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Published in: oDRPutin, Crimea and the legitimacy trapThe Kremlin sees events in Ukraine through the prism of its own domestic politics and is anxious to prevent the type...
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Published in: oDRWho’s next on Putin’s list?Crimea is under the control of Russia’s military forces and its Moscow-backed government is voting to secede from...
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Published in: oDRRussia in the Middle East: a well-played hand disguises fading fortunesThere is no doubt that Russia’s diplomatic coups in the Middle East late last year caused its stock to rise. But is...
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Published in: oDRCrimea – from playground to battlegroundJournalistic speculation about Crimea becoming independent is rife. However, the real dangers lie elsewhere…
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Published in: oDRThe importance of not being a 'stan'What’s in a name? President Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan was apparently in earnest when he recently suggested changing...
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Published in: oDRKazakhstan – the successionPresident Nazarbayev has turned Kazakhstan into a Central Asian powerhouse. He is 73, and shows no sign of giving up...
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Published in: oDRBlood and treasureCan an invasion of Afghanistan ever be considered to be a mission accomplished? The British in the 19th century, the...
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Published in: oDRUkraine’s 2014: a belated 1989 or another failed 2004?Whatever their outcome, the events in Ukraine seem likely to be of greater long-term import than the ‘Orange...
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Published in: oDRAfghanistan, then and nowModern urban versus traditional rural Afghanistan, then and now. Time may have moved on, but the problems are big...
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Published in: oDRLeaving AfghanistanTwenty five years ago today, Soviet General Boris Gromov oversaw the final withdrawal from Afghanistan. How will the...
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Published in: oDRThe heavyweight guide to UkraineDon't know your Klitschko from your Titushki? Can’t remember which oligarch is which? What or who is a ‘Maidan?’...
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Published in: oDRLukashenka as MachiavelliFor those who assume that the Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenka long ago lost his freedom of action vis-a-vis...
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Published in: oDRRussia at home and abroad: past successes, future challenges2013 produced several foreign policy successes for President Putin, increasing Russia’s prominence on the...
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Published in: oDRIn Ukraine the oligarchs hedge their betsPresident Yanukovych has done a deal in Moscow, and the protesters on the streets are holding their ground. But what...
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Published in: oDRProvoking the EuromaidanFar-right agents provocateurs have been infiltrating the Euromaidan protests in Ukraine, and provoking the police...
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Published in: oDRFrom a #euromaidan in UkraineHow do we (and Ukrainians) make sense of what is happening in Ukraine? Is the hashtag #euromaidan of any help in...
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Published in: oDRBaba-Hadji, symbol of ethnic harmonyThe complicated relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan that have erupted since the break-up of the USSR belie the...
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Published in: oDRGeorgia through a glass, darklySince the break-up of the USSR, the South Caucasus has trodden a chequered path, both political and economic. Is...
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Published in: oDRPrayers for the deadIn Kyiv, Metropolitan Pavel – aka ‘Pasha the Merc’ – has succeeded in closing down Ukraine’s only specialist...
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Published in: oDRThe transnational lone-wolf terroristWhen Ukrainian postgraduate Pavlo Lapshyn was sentenced for racially-motivated murder and terrorism in the West...
