Leonid Isaev and Anton Mardasov on the diffusion of responsibility for policies in the Middle East
Security
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Maxim Trudolyubov on the origins and specifics of the Russian “intelligence”
Pavel Luzin examines the most pressing problem facing Russia’s defence industry in 2020s
Anton Mardasov and Kirill Semenov on the impact of the downed Boeing 737 on Russia-Iran military and technical cooperation
Max Hess on how a series of S-400 sales demonstrates how the Trump Administration dropped the ball on Russian defense sanctions
Pavel Luzin considers why the Russian armed forces end this decade in a place of deep uncertainty
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
Pavel Luzin on why the Russian army has once again become a source of bad news
With the Caliphate collapsing and the ISIS leader now dead, where next for Russia’s jihadists asks Asya Metodieva
Neil Hauer on how Ramzan Kadyrov’s new round of purges reveal a deep-rooted insecurity
Leonid Isaev on how Turkey and Russia filled the vacuum after the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria
Pavel Luzin writes that Russia’s headline-grabbing “wars” within the security services are nothing of the sort — they are the natural result of a government which violates its own laws