Banning the Mejlis: From “carrots” to “gauntlets”
Russia tried using “carrots” to incentivise and co-opt the Crimean Tatars, but now it is resorting to “gauntlets” instead.
Wider Europe
Putin’s downfall: The coming crisis of the Russian regime
The current trajectory of the Russian regime is unstable and without dramatic change it will crumble within the next year
Countering Russian expansionism: Blueprints for a new security alliance
Prospects for a central and eastern European security union
Putin’s communication with the nation
This year's Putin phone-in saw a renewed focus on domestic politics
Survival of the richest: How oligarchs block reform in Ukraine
The penetration of Ukrainian politics by the super-rich oligarchy still forms a major obstacle to reform
Voices on Ukraine, Voices of Ukraine: Yevhen Hlibovytsky
Interview to Yevhen Hlibovytsky, Ukrainian intellectual, co-founder of the Nestor Group on the future of Ukraine
Georgia: Fearing the worst from the Karabakh flare-up
Georgia fears that Nagorno-Kharabakh hostilities could draw in powerful neighbours, Turkey and Russia
Turkish-Kurdish race to seize ISIS territory
Turkey has entered open war with ISIS and is attempting to stifle Kurdish gains in norther Syria
Trouble in Nagorno-Karabakh
The risk for miscalculation leading to all-out war is real and cannot be ignored
Changing of the guard: Putin’s law enforcement reforms
From the information available, the National Guard seems an awful lot like an “FSB-2”, but this time it is even more serious and powerful than its predecessor under Cherkesov