The Tyranny of the 1%: The Illusion of Overcoming Terror
~ If you want total security, go to prison… The only thing lacking is freedom. Dwight D. Eisenhower And now we have Brussels to...
The Blame Game: Finding Fault in Greater Caspian Human Rights
A wonderfully informative, if also somewhat depressing, report has just come out from The Foreign Policy Centre, based in London, where the effort was...
WORLD WAR Z: Why Russia Fights DAESH Zealots
America has made little progress in Iraq and Syria, something Russia is determined to change apparently. The Obama administration maintains that...
10 Questions for the Future of Russia-Turkey Relations
Most of the world raised a curious eyebrow when news broke of a Russian military jet being knocked from the sky by Turkey, resulting...
The March of Huntington’s Martyrs: What the REAL Clash of Civilizations Is
As people the world over shout out in unison their unwavering support and sympathy for the victims across Paris, we are remiss to not...
An Entanglement of Enemies: What Russia’s Presence in Syria Truly Reveals
Authors: Dr.Matthew Crosston, Nenad Drca Over the years America has made little progress in Iraq and Syria, something Russia is determined to change apparently....
Censorship or saving grace? Academic Scholarship and Intelligence Vetting
A new article by The Moscow Times revealed a mixed reaction to supposed FSB ‘vetting’ of academic scholarship. The Times, which...
The Cascade Effect: Local Power from Old Soviets to New Russians (1985-2015)
Authors: Matthew Crosston, PhD & Dmitrii Seltser We have undertaken an inter-regional comparison of seven subjects of the Russian Federation: the Ryazan, Samara, Tambov,...
Putin: Cleaning Up an American Mess
The recent appearance of Russian President Vladimir Putin before the UN was a command performance for any Western analyst who wants a deeper and...
Global Firepower in the Caspian: A Comparative Analysis
The following compilation, piggy-backing on the overwhelming positive response given from the last edition of the Caspian Project where Caspian littorals were compared within...