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The Jury’s Still Out: Can America Ever Match Russian Cyber Innovation?
In February 2015, James Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence in the United States, announced that the appraisal of Russian cyber capability and intention...
President Obama’s Legacy
As the 2016 elections enter the general election season, everyone will be anticipating who will be the next president. Before everyone moves onto the...
The Geographical Lynchpin: Great Power Jockeying in the Caspian
Zbigniew Brzezinkski defined “Eurasia” as one of the most important geopolitical concepts. He observed, “Ever since the continents started interacting politically, some five hundred...
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...
Doing Business: Russia, Africa And The Media
Over the past few years, Russian authorities have been prioritizing media cooperation and the use of soft power to address the falling image of...
Russia between economic crisis and geostrategic projections
As Lev Tolstoj maintained "There is nothing stronger than those two: patience and time". These are two of the most characteristic traits of the...
The Summit on nuclear weapons and the North Korean issue
Currently the strategic and global nuclear balance develops on the basis of three factors which are closely interwoven. The first one is related to...
De–dollarization of the BRICS
What might be behind the well-orchestrated attack on leaders of the BRICS countries? Gold is one of the most fascinating of...
Terrorism and radical Islam in public perception: myths and truth
In recent years, Russian society has increasingly acknowledged terrorism as a national and global threat. Terrorism, with its significant uncertainty in both the likelihood...
Russia and the US: An Alliance in the Making
Russia under the leadership of Vladimir Putin has regained standing for his nation in the last decade. The combination of high energy prices and...