Russia Policy Monitor No. 2730
An armed anti-regime movement emerges in Russia...;
...While Putin's support continues to slip...;
...And the Russian president does damage control;
Russia's hybrid assault on Europe
An armed anti-regime movement emerges in Russia...;
...While Putin's support continues to slip...;
...And the Russian president does damage control;
Russia's hybrid assault on Europe
By tying the Accords to the current Iran conflict, the Trump administration risks turning what was previously seen by regional states as a strategic opportunity into something approaching an unwelcome obligation. Doing so would end up serving neither the Accords nor U.S. regional policy well.
Ankara moves against the Islamic State;
Shifting Palestinian public opinion;
Iraq's militias dig in...;
...As Iran's proxies collaborate
The Iranian regime may be down, but it is far from defeated. It is, moreover, adapting in ways that will invariably pose a problem for Western security—and a political and ideological challenge for its Muslim neighbors.
Russia stepping up drone production;
How Russia tricked thousands of Africans;
Obscuring regional statistics;
Russia's problematic new human rights commissioner