Oleksiy Bondarenko discusses authoritarianism in Russia and political shifts in Central Asia, including the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Anton Shirikov talks about disinformation in Russia, Ukraine and Eastern Europe, affirmation propaganda, defensive ownership and shifts in Russia’s media.
Rather than succumb to hubris, the West needs to better articulate its own anti-colonial agenda in both rhetoric and actions.
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania’s denunciations of Russia as a “terrorist state” is not categorically helpful.
Reliance on outdated approaches creates an inability to agree on a common vision of peacekeeping, which leads to the perpetuation of local conflicts.
The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict and its outcome might determine Russia’s future in the South Caucasus, but the role of the West in it is still an ambiguous one.
Russia seeks to depopulate and destroy the entity that since 1991 has existed as the independent Ukrainian state. Only deeply flawed narratives can describe this situation otherwise.
More than material benefit, status concerns are key to Russia’s engagement – but domestic issues should not be overlooked.
The impact of the war on Russia-Africa relations will depend on how the eventual end of the war affects the distribution of power in the global system.
In Putin’s case, his identity, personality, and desire to leave a legacy, coupled with other factors, make him more susceptible to using nuclear weapons.
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