Geopoliticus June 2, 2015 Georgia’s Former President Saakashvili appointed the New Governor of Odessa: Implications for Georgia and Ukraine President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has appointed Georgia’s former President Mikheil Saakashvili the new governor of Ukraine’s key Odessa... Read more »
Geopoliticus May 19, 2015 A weekend in the life of Ramzan Kadyrov on Instagram: his wisdom on marriage, anti-terrorism, and the conspiracy surrounding Tsarnaev’s sentencing. About a year ago my colleague Alex Fisher and I wrote about Russia’s homegrown terrorism problem. In our article... Read more »
Geopoliticus March 31, 2015 Do sanctions on Russia create more problems than they solve? The sanctions on Russia seem to be working. The sanctions, coupled with large victories by pro-Western parties in 2014... Read more »
Geopoliticus March 19, 2015 Bundeswehr 2.0: A German Military for a New Normal A visit to Germany’s military history museum in Dresden reveals just how deeply ambivalent modern Germany is about its... Read more »
Geopoliticus February 2, 2015 Ukraine Crisis Timeline as of January 30, 2015 In July 2014 we published a post titled “Ukraine Crisis Timeline: Talk of Peace, Acts of War.” This updated... Read more »
Geopoliticus January 30, 2015 The Russo-Ukrainian War: Phase III Given the launch in early January of a vigorous new separatist offensive in eastern Ukraine, backed by a reported... Read more »
Geopoliticus January 30, 2015 Georgia and Moldova Remain Fragile as Russian Aggression Continues We are upholding the principal that bigger nations can’t bully the small ones, by opposing Russian aggression and supporting... Read more »
Geopoliticus January 16, 2015 Calling the Same Thing White Today and Black Tomorrow: Is Russia Poised to Annex South Ossetia? I do not like to resort to quotes, but in this case, I cannot help it. Here is a... Read more »
Geopoliticus January 7, 2015 Decline in Oil Prices, Currency Pairs, and National Power Last autumn, headlines began to declare national “winners and losers” from the precipitous drop in oil prices over the... Read more »
Geopoliticus October 1, 2014 Russia Warns Ukraine: Transdniestria Border Developments “Extremely Disturbing” It is worth taking note of an article in today’s ITAR-TASS in which Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin warned... Read more »