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Warning: Moscow is trying to religiolize the Karabakh conflict

Since the intensification of military operations started in Karabakh, Russia has moved psyops specialists working with Russian military intelligence to the area. Earlier these people were actively involved in covering…

October 9, 2020Armenia, Azerbaijan, Karabakh, Turkey

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Russian Contractors in the Service of the Kremlin, 2019

This is the analytic paper by the Warsaw Institute. Over the past years, the Russian Federation has expressed a growing interest in contracting private military personnel, seen until now as…

October 8, 2020PMC, Wagner Group

Corruption

Bribe as a Weapon: Corruption as a Tool of Expansion

Corruption is generally thought to cripple the economy and reduce foreign investment quote required for economic development. Russia and China have managed to see corruption as a window of opportunity…

October 8, 2020China, Russia

Nonproliferation

Warning: Work on smallpox virus by Russians gives rise to concern amid COVID-19 pandemic

Russia is currently hard at work on the smallpox virus under the guise of updating documentary standards and developing NIOCH-14 compound for clinic-based studies. This work by the State Research…

October 5, 2020coronavirus, smallpox

Geopolitics Governance Must Read PDF

Special Report on the Togoland Unification Problem and the Future of the Trust Territory of Togoland under British Administration, 1955

October 5, 2020Ghana, Togo, Western Togoland

Geoeconomics

South Korea’s prospective positions in Uzbekistan

South Korea seeking to develop the ‘northern’ vector of geo-economic cooperation quite intensively intends to keep strengthening its positions in Uzbekistan. By the end of the current year the states…

October 5, 2020South Korea, Uzbekistan

Nonproliferation

Violation of arms control treaties by Russia throws into question whether they need to be extended

From January 2020, the so-called Doomsday Clock by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, defining the risks of a global catastrophe, shows a record close to midnight - 100 seconds…

October 1, 2020INF Treaty, Russia

Geopolitics

The Western Togoland Secessionism as a Part of National Elections Campaign

The new turn of secessionism performance in Ghana can be related to upcoming national elections planned for this December. The Ewes ethnic group is behind the operations and allegedly being…

October 1, 2020Western Togoland

Governance

The defeat of new Gambian Constitution is the blow to democracy and anti-corruption efforts

It is highly likely, that the Gambia's 2021 presidential election will be organized under the "Jammeh's constitution". Important reforms and anti-corruption efforts could be undermined. Several foreign partners who have…

September 30, 2020Gambia

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Understanding Russian Subversion: Patterns, Threats, and Responses, 2020

This report is part of the RAND Corporation perspective series. RAND perspectives present informed perspective on a timely topic that address the challenges facing the public and private sectors. All…

September 28, 2020Russia

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