natural gas market has become physically accessible to non-Russian gas suppliers through the Romania-Moldova interconnector, the Iasi–Ungheni–Chisinau pipeline. Built and operated by Romanian...
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Four Obstacles to Iranian Oil and Gas Production in the Caspian Sea (Vali Kaleji, The Jamestown Foundation)

In recent months, a series of analytical publications sparked fresh debate in Iran about the status of Iran’s oil and natural gas reserves in...
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In Istanbul, Turkic Council Members Eye Closer Cooperation and Deeper Integration (Vasif Huseynov, The Jamestown Foundation)

On November 12, Istanbul hosted the eighth summit of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States (Turkic Council), attended by the leaders of member...
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