This report examines Russia's military and diplomatic campaign in Syria, the largest and most significant Russian out-of-area operation since the end of the Cold War. Russia's experience in Syria will significantly shape its military thinking, influence promotion and personnel decisions, impact research and development for its arms industry, and expand its influence in the Middle [...]
GENERAL Russia and Turkey are the two most powerful countries in the Eastern Europe and Mediterranean region. Their power is not only economic or military, but a combination of the two. At the same time, their participation in various groups, such as the UN Security Council or NATO and the G-20, gives particular importance to both […]
The purpose of this article is to examine EU-Russia relations in the post-Cold War period, as they developed in the period of the dissolution of the USSR (1989) and the re-emergence of Russia as the successor state of the former. More HERE! *M.Phil “Modern Greek Studies”, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,195, June 9, 2019 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The first-ever NATO member state to shoot down a Russian military jet has willingly fallen in line with Vladimir Putin's “Turkish Gambit,” a strategy designed to drive a deep crack into the NATO alliance. The Ottoman and Tsarist militaries fought several wars during their [...]
The purpose of this article is to examine EU-Russia relations in the post-Cold War period, that is, as they were shaped in the period of the dissolution of the USSR (1989) and the re-emergence of Russia as the former’s successor. Euro-Russian relations have as their background a history of over a thousand years of competition, military conflict and mutual suspicion, but also of creative coexistence and […]
On the morning of November 25, Russian forces opened fire on two Ukrainian naval patrol boats and a tugboat as they attempted to pass through the Kerch Strait into the Sea of Azov. They then captured the ships and arrested their crews, who they are still holding. Ukrainian President Poroshenko […]
The exercise of soft power is the ability of a country to persuade others to do what it wants without the use of force or coercion. Serbia has been Russia's main ally in the Balkans for several centuries. Through soft power strategies, Moscow has maintained its presence in the region in […]
Written by Ioannis Athan. Baltzoi* Everyone was waiting for the expected war developments in the province of Idlib in Syria. Many interesting and dangerous events had preceded them, leading with certainty to the start of operations in the near future. And suddenly the president of Russia meets the president of Turkey in Sochi and they decide on a ceasefire agreement, […]
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Russia under Putin falls neatly into the Russian historical cycle. When the old state is in decline, chaos ensues, and a new, powerful leader emerges to rebuild Russia. There are plenty of comparisons from Russian history that echo Putin's rise and success – but there are crucial differences, too, which help explain […]
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: In theory, Turkey's relations with Russia have never been brighter. However, behind the nice façade lies a deep ideological divide, mutual mistrust, and diverging regional interests. Eight decades after Atatürk's "transactional" Soviet initiative, Turkey's Islamist leaders are ironically following a similar line. For Erdoğan, Russia is not just a strong trading partner and […]
