Emil Avdaliani
ARTICLES BY: Emil Avdaliani
Amid Positive Outlook on Its US Position, Russia Faces Troubles at Home
In a change from recent years, internal developments in Russia are likelier to be far more significant for the country this year than geopolitical shifts...
How to Save the Failing World Order?
Many in the West believe China’s economic ascendancy indicates that Beijing is covertly working to usher in a new world order in which the balance...
With Putin’s Proposed Changes, Russia Begins Its Transition to One-Party Rule
On January 15, 2020, in his State of the Nation address to the Russian political elite, Russian president Vladimir Putin proposed some major constitutional amendments,...
Russia’s Foreign Policy Is Strategic and Rooted in Soviet History
The grand analytical narratives of Russian foreign policy dating from the early 2000s draw radical and opposing conclusions. Some analysts warn that Russia is on...
China in the Middle East: From Observer to Security Player — and US Threat
So far, most Chinese cooperation with Middle Eastern countries has focused on energy and economic relations. But things are changing. Recent developments indicate that Beijing...
Putin’s Nefarious Polices Are Not New
The multipolar world, the pivot to China, the freeing of Russia from a Eurocentric foreign policy, the building of a liberal empire -- these are...
Russian-Chinese Cooperation Is Not as Temporary as You Think
Many believe the Russian-Chinese partnership, which functions across a variety of economic and political spheres, is only temporary. But Moscow’s disenchantment with the West, and...
The Khazars: Judaism, Trade, and Strategic Vision on the Eurasian Steppes
Halford Mackinder, father of geopolitics, who laid out the concept of a heartland encompassing central and northern Eurasia, maintained that Russia was the first power...
Russia Will Likely Collapse From the Inside
Russia is historically prone to internal collapse, as is shown by numerous examples from both the imperial and Soviet periods. The collapse usually takes place...
Declining US Naval Power Helps China, Russia, and Iran
The sovereignty of small countries across the Eurasian landmass is largely contingent upon direct US support and power. It is therefore worthwhile to track changes...
Russia Expands Its Anti-US Efforts from the Middle East to Africa
Over the past several years, the world has watched Russia prop up its position in Syria, Venezuela, and other locales. Less attention has been paid...
Russian Aggression and Putin’s Mass Mobilization
Mass mobilization saved the Russian state on many occasions in past centuries, proving effective against Charles XII, Napoleon I, and Hitler. The Russians are still...
Russian Elites and Why They Matter
Mainstream analysis of Russian foreign policy decision-making often neglects to factor in the influence of the Russian elites. Despite the inclination of the current Russian...
Russians Should Ask if Moscow’s Foreign Policy Serves Russia — or Putin
Hints from the Russian media show that more and more Russians are starting to question Moscow’s foreign policy, as Putin’s 19 years of rule march...
