How a Social Media Star Serves as Putin’s Secret Weapon
Since the age of 30, Ramzan Kadyrov has led the Chechen Republic with carte blanche from Moscow. Excessive,…
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Nine Years of Frozen Conflict: Opinions from the Former Georgian Ambassador to…
Nearly a decade ago in August 2008, Russia shocked the international community by sending troops to support South…
Another Page in Russia and LGBTQ Rights: The Chechnya Story
Accusations of human rights abuses are nothing new to Russia and most recently, the situation has reached an…
The Petrodollar Regime is Crumbling, but How Will the U.S. Economy React?
The global energy market is undergoing a rapid transformation in favour of unconventionally-sourced oil and…
Israeli-Levantine Tensions Reach Same Old Heights
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad’s Alawite regime would not have survived the Sunni revolt that erupted in 2011…
Unintelligent Intelligence
Recently, Congressman Devin Nunes of California, chair of the Intelligence Committee, revealed that Donald Trump’s…
What Happened to Competition in Russia?
"Competitive authoritarian regimes competitive, in that democratic institutions are not merely a façade:…
NATO’s ‘Enhanced Forward Presence’ and Mutually Assured Misperception in the…
“Actions speak louder than words.” This is the rather mundane turn of phrase then-PM David Cameron used at the…
Jeff Sessions and Relationships with Russia
On March 1st, allegations arose of US Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, communicating with the Russian ambassador…
Distract, Deceive, Repeat
Last Saturday, President Donald Trump sent out perhaps one of the strangest tweets of his presidency thus far. He…