..., Canada, UK
USA, Canada, UK
Since the beginning of the Ukrainian crisis, Western military presence has increased in the wider Black Sea area. However, even before the crisis broke out, the US had had already troops stationed on a permanent basis in Turkey (1550, dispatched in Incirlik airbase, Izmir, Ankara and Kürecik) and Greece (380, deployed at Makri naval base, Soudha Bay naval base and Iraklion airbase). According to plans outlined before the Ukrainian crisis, US personnel have been gradually ...
... provide financial assistance and help find employment [
32
]. The Embassy in Rome opened a Committee on Aiding Russians in Italy [
33
]. The Netherlands mission transferred 1.5 million guilders received from the Central Prisoners of War Committee to Turkey and Bulgaria to help Russian prisoners of war. Furthermore, the mission continued to give out pensions to Russians residing in the Netherlands using the charity funds at its disposal.
At the Service of White Governments
During the Civil War Russian ...
... the east of the sea border and belonging to the U.S.
Conflicting Interests in Regulating Navigation in the Bering Strait
Valery Konyshev
Dr.sc.pol., SPbSU professor, RIAC expert
The Black Sea straits open the way to Bulgaria, Georgia, Russia, Romania, Turkey and Ukraine; the Baltic straits (the Sound, the Great and Little Belt) lead to Denmark, Germany, Poland, three Baltic countries, Russia, Finland and Sweden. The regime for their governance has been established by multilateral conventions, i.e. ...
... Middle East
Assad's plan is to continue dividing the opposition
Joshua Landis
Analysis of the situation in Syria, and discusses Assad's strength, the status of the Syrian opposition, as well as Iranian and Russian factors in the conflict.
Search for Turkey's new identity and foreign policy
Victor Nadein-Raevsky
It seems that all the domestic and foreign policy moves by the current Turkish government were dictated by a change of ideology in the country.
Aleksey Sarabiev:
A dangerous bend on the road ...
... wave towards normalization the EU and the US are now seeking to breathe new life into ties with Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan. There are a lot of new challenges and sore points to overcome and settle but the Western leaders are decisive. TESEV in Turkey provides us with
analysis
.
CESD in Azerbaijan
Not to move away too far away from the region – economic crisis is making its way through the post-USSR region. Russia is effected the most, how about her southern neighbors? CESD in Azerbaijan ...
... supporting the Syrian government and establishing an information center in Baghdad, Russia has effectively built a Shiite coalition in a Sunni-dominated region dominated.
To this end, Russia should be especially interested in engaging the Sunni states, i.e. Turkey and Saudi Arabia, countries that have become estranged from Russia because of its Syrian operation. Relationship normalization requires a degree of accommodation of their interests.
In theory, all these measures coupled with the Russia-Iran partnership ...
... army consists in conscripts whereas in Georgia, this rate falls at 21% (3,750 out of 17,750) and 23% for the Air Force.
In terms of available reserves, Russia remains, by far, the first actor with 2,000,000 people, followed by Ukraine (1,000,000) and Turkey (less than 400,000). Since the bulk of Russia's population lives in the Western part of the country, mobilized persons could be easily transferred to the Southern Military District.
Army vehicle
Army vehicle
Russia's Southern military district ...
... new round of crisis?
Vitaly Naumkin:
Syria: What's Next?
Elena Dunaeva:
Review of the Working Paper «Current Russian-Iranian Relations: Challenges and Opportunities»
Fyodor Lukyanov:
Russia will not be a spoiler in Iraq
Vitaly Naumkin:
Russia, Turkey agree on Gulen
Fuad Shahbazov:
From Syria to Iraq
Catherine Shakdam:
How ISIL is financing its war machine – Terror 2.0
Europe
Jean-Claude Juncker is a united Europe proponent to the core
Alexey Gromyko
Mr. Juncker is pragmatic and skilled ...
... recent wave of international terrorism, which has swept across the world over the last couple of years, is a strong reminder that no region, not even remotest corner of our planet is secure. January 2016 has seen deadly blasts in different cities - from Turkey to Indonesia - taking too many innocent lives.
Following terrorist attacks in Jakarta, RIAC gives an overview of extremist organizations present in the ASEAN countires.
Natalia Rogozhina
Dr. of Political Science,
Lead Research Fellow, Primakov ...
... recent wave of international terrorism, which has swept across the world over the last couple of years, is a strong reminder that no region, not even remotest corner of our planet is secure. January 2016 has seen deadly blasts in different cities - from Turkey to Indonesia - taking too many innocent lives.
Following terrorist attacks in Jakarta, RIAC gives an overview of extremist organizations present in the ASEAN countires.
Natalia Rogozhina
Dr. of Political Science,
Lead Research Fellow, Primakov ...
