Another Fraught Peace Is Brokered in Nagorno Karabakh. What Now?
Ivan Preobrazhensky comments on the fallout from the latest outbreak of war between Armenia and Azerbaijan
Conflicts
Russia and its chemical weapons: a short history
Pavel Luzin explains why the Russian approach to disarmament of chemical weapons is so controversial
Russian operation goes ‘offshore’ in Syria
Anton Mardasov and Kirill Semenov describe how Moscow is trying to support the armed opposition without weakening al-Assad
Russian PMCs in Sub-Saharan Africa: mission (im)possible?
Sergey Sukhankin on why the employment of PMCs in Sub-Saharan Africa has not yielded major benefits to Russia
Russia is washing blood off African diamonds
Lyubov Glazunova investigates Russia’s struggle to legalise diamond exports from the Central African Republic
The Fragmentation of Russia’s Middle East Policies
Leonid Isaev and Anton Mardasov on the diffusion of responsibility for policies in the Middle East
The technical barriers to Russia’s military triumphs
Pavel Luzin considers why the Russian armed forces end this decade in a place of deep uncertainty
Russia is returning to Libya, with or without Haftar
Anton Mardasov and Kirill Semenov on how Russia introduced PMCs to Libya and is trying to maintain a certain balance of power in the country
Russian Jihadists Are Among The Ashes of the Caliphate
With the Caliphate collapsing and the ISIS leader now dead, where next for Russia’s jihadists asks Asya Metodieva
Operation Peace Spring: An inevitable consequence of American withdrawal
Leonid Isaev on how Turkey and Russia filled the vacuum after the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria
How Russia is trying to pacify the “cradle” of Syria’s revolution
Anton Mardasov on what is happening with the territories that returned under the control of the Assad regime, but where a fairly high level of anti-government sentiment has been preserved
Zelensky And Donbas: A New Game But Is There A Strategy?
James Sherr on what Ukraine’s President Zelensky has to do to combat Russia successfully