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America’s Allies in Eurasia Face a Common Foe in Russia

Posted on May 12, 2017. Tags: Abkhazia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Caucasus, conflict, Council of Europe, Crimea, Energy, Eurasia, Europe, European Union, frozen conflicts, Georgia, Iskander missiles, Military, Moldova, Nagorno-Karabakh, oil and gas, OSCE, peace negotiations, Russia, Russian bases, South Ossetia, Soviet, Soviet Union, Trans-Dniestr, Transnistria, Ukraine, UN, United States

By Eugen Iladi It’s no secret that Russia is using military means and disinformation to try to reassemble its Soviet Union footprint. Ukraine has drawn the most headlines in this effort. But the Kremlin has long been working its land-grab plan in Georgia, Moldova and Azerbaijan. Russia’s economic failure and social challenges in the 21st […]

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Posted in Conflict, Europe, Political Security, Russia, Ukraine Conflict, US, World

China’s Foreign Investments: the Dilemmas of Myanmar’s Myitsone Project

Posted on August 10, 2016. Tags: China, development, Energy, Myanmar, World

Here in Britain, the ongoing sagas of the EU referendum result and the planned Hinkley Point nuclear development have cast some light on a typically opaque area of public policy; the negotiation of international economic cooperation and investment. Over five thousand miles away, Myanmar is grappling with similar issues. How does a country balance the […]

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Posted in Asia, Economics

Taking a Russian Nuclear Threat on the Chin

Posted on April 1, 2015. Tags: Arctic, Cold War, Copenhagen, Denmark, Deterrence, Energy, Martin Lidegaard, Mikhail Vanin, Moscow, NATO, Natural Resources, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, UN

In light of wider Danish strategic priorities, Danish Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard’s restrained reaction to Russia’s decision to target Danish military frigates with nuclear weapons was understandable. In a recent op-ed piece for the Danish daily Jyllands-Posten, the Russian ambassador to Denmark, Mikhail Vanin, wrote that Danish warships would “become targets for Russian nuclear missiles” should […]

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Posted in Conflict, Europe, Russia, Security Issues, World