Editorial paper at Robert Lansing Institute

- Geopolitics Governance Intelligence ops

Russia’s potential “Pro-Assad Coup” strategy In Syria: Motives, Mechanisms And Geopolitical Consequences

Since 2015, Russia has emerged as the single most decisive external actor keeping the Assad regime in power. Its military intervention reversed rebel gains, secured key economic and military footholds,…

December 8, 2025Russia, Syria, USA

Conflict Geopolitics

Sino-Russian Military Convergence: Joint Missile Defense, Strategic Coordination, and the Erosion of U.S. Deterrence”

According to the defense ministries of China and Russia, these drills were allegedly not directed against any “specific third party” and were not intended as a response to the current…

December 8, 2025China, Russia, USA

Geoeconomics Geopolitics Nonproliferation

Putin’s Visit to India: Strategy, Objectives, and Geopolitical Implications Context & Timing

In December 2025, Putin made his first visit to India since the start of Russia's war in Ukraine. The visit occurs amid intense Western (especially U.S.) pressure on India over…

December 5, 2025China, India, Russia, USA

Governance Terrorism

Changing the Guard: Tinubu’s Response to Escalating Violence and Political Pressure

On December 1, 2025, the then-Defence Minister Mohammed Badaru Abubakar resigned, officially citing health reasons. Within 24 hours, President Tinubu nominated former Chief of Defence Staff Christopher Musa as the…

December 4, 2025Nigeria

Conflict Geopolitics National Security

Russia’s Naval Base in Sudan: A Strategic Foothold on the Red Sea Limiting U.S. Operational Freedom Near the Suez Canal

Russia’s negotiations with Sudan to establish a permanent naval facility in Port Sudan represent one of Moscow’s most consequential strategic moves outside the post-Soviet space. A Russian base on the…

December 4, 2025Russia, Sudan, USA

Geoeconomics Geopolitics

The Rise of the Organization of Turkic States: A New Strategic Axis Weakening Russia’s Influence in Central Asia

The Organization of Turkic States (OTS), under Turkiye’s increasingly assertive leadership, has transformed from a cultural forum into a dynamic geopolitical bloc. As Russia weakens under the weight of its…

December 3, 2025OTS, Russia, Turkiye

ideology Propaganda and Disinformation

Killing as Virtue? A Theological Critique of Patriarch Kirill’s Reinterpretation of the Sixth Commandment”

Russia under Putin and Patriarch Kirill is constructing a parallel moral universe, where biblical commandments are reinterpreted to justify: aggression, occupation, mass violence, imperial ideology, and the political aims of the…

December 2, 2025Orthodox church, Russia

Intelligence ops National Security Propaganda and Disinformation

Orthodoxy as Cover: Russia’s Intelligence Operations Through Church Structures in Northern Europe”

The Church of Sweden has issued a recommendation advising parishes not to host nuns from the Belarusian St. Elisabeth Convent. The warning follows public criticism after a parish in Täby,…

December 2, 2025Russia, Sweden

Corruption Geopolitics

Kazakhstan’s Expanding Role in Russia’s Sanctions-Evasion Architecture

Following Russia’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine and the subsequent imposition of Western sanctions, Kazakhstan has emerged as one of the central channels enabling Moscow to access “sanctions-sensitive” goods. Trade flows…

December 1, 2025Kazakhstan, Russia, Sanctions

Geopolitics

Hungary’s Pivot to Moscow: Implications for U.S. Strategy, NATO Unity, and the Trump Administration”

Why now — Strategic timing and immediate context Orbán’s 2025 Moscow visit is less a symbolic gesture than a calculated strategic move — aimed at securing Hungary’s energy future ahead…

November 28, 2025Hungary, Russia, USA

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