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Reviews spot fresh ideas in research papers, books and specialised journals. |
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Russia and the Gulf
Not the Soviet Union |
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A leading analyst argues that Russian policy towards the Middle East, and particularly the Gulf, derives from pragmatism, and not from ideology. NEW |
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(24 April 2015) |
Russia’s defence spending under pressur
Russian and Kiev forces compared |
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The latest issue of the IISS Military Balance devotes 48 of its 500-odd pages to prevailing capabilities, trends and strategic economics in Russia and Eurasia, and 53 pages to the same region’s force strengths and defence spending. |
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(6 March 2015) |
Security concerns in Central Asia
The Strategic Survey, 2014 |
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The IISS global survey highlights uncertainties threatening former Soviet territories. |
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(26 September 2014) |
Russia and Ukraine
Al last a level look |
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Western experts provide two ways of looking at Russia's involvement with invents in Ukraine, and warn of the danger of global confrontation. NEW |
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(5 April 2014) |
Strategic Survey 2003
A lively time in Russia – and Georgia |
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The annual Survey of the IISS takes a deeper look at recent events. |
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(17 September 2013) |
Russia strives for modern forces
And international stability |
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The annual Military Balance of the International Institute for Strategic Studies highlights Russia’s effort to achieve a truly modern posture by 2020 – and the disjointed efforts of CIS members on behalf of security and stability in Eurasia. |
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(21 March 2013) |
Russia and Syria
The real Russian interest |
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A leading Western strategic journal carries sharp criticism of much Western comment on Russia’s supposed interest in supporting Syria. |
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(12 March 2013) |
Georgia and Russia
Still a tricky transition |
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The editor of one of Russia’s foremost analytical journals gives a sober account of Georgia's and Russia's best interests as a critical moment approaches in their apparently improved relations. |
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(18 February 2013) |
NGOs under fire
from a reformist |
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A newly published ‘briefing paper’ from Chatham House London is critical of the reliance put by Western governments on NGOs as a motor of post-Soviet democratisation. |
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(18 January 2013) |
Russia’s ‘watershed’ year
- and Ukraine’s confusion |
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An authoritative Western institute pronounces on the events of the past twelve months. |
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(24 September 2012) |
What drives Putin?
The limits and reality of power |
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A close observer offers a more sophisticated explanation than is popularly accepted. |
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(2 September 2012) |
US Missile Defence and Russia
A practical proposal |
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A Western expert proposes taking US-European missile defence plans ‘off the front burner’ |
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(18 April 2012) |
Russian ‘energy diplomacy’
Another way of seeing it |
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A Western analyst probes the reality and provenance of Russia’s ‘energy weapon’ |
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(31 March 2012) |
Russia’s defence effort
Hopes and realities |
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Defence experts question Moscow’s ambitious plans to overhaul its defence posture and military-industrial base. |
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(14 March 2012) |
Afghanistan and after
Central Asian states ‘on edge’ |
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Former Soviet republics are bracing themselves for possible destabilisation as the date approaches for the withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan. |
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(5 January 2012) |
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