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Challenging Russia’s Arctic: America’s Uneven Policy
The policy of the United States concerning climate change in the Arctic has been and is one that is ever-changing. Since 2009 there have...
Military Might: How the Caspian Greats Measure Up
This work will discuss the comparative impact the two ‘greater’ Caspian littorals have on global stability based on strategic objectives backed by military power...
Blowback Diplomacy: How the US was Locked Out of the Caspian
It has been almost one year since the IV Caspian Summit in Astrakhan, Russia, where the presidents of the five Caspian states signed a...
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,...
Russian Diplomacy: Trying to go from the Small Stage to the Big Screen
One of the Russian government’s worries that propelled it to face the conflict in Syria against DAESH was the probability of it morphing into...
Russian Interference in Syria and Turkey FP in Middle East
Russia after October 1, aiming to support the Assad regime, is carrying out military operations on ISIS and the other opposition forces. Such a...
SITREP on Russia’s strategic stance in Syria-Iraq-Iran
On 14 October, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said in Moscow that Russia was closely monitoring the situation in Iraq as well as Afghanistan, but...
NUKE APPEAL: Why Russia Won’t Give Up the Bomb
While the United States emphasizes reduced reliance on nuclear weapons, the Russian Federation continues to stress the importance of its nuclear arsenal in its...
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,...
Russia: Time to Finance Infrastructure and Investment Projects in Africa
Over the past few years, Russian companies have shown an increasing interest towards investment and preparedness to compete with other foreign players in Africa,...