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Radioactive: Illicit Materials-trafficking across the Greater Caspian
The global impact of transnational crime has risen to unprecedented levels. Criminal groups have appropriated new technologies, adapted horizontal network structures that are difficult...
Chessboard Strategy: Russia and UN Resolution 2117
The Russian government has made great leaps since the collapse of the Soviet Union, “moving from a globally-isolated, centrally-planned economy towards a more market-based...
The West should engage in a course correction strategy with Russia
In the aftermath of the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the Russian Federation felt vulnerable because of the cooperation between the former Soviet states...
Hic Dracones: Corruption across the Caspian
Corruption is an issue and dilemma for every country in the world. No state is immune. No culture has developed a vaccine. Despite this,...
Social Media Terrorism: DAESH’s New Caucasian Province
The militant group Islamic State (DAESH) has filled power vacuums from Syria to Iraq. As its advances struggle forward due to increasing external resistance,...
The Dark Side of the Caspian: Despair and Death in Human-trafficking
The Caspian region presents individuals with an array of options for those seeking better opportunities. Unfortunately nefarious individuals are well aware of people’s hopes...
Arctic Geopolitics: Future Conflict beyond the Caspian
Russia is not a littoral nation of just one great body of water in the Caspian. It also has its entire northern expanse along...
Caspian Roadmap: Back or wreck to the future?
Recently, I came across an interesting outlined roadmap for Caspian countries, written in 2010 with predictions for 2025. 5 years down and 10 years...
Russia: Facilitating Trade with Africa
Interview with Maxim Chereshnev Russian Export and Investment Fair (REIF) to be held on 19-20 November 2015, for the first time, will gather high...
The Persian Lion Still Roars
Why does Iran still harbor such distrust and animosity towards the United States? This question is a key factor for understanding the continuous failures...