Section: Georgia Caucasus Strategic Studies Institute (Georgia)
Comme àla guerre.
Andrey Shipilov March 27, 2016 Today, one of my very old friend, with whom I had not spoken for many years, because our track long ago parted on different sides of the barricades, suddenly was cut in my messenger, and to my surprise, he presented me with a claim about my hints and involvement Russian secret services in the terrorist attacks in...
Russia employs old Soviet playbook in Georgia as U.S. sits on the sidelines.
REDS UNDER/ON THE OUR BEDS…? By L. Todd Wood – – Thursday, March 24, 2016 ANALYSIS/OPINION: When Ukraine’s Maidan Revolution broke out in 2014, Western leaders should have recognized right at the outset that Russia would employ the same playbook there as it has in another vulnerable slice of the old Soviet Union — Georgia. With its small...
IS where to start?
…Who can become IS fighter? Anyone – an unemployed, a career officer, fanatic unclear orientation. The main thing – to find these, and seduce someone with money who are “celestial houris”, who – career. And, of course, the main help is to promote, without IS – nothing. If you carefully read the Russian press, it appears that the IS – “main force”...
After the terrorist attacks in Brussels: fight or surrender?
… The most important thing is clear: it is only the beginning. Mar 23, 2016 Avraham Shmulevich On the morning of Tuesday, March 22 three explosions at the Brussels airport. Later, four bombs exploded in the Brussels metro. Killing at least 31 people (11 at the airport, 20 meters), about 200 were injured. the highest alert level was announced,...
Russia’s Evolving Role in the Caucasus.
…Undoubtedly, Russia’s strategic position in the Caucasus faces vulnerabilities that the West, Turkey and others appear willing to exploit. Russia will remain the region’s dominant military power for the near future, but its economic issues and security commitments in Ukraine and Syria could make sustaining influence in the Caucasus —...
Putin can’t last forever. Will a post-Putin Russia look like Syria today?
By Maria Snegovaya March 16 Russian politicians often suggest that a post-Putin future would look like Syria’s: a bloody civil war. During his address to the United Nations in 2015, for example, Putin suggested that the export of so-called democratic revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa led to violence, poverty and social...
Putin’s Blitzkrieg completed – the Syrian crisis continues.
RUSSIAN ANALYSIS OF WESTERN PRESS March 17, 2016…”Allowing the export of the North-Caucasian jihad in Syria, Russia has given to this internal conflict world problem format, – So now Russia has acquired new enemies.” And they “will make every effort to Russia has been quite high on the list of their priorities.” Syrian Kurds are developing...
Poland was the first victim of terrorism.
Defense Minister: Poland was the first victim of terrorism 03/13/2016 Polish defense minister said that Katyn and Smolensk disaster and crime in the context of contemporary conflicts were acts of terrorism against Poland. “Currently used terrorism against Western nations as a tool to provoke the flow of migration to destabilize the European...
Air strikes and Results.
Mariam Gureshidze /GCSSI Club of young analysts/ In 2016 the Middle East will be a continuation of the current chaos and destruction and will have the status of instability region. 2015 and the beginning of 2016 shows that despite diversity opinions between Russia and U.S the main problem is the IS. In 2014 the ISIS conquered the great territory...
Russian propaganda in EaP countries.
Bako Kheladze /GCSSI Club of young analysts/ /On the photo: The visual effects room of Russia Today RT/ The term “propaganda”, which has not been widely used after the Cold War, is often associated with authoritarian regimes of twentieth century. However, nowadays many people talk about Russian propaganda, which is successfully used by...
