Syria: outsiders support terrorism and US & Saudi Arabian jigsaw under Obama Murad Makhmudov and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The so-called “Friends of Syria People” held a meeting in Turkey, a nation which invaded Cyprus and where the Kurds have been brutally suppressed for decades, with the end result being to increase terrorist [...]
Russian-Led Customs Union Intensifies Sino-Russian Rivalry in Central Asia Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 8 Issue: 147 By: Roman Muzalevsky The Jamestown Foundation July 1 marked the launch of the now “fully operational” Customs Union (Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia) fueling debate on the future of the post-Soviet space and even the grouping itself. Indeed, [...]
Mist Hangs Over Franco-Russian Mistral Deal Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 8 Issue: 90 By: Roger McDermott The Jamestown Foundation Much of the western attention to the Franco-Russian political agreement on the procurement of the helicopter landing dock Mistral for the Russian Navy emphasizes its potential “power projection” capability. NATO members, including the Baltic States, [...]
Japan continues to play the nationalist card against the Russian Federation Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times It is sometimes difficult to understand Japan’s stance towards the Russian Federation given the reality that American forces are based in various parts of Japan. Therefore, why is the nationalist card being turned on and off when it [...]
Security Operations Conducted in Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria and Chechnya Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 8 Issue: 93 By: The Jamestown Foundation Unidentified gunmen fired on a unit of Russian interior ministry internal troops yesterday evening (May 12) as they were conducting a reconnaissance operation in a wooded area of Dagestan’s Tsumadinsky district. An internal troops major [...]
Customs Union with Moscow or Free Trade Area with Brussels: Which Way is Kiev Going? Anthony T. Salvia Director, American Institute in Ukraine AIU Two of the most prominent Western observers of Ukrainian affairs—Taras Kuzio and Adrian Karatnycky—have differing views on where Ukraine is heading. Kuzio says the United States, influenced by the spin of [...]
Moscow Rediscovers the South American Arms Market Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 8 Issue: 89 By Stephen Blank These are trying times for Russian arms sellers. UN resolutions have closed much of the Iranian markets. Revolutionary violence in Syria and Libya has stopped billions of dollars in sales to those countries. Chinese competition is now [...]
