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Author: Saahil Menon

Betting big on Middle Eastern dictatorships will not end well for Putin

Russia is making common cause with Iran and its Persian Gulf neighbours in a bid to kickstart the much touted “new world order”, albeit at the risk of becoming entirely beholden to West Asia’s main players.

August 21, 2023 - Saahil Menon

There is more to Putin’s visa-free gambit than meets the eye

Moscow’s carrot-and-stick diplomacy routinely receives a lukewarm response from Tbilisi, yet Georgia’s top brass has proven time and time again that its tough talk on Russia cannot be taken at face value.

July 13, 2023 - Saahil Menon

The South Caucasus risks becoming the collateral damage of the Russo-Iranian alliance

The war in Ukraine has all but turbocharged the inevitable coalescing of both the Russian and Iranian rogue states, which are bound solely by their blatant disregard for the rules-based international order. This reality is of particular relevance to the security of the South Caucasus.

March 30, 2023 - Saahil Menon

Putin’s war through the eyes of the Persian Gulf and India

Moving closer to the Global South represents Europe’s last-ditch attempt at ending Russia’s scorched-earth adventurism in Ukraine.

February 27, 2023 - Saahil Menon

Corruption is no longer a tenable dividing line between East and West

The arrest of MEP Eva Kaili over Qatar-linked bribery charges goes to show that kickbacks and shakedowns are just as brazenly entertained in Brussels as elsewhere in Europe.

January 30, 2023 - Saahil Menon

Putin’s post-mobilisation endgame

The Kremlin has done little to forestall the mass exodus of draft dodgers, suggesting that this announcement could have been a fear-mongering charade aimed at flooding Europe and Central Asia with disaffected young Russians.

November 14, 2022 - Saahil Menon

Schengen’s days look increasingly numbered in the wake of Russia’s recent mobilisation drive

The more inadequately trained conscripts that are drafted into the Russian army against their will, the greater Ukraine’s odds of winning the war.

October 6, 2022 - Saahil Menon

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