Tag: The Jamestown Foundation

The Belarus Crisis and the Union State Military Doctrine (Roger McDermott, The Jamestown Foundation)

Belarus and Moscow have signed a new Union State Military Doctrine, though the document remains unpublished. This comes within the context of the Belarus...

Georgia: A Pillar of NATO’s Wider Black Sea Strategy? (Giorgi Menabde, The Jamestown Foundation)

On November 8, the Blue Ridge–class command-and-control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) and the Arleigh Burke–class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) arrived in Batumi, Georgia (1tv.ge November...

Advocates Across North Caucasus Demand Reclassifications of Local Ethnic Groups (Valery Dzutsati, The Jamestown Foundation)

Activists in the North Caucasus called on compatriots to use the ongoing Russian census to advance the interests of their ethnic groups. The Russian...

Moscow Worried by Ankara’s Expansive Vision of ‘Turkic World’ (Paul Globe, The Jamestown Foundation)

Since the victory of Turkey’s ally Azerbaijan in the Second Karabakh War (September 27–November 9, 2020), Russian commentators have been concerned about Ankara’s efforts...

In Face of Western Criticism, Georgian Authorities Adopt Trappings of ‘Sovereign Democracy’ Rhetoric (Beka Chedia, The Jamestown Foundation)

On November 13, one of the top leaders of the ruling Georgian Dream party, former parliamentary chairperson Irakli Kobakhidze, issued a statement, in which...

The Internationalization of the Belarusian Political Crisis Not Working Out in the West’s Favor (Grigory Ioffe, The Jamestown Foundation)

The political crisis in Belarus is far from over. Its internationalization along the lines of a geopolitical tug-of-war between Russia and the West began...

Russia Considers Exporting S-500 Air-Defense Systems to China and India (John C. K. Daly, The Jamestown Foundation)

According to Dmitry Shugaev, the head of Russia’s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC), Russia may export its most advanced S-500 Prometheus air-defense weaponry...

Early Warning Brief: Did Xi Jinping Secure “Leader for Life” Status at the Sixth Plenum? (Willy Wo-Lap Lam, The Jamestown Foundation)

The words “leader for life” do not appear in the communique summarizing the Resolution on History passed at the Sixth Plenum of the 19th...

The Fate of China’s Rail Line to Uzbekistan Likely to Be Decided in Kyrgyzstan (Paul Globe, The Jamestown Foundation)

As a part of its Belt and Road Initiative, Chinese plans to construct a railway from Xinjiang through Kyrgyzstan to Uzbekistan and onward to...

Belarus as Latest Front in Acute East-West Standoff (Pavel Felgenhauer, The Jamestown Foundation)

A new point of acute East-West tension has emerged on the Polish-Belarusian border. Minsk and the West have been at loggerheads since August 2020,...

The Karabakh Air Gate Opens: Future Prospects for Fuzuli Airport (Orkhan Baghirov, The Jamestown Foundation)

Late last month (October 26), Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, together inaugurated the Fuzuli International Airport, in Azerbaijan’s...

Russia and Belarus Sign a Package of Union State Programs (Grigory Ioffe, The Jamestown Foundation)

On November 4, Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka signed a package of 28 Union State programs, formerly called “road maps,” for economic integration with Russia....

First Strike: The Political Consequences of Ukraine’s Bayraktar Drone Attack on Russia-Backed Forces in Donbas (Yuri Lapaiev, The Jamestown Foundation)

On October 26, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) for the first time used the Turkish-produced Bayraktar TB2 unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) to...

Ethnic Russians in Moscow Forming Self-Defense Units Against Non-Russian Migrants (Paul Globe, The Jamestown Foundation)

On the eve of this year’s Day of National Unity, on November 4, ethnic Russians and migrant workers clashed in a Moscow neighborhood, leading...

Russia’s Race for Hypersonic Weapons (Pavel Luzin, The Jamestown Foundation)

The global race for hypersonic weapons, or at least for technologies to reach hypersonic velocity, undoubtedly goes on. Russia is paying close attention to...

Chechen Strongman Drives New Wedge Between Russia and Turkey (Aslan Doukaev, The Jamestown Foundation)

Like any other relationship, the partnership between Turkey and Russia has had its ups and downs, twists and turns. The downing by Turkey, in...