Russia Reform Monitor: No. 2002
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Arms to Egypt... and the Arctic
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Eurasia Security Watch: No. 346
Saudi-coalition deploys 10,000 more soldiers;
Egypt launches operation against ISSI in Sinai;
Russia builds military base in Syria;
Greece seizes shipment of arms bound for Libya;
Turkish ground troops in Iraq
Paradise Lost In Crimea
In mid-August, during the latest wave of violence in the long-running Ukraine crisis, Russian President Vladimir Putin and a coterie of other Kremlin officials trekked out to Crimea. The high-profile visit was intended as a public sign of the Kremlin's enduring commitment to its newest territorial holding. But behind the headlines, the story is far less reassuring: Russia is realizing that its Crimean annexation has become an increasingly costly venture in both political and economic terms.
Eurasia Security Watch: No. 345
Italian energy group finds oil off Egypt coast;
ISIS cracks down in Iraq town after protest;
ISIS bombs temple in Palmyra;
Houthis raid homes of opponents in capital;
Yemen factions to battle over central province
Russia Reform Monitor: No. 2001
Russia's ISIS-first strategy in Syria;
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