Russia Policy Monitor No. 2624
Putin points the finger... after a fashion;
Nuclear pressure on NATO’s doorstep;
Moscow's unpopular war;
Putting the squeeze on the Russian economy
Putin points the finger... after a fashion;
Nuclear pressure on NATO’s doorstep;
Moscow's unpopular war;
Putting the squeeze on the Russian economy
The limits of Israeli-Saudi rapprochement;
"Pay to slay," rebooted;
An inflection point for AQAP
Putin's ultra-repressive regime;
A fresh foothold for the Kremlin in North America;
India has second thoughts about Russian oil
The Kremlin, in other words, isn't interested in a negotiated settlement that establishes a new modus vivendi between Moscow and Kyiv. Instead, more than two years into the current conflict, it's never been clearer that the fight between Russia and Ukraine is a life-or-death struggle over identity, independence and indeed Ukraine's very existence.
A Taliban-Iran thaw?;
Israel's other Palestinian problem;
10/7 as extremist inspiration…;
...And an opening for Islamists in Africa