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Kremlin Takes Insincere Steps to Decentralize State Corporations Executive Summary: In early August, the Kremlin began discussing a project to move approximately 170 large state corporations from Moscow to the regions where they extract profits, primarily from natu...

"Kremlin Takes Insincere Steps to Decentralize State Corporations" by Vadim Shtepa

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Extradition Treaty Signals Beijing’s Wider Designs in Hungary Executive Summary: Beijing and Budapest have reportedly finalized the details of an extradition treaty that reflects Beijing’s growing involvement in Hungary’s internal security. The new treaty comes ...

"Extradition Treaty Signals Beijing’s Wider Designs in Hungary" by Joseph Bebel

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Moscow’s Mouthpieces Claim Russia Has Already Won Ahead of Alaska Summit Executive Summary: Moscow believes the upcoming Alaska summit will end Russian President Vladimir Putin’s international isolation, taking note of its location in Alaska, which Russia once owned.   Rus...

"Moscow’s Mouthpieces Claim Russia Has Already Won Ahead of Alaska Summit" by Paul Goble

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Moscow Opens Door to Widespread Digital Surveillance Executive Summary: New laws upping the penalties for Russians who access “extremist” content through unauthorized means reflect Moscow’s growing paranoia with an increasingly frustrated population. Ru...

"Moscow Opens Door to Widespread Digital Surveillance" by Hlib Parfonov

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Romania Attempts to Modernize Naval Forces Executive Summary: Romania’s new government, sworn in on June 23, appears committed to modernizing the Romanian Naval Forces, but its naval forces remain severely underfunded and outdated. Bucharest h...

"Romania Attempts to Modernize Naval Forces" by George Vișan

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Moscow Formally Recognizes Taliban Government in Afghanistan Executive Summary Russia became the first country to formally recognize the Taliban government in Kabul. Moscow has rationalized the move as a pragmatic concession in the fight against drug traffickin...

"Moscow Formally Recognizes Taliban Government in Afghanistan" by Syed Fazl-e-Haider

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Russian Intelligence Recruits Refugees and Migrants in NATO Countries for Espionage Executive Summary: Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, harsh sanctions, growing awareness among North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member states of Russian intelligence tacti...

"Russian Intelligence Recruits Refugees and Migrants in NATO Countries for Espionage" by Denis Mikhailov

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Ukraine Clears Up Airspace With Modernized Munitions Executive Summary: The Ukrainian Air Force is seeing increased success in eliminating Russian aircraft and missiles, thereby opening up more opportunities for offensive air and ground operations. Ukra...

"Ukraine Clears Up Airspace With Modernized Munitions" by Yuri Lapaiev

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Africa Corps Maintains Russia’s Presence in Africa After Wagner’s Departure From Mali Executive Summary: The Wagner Private Military Company (PMC) announced its departure from Mali on June 6. The PMC’s operations in Africa enabled Russia to establish a network of influence on the conti...

"Africa Corps Maintains Russia’s Presence in Africa After Wagner’s Departure From Mali" by Alex Horobets

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Georgian Authorities Establishing Dangerous Ties with Iran Against West Executive Summary: Georgia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Khvtisiashvili expressed solidarity with Iran following the Israeli airstrikes, sparking outrage from the Israeli Embassy and raising dom...

"Georgian Authorities Establishing Dangerous Ties with Iran Against West" by Beka Chedia

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Russia-Azerbaijan Tensions Escalate to Unprecedented Level Executive Summary: A Russian raid in Ekaterinburg targeting ethnic Azerbaijanis on June 27 resulted in deaths, injuries, and allegations of torture. This ignited a severe diplomatic crisis, with Baku ...

"Russia-Azerbaijan Tensions Escalate to Unprecedented Level" by Vasif Huseynov

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Italy’s Approach to Georgia Stirs Controversy Executive Summary: Italy’s increased bilateral engagement with the Georgian Dream government sharply contrasts with broader EU skepticism toward Tbilisi’s democratic backsliding. Rome’s approach is sh...

"Italy’s Approach to Georgia Stirs Controversy" by Dario Cristiani

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Russia’s FSB Increasingly Playing Ever More Roles Similar to Soviet Union’s KGB Executive Summary: As Russian President Vladimir Putin has moved to reimpose totalitarianism on Russia, the Federal Security Service (FSB) increasingly mirrors its Soviet predecessors, including rebui...

"Russia’s FSB Increasingly Playing Ever More Roles Similar to Soviet Union’s KGB" by Paul Goble

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Putin Tossing Generals Exposes Fractures in Presidential Control Over Russian Military Executive Summary: Russian President Vladimir Putin’s appointment of Colonel General Andrey Mordvichev as Commander in Chief of Russia’s Ground Forces highlights tensions in the Kremlin’s political-mi...

"Putin Tossing Generals Exposes Fractures in Presidential Control Over Russian Military" by Leonid Sokolov

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"Special Report: Order of Battle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces" by Hlib Parfonov and Richard D. Hooker, Jr.

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Putin’s War Against Ukraine Increasing Corruption in Russia Executive Summary: Corruption in Russia worsens the longer the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine continues because the war creates expanded opportunities for bribery and the state seizure and misallocatio...

"Putin’s War Against Ukraine Increasing Corruption in Russia" by Paul Goble

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Russia Future Watch – II. Decolonization for Security: Ukraine’s Strategic Policy Toward Indigenous Peoples Colonized by Russia Decolonization for Security: Ukraine’s Strategic Policy Toward Indigenous Peoples Colonized by Russia, by Yaroslav Yurchyshyn, Deputy Chair, Temporary Special Commission on the Development of State Po...

Russia Future Watch – II. "Decolonization for Security: Ukraine’s Strategic Policy Toward Indigenous Peoples Colonized by Russia" by Yaroslav Yurchyshyn

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Hungary Courts the Turkic World Executive Summary: Hungary hosted an informal summit of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) in May 2025, aiming to strengthen Budapest’s strategic positioning between the East and West, diversify ...

Hungary Courts the Turkic World" by Joseph Bebel

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Putin’s Preemptive Maneuvering Around NATO Summit is Cut Off Executive Summary: The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, held on June 18–21, was a showcase of artificial optimism for Russia’s economy, despite most of Russia’s economic sectors outside of...

"Putin’s Preemptive Maneuvering Around NATO Summit is Cut Off" by Pavel K. Baev

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Russia Continues Conservative Pivot in Arctic (Part One) Executive Summary: In response to what Moscow labels the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s militarization of the Arctic, Russia has significantly restructured its Arctic policies. Russia has expand...

"Russia Continues Conservative Pivot in Arctic (Part One)" by
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Russian Soldiers in Ukraine Use Smartphone Videos for Protest at Home Executive Summary: Russian soldiers fighting against Ukraine are making and sending home video protests to their local governments about a wide variety of issues, boosting the profile of opposition ca...

"Russian Soldiers in Ukraine Use Smartphone Videos for Protest at Home" by Paul Goble

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Hungary Becomes Main Lobbyist for Georgian Dream Government in Europe Executive Summary Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze’s recent visit to Hungary, by personal invitation of his Hungarian counterpart, Viktor Orbán, underlines growing cooperation between Tbilisi...

"Hungary Becomes Main Lobbyist for Georgian Dream Government in Europe" by Giorgi Menabde

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Belarus Downsizes Zapad-2025 to Reduce Escalation Risks Executive Summary: Belarus has announced a significant downsizing and relocation of the Zapad-2025 joint military exercises with Russia in an apparent effort to reduce tensions with the North Atlantic...

Belarus Downsizes Zapad-2025 to Reduce Escalation Risks" by Yauheni Preiherman

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Some Russians Claim FSB Failed to Block Ukrainian Drone Attacks Due to Focus on LGBT+ Repression Executive Summary: Some Russians are claiming on social networks that the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) failed to anticipate and block Ukraine’s Operation Spider’s Web attacks because it is p...

"Some Russians Claim FSB Failed to Block Ukrainian Drone Attacks Due to Focus on LGBT+ Repression" by Paul Goble

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Russian Retribution For Daring Ukrainian Strike is Postponed, Perhaps Indefinitely Executive Summary:  Ukraine’s June 1 strike on four Russian airbases exposed severe vulnerabilities in Russia’s air defenses, prompting patriotic outcries and demands for retaliation despite censorshi...

"Russian Retribution For Daring Ukrainian Strike is Postponed, Perhaps Indefinitely" by Pavel Baev

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Russia Cannot Find Peace While Operating as an Empire Executive Summary: The breakdown of Russian-Ukrainian peace negotiations in Istanbul highlights Moscow’s uncompromising demand to annex four Ukrainian regions. Despite lacking full control, Russia ins...

"Russia Cannot Find Peace While Operating as an Empire" by Vadim Shtepa

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Russia Exploits Latvian Vulnerabilities to Undermine Baltic Defenses (Part Two) (Part One) Executive Summary: Russia is discreetly deploying new motorized rifle divisions and advanced artillery systems, including North Korean equipment, to regions near Latvia, forming a strategic...

"Russia Exploits Latvian Vulnerabilities to Undermine Baltic Defenses (Part Two)" by Hlib Parfonov

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Poland’s Presidential Elections Reveal Domestic Fissures and National Commitments Jamestown Senior Fellow Janusz Bugajski is the author of Pivotal Poland: Europe’s Rising Power. The book explores the nature and context of Warsaw’s determined efforts to shape NATO’s eastern policy, ...

"Poland’s Presidential Elections Reveal Domestic Fissures and National Commitments" by Janusz Bugajski.

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Russian Opposition and Russian Resistance: The Landscape Before the Battle for Power Russian Opposition and Russian Resistance: The Landscape Before the Battle for Power, by Ilya Ponomarev, the Chairman of the Congress of People’s Deputies of the Russian Republic, is the first article...

"Russian Opposition and Russian Resistance: The Landscape Before the Battle for Power" by @iponomarev.bsky.social, Chairman of the Congress of People’s Deputies of the Russian Republic

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Russian Army’s Degradation in Ukraine Makes Returning Veterans Even Greater Threat Executive Summary: The degradation of the Russian army in Ukraine has made it a crucible for the growth of criminal attitudes and extremist beliefs that will threaten Russian society and government as...

"Russian Army’s Degradation in Ukraine Makes Returning Veterans Even Greater Threat" by Paul Goble

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