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Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Security Studies
“Every age has its own kind of war, its own limiting conditions, and its own peculiar preconceptions. Each period therefore, would have held its...
America’s problem with Russian disinformation
America has a problem with Russian disinformation – but not in the way that you have been led to believe. ‘Russiagate’ – the name...
Natural Gas in Putin’s Russia: The Reconstruction of Energy Geopolitics
After the dissolvement of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the systematic collapse of communism in Eastern and Southeastern Europe, all the new democratic...
Arms and Allies: Comments on Junta Chief’s Russia Visit and Beyond
Three days after the United Nations General Assembly adopted a non-binding resolution calling for an arms embargo on Myanmar and condemning its military’s seizure...
Democracy Wins in Armenia, For Now
Parliamentary elections in Armenia last month proved competitive, but the results were not that surprising. Nikol Pashinyan, the incumbent and most pro-Western candidate, won...
Biden Diplomacy: A Value-Based Alliance
Biden's diplomatic mantra of "America is back" is targeted at two key "anti-traditional" aspects of Trump's diplomacy. The first aims to reintroduce "values" into...
20 years is not a limit
On June 28th, 2021, during the official video conference Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping announced the extension of the Russia-China...
How digitalization helps Moscow and its citizens
The unified digital register, an electronic system of interdepartmental interaction, provides departments with access to more than 390 types of documents - certificates, statements...
Arctic Council: Should Russia Push for Including Security Issues During its Chairmanship?
The 2021–2023 Russian chairmanship of the Arctic Council comes at a watershed moment for the region and the institution alike. Climate change has become...
A Summit of Consequence? Great Power Diplomacy and Inadvertent Nuclear War
"In a surrealist year…. some cool clown pressed an inedible mushroom button, and an inaudible Sunday bomb fell down, catching the president at his...