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How the United States can stop India from buying Russian oil

New Delhi is far more likely to play ball and turn its back on Moscow if the Trump administration weaponizes visas instead of trade.

August 28, 2025 - Saahil Menon

Not just BRICS: building a Russia-India-Saudi axis

Russia’s war in Ukraine has redrawn the world’s geopolitical order, pushing the Global South into unprecedented strategic realignments. Amid the uncertainty of US leadership and the breakdown of value-based diplomacy, India faces a rare opening to deepen partnerships that transcend old binaries. Against this backdrop, Delhi could quietly help forge a Russia–Saudi–India trilateral anchored in energy, infrastructure and multipolar governance.

August 26, 2025 - Divya Malhotra

Western diplomacy towards Russia and the Logic of Failure: why territorial concessions will not end Russia’s war

US President Donald Trump’s diplomacy with Putin over Ukraine remains wholly focused on the issue of land. However, the conflict ultimately represents a dispute at a much deeper level. In order to understand this, we must look at theoretical models that can shed light on why the conflict started in the first place.

August 14, 2025 - Alexander Sicheneder

Swinging the deceptive pendulum: why Azerbaijan and Russia are not heading toward a radical drift

So far, summer has been anything but quiet for Russia and Azerbaijan. What began with the deaths of two ethnic Azerbaijani brothers in a Russian jail has quickly escalated into a diplomatic crisis, exposing deep fractures and fuelling speculation about a turning point for Moscow’s influence in the South Caucasus.

July 31, 2025 - Cesare Figari Barberis Leonardo Zanatta

Why Ukraine must bet it all on Putin’s greatest weakness – Crimea

The 2014 annexation of Crimea marked the birth of Putin's modern imperial project, a bloodless operation that transformed a struggling autocrat into the architect of Russian resurgence. For nearly a decade, the peninsula has served as the cornerstone of Putin's political legitimacy, the “unsinkable aircraft carrier” that proved Moscow could challenge the western-led order and win. But by 2025, this supposition has become Putin's most dangerous vulnerability.

July 17, 2025 - Khusanboy Kotibjonov

Russia’s psychological operations in Georgia: a multifaceted strategy of control

Georgia remains a key target for Moscow’s hybrid operations. Combining some direct physical actions with influence campaigns, the Kremlin aims to convince the country that its presence and power are a natural state of affairs.

July 4, 2025 - Grigol Julukhidze

Resisting foreign interference: Poland’s presidential election and the Russian challenge

During the months leading up to the June 1st presidential run-off in Poland, the government in Warsaw repeatedly warned of Russian disinformation and interference. But as the dust settled after the vote, a different picture began to emerge. Did Poland really face the threat it claimed – and has it passed the test?

June 10, 2025 - Agata Pyka

Why Russia’s military moves in 2025 show it is not ready to stop

Despite periodic ceasefire declarations, the Kremlin’s military strategy in 2025 shows no intention of negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine. On the contrary, rapid troop mobilization, ramped-up military spending, and increasing missile and drone production indicate that the Kremlin wants to continue its offensive to maximize territorial gains this year. The West must plan its actions accordingly and avoid prematurely assuming that peace is on the horizon.

May 14, 2025 - Maksym Beznosiuk

“Russia has lost sensitivity to death. Death validates it now”

Interview with Andrey Makarychev on Putin’s fetish for May 9th, the death cult of Homo Putinus, and how Russia became a retro-state. Interviewer Vazha Tavberidze.

May 9, 2025 - Andrey Makarychev Vazha Tavberidze

What is driving closer cooperation between Russia and Myanmar?

The junta boss of Myanmar Min Aung Hlaing’s recent visit to Moscow has laid bare his embattled regime’s direction of travel. Indeed, it has also signalled a new chapter in Russo-Burmese relations.

April 22, 2025 - Saahil Menon

The death of frozen conflicts: why Ukraine must win

The creation of frozen conflicts has remained a long-standing part of Russian foreign policy. This approach, however, has been finally challenged in Ukraine. Only Kyiv’s victory can end this Kremlin strategy once and for all.

April 11, 2025 - Khusanboy Kotibjonov

Ukraine as ground zero for a new European security challenge

Russia’s alliance with other authoritarian regimes has grown to the extent that it is now attempting to challenge the current world order. This is seen most clearly in the battlefields of Ukraine, where technological cooperation has produced new weapons like the Oreshnik missile.

March 27, 2025 - Maryna Venneri

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