Arms trafficking in the shadow of the Taliban
Eric Woods warns that the Taliban takeover could be a boon for the region’s arms smugglers, with a major risk of weapons leaking north into Russia
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Russian policy in the Middle East: Rebalancing
Anton Mardasov and Kirill Semyonov on the Russian Middle East policy reform
The Taliban has reached Kabul. Why is Moscow so calm?
Ivan U. Klyszcz looks at why Russia seems much less worried by the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan than it was in the 1990s
Russia’s Myanmar Gambit
Ivan U. Klyszcz takes stock of Russia’s reactions to the Myanmar coup and what the ongoing crisis has brought to its Southeast Asia diplomacy
Russia’s security mirage in the Gulf
Milàn Czerny finds a few reasons to be skeptical of Russia’s ‘Security concept for the Persian Gulf’
Belgrade’s vaccine bet on China
Yulia Petrovskaya on how Russia is losing the battle to vaccinate Serbia to China
Russia on the eve of a collapse in Libya
Anton Mardasov and Kirill Semyonov on urgent anti-crisis measures that Moscow should take on Libya
Russia and India: a fraught partnership
Lyubov Glazunova wonders whether Russia-India relations can withstand opposing views on China, the US, and Pakistan
Saying goodbye to illusions: Russia and the Middle East in 2020
Anton Mardasov on how Moscow has dispelled myths about having a strategy for the Middle East
In search of new partners in space
Pavel Luzin on whether Russia can rely on China and India in the field of space exploration
Best frenemies: Russia and Turkey
Anton Mardasov and Kirill Semyonov on relations between Moscow and Ankara: their positive prospects and areas of potential conflict