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 – World
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
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
Russia’s Covid Diplomacy in Bosnia
Julia Petrovskaya investigates why and how Russia is upping the diplomatic tempo in Bosnia