Piercing the shield: A leaner and meaner Russia beyond nuclear strategies
Authors: Dr. Matthew Crosston & Troy Baxter Russia’s history as a nuclear state is extensive and well-documented. It was the second country in the...
Natural Gas and the ‘Lesser’ Caspians: How New Players Might be Good for Everyone
Energy: what was once a largely single-resource/two-state controlled industry has given way to other resources of significance. In turn, this has also given rise...
Syrians Not Seeking, Syrians Not Welcome: Refugees and the Caspian Region
The primary point of interest here is why Syrians are fleeing their nation and where they are going. The primary reason they are fleeing...
A New Great Game in the Caspian: NATO and Russian Countermeasures
Russia has worked diligently to keep NATO from entering its perceived geostrategic territory, even if that comes at great personal cost to the nation,...