Georgia’s 2024 parliamentary elections were a blow to democracy
There are reports of election irregularities and the Georgian Dream party is set to control the country for another four years.
Ukraine invasion tests the relationship between Russia and China
Their ‘unlimited’ partnership may have some limits after all
Can Putin keep the oligarchs and Russian elites on his side?
War with Ukraine may make that harder, my research finds.
When Xi and Putin declared a united front against the United States
A February 2022 joint statement reveals strong views about sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The U.S. plans to withdraw from the Open Skies treaty. That’s a miscalculation.
The transparency of monitoring flights helps avoid military conflict
10 years ago, Russia built a border wall, too. Here’s the story.
Since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the
Russia used to see itself as part of Europe. Here’s why that changed.
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100,000 troops will engage in Russia’s Zapad-2017 war games
[caption id="attachment_63490" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A man watches Russian military jets
Russia has a years-long plot to influence Balkan politics. The U.S. can learn a lot from it.
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