Iran Democracy Monitor No. 230
Iran's growing boldness on the high seas...
...And in cyberspace;
The shadowy domestic organization beating back Iran's protests;
Congressional pressure on Biden's Iran policy builds
Iran's growing boldness on the high seas...
...And in cyberspace;
The shadowy domestic organization beating back Iran's protests;
Congressional pressure on Biden's Iran policy builds
Gamers, the Kremlin's next target;
Assessing Russia's future warfighting potential;
Moscow seeks to manipulate German politics;
Russia's rich get richer
The Russian economy limps along... for now;
Russia is increasingly China's junior partner;
For the Kremlin, food is a weapon;
Compensating Ukraine for Crimea (after a fashion);
Moscow is hacking American munitions;
Russian energy for the Ayatollahs
A carve-out for Tokyo on Russian crude;
The real possibility of a wider war;
Sanctions flip Russia's tech strategy on its head;
Moscow turns to E-summons;
Navalny's condition deteriorates further
With the outbreak of the Ukraine war more than a year ago, Russia's already unfree media sphere has constricted precipitously. New regulations and constraints imposed by a Kremlin desperate to control the narrative about its "special military operation" have made independent journalism virtually impossible inside the country, and precipitated a mass exodus of journalists, producers, and opposition media figures to locations in Europe and beyond.