Russia

Russia’s ‘Silent’ Occupation and Georgia’s Territorial Integrity

Natia Seskuria

Russia’s pressure on Georgia continues, both through the gradual seizure of more territory and through massive propaganda campaigns.

Israel’s World is Shrinking: How the Iran–Russia Axis is Gaining Ground

Kyle Orton

Israeli opinion generally regards the country’s efforts to contain Iran, especially in Syria, as having been successful. In fact, the trendline runs the other way: Iran is constraining Israel, entrenching all around the Jewish state.

Mitigating Cyber Risks: Is There Room for Two?

Maria Smekalova and Kevin Gourlay

There is still a role for global discussion on norms of conduct in cyberspace.

"“Russia is a powerful country and Putin is testing UK defences. A lot of that is for show but it is reflective of the fact that Russia sees the West broadly speaking as an enemy." "

Putin means business: Why UK needs to worry about Russia's belligerence

"“In the current mode in which geopolitical competition has been shifted away from the battlefield and on to every other realm, from economics to culture to sport, then wherever there’s a competition going, particularly one in which Russia feels it might have a chance, it wants to be there and it wants to be winning,” says Mark Galeotti, a leading expert on Russian power-politics and senior associate fellow at the UK’s Royal United Services Institute, a defence and security think-tank. "

Chess: a pawn in Russia’s power game

The Rise, Fall and Future of Jihad in the North Caucasus

Aleksandre Kvakhadze

Since the beginning of armed conflict in Syria and Iraq, thousands of militants from the Caucasus region have participated in the war. However, dislodging Daesh and a collapse of the insurgency in the North Caucasus have substantially diminished the capacities of North Caucasian jihadi groups. Nevertheless, militancy in the region has potential.