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Can the Russia-Ukraine War Transition to Maneuver Warfare?

Harry Halem on Drones, Middlestrikes, and the Future of Operational Mobility in Ukraine
Riddle Political News Week
The «Mashenka» Moment in Russian Politics
Andrey Pertsev sums up the political week (January 26−30)
Andrey Pertsev sums up the political week (January 26−30)
By Andrey Pertsev
Riddle Economic News Week
Running out of nose
Nicholas Trickett with the economic summary of the week (January 26 — 30)
Nicholas Trickett with the economic summary of the week (January 26 — 30)
By Nick Trickett
Russia’s industrial winter

Andras Toth-Czifra on the political economy of industrial decline in Russian car manufacturing and metallurgy
Attrition, Not Victory

Eric Woods on Russia’s tactical gains, attritional strategy, and no strategic breakthrough in sight
Russian Navy Between Practicality and Fantasy

Jeff Hawn on feasibility of a large-scale modernization of the Russian navy
Striking the Gray Zone: Why Sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil Could Prove Decisive

Vakhtang Partsvania On the Cumulative Impact of Sanctions and the Shrinking Space for Russia's Oil Rent
Migrants-and-Balloons

Denis Cenusa on Belarus’s Hybrid Warfare and Its Strategic Alignment with Russian Policy
Top reads
  • Steeringless Auto Industry: How Sanctions Have Thrown the Sector Back Decades

    Vakhtang Partsvania on the sanctions-induced exhaustion of Russia’s automotive industry and how the sector mirrors deeper structural problems in the economy

  • Striking the Gray Zone: Why Sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil Could Prove Decisive

    Vakhtang Partsvania On the Cumulative Impact of Sanctions and the Shrinking Space for Russia's Oil Rent

  • Living in the Middle: Central Asia’s 2025 in Review

    Roman Chernikov on how the five Central Asian states have learned to speak with one voice

  • Inequality in Russia at War

    Jem Morrow on why inequality, not military spending, will shape Russia’s wartime future

  • Russia and the «Trump Middle East»: New Realities or Old Patterns?

    Vladimir (Ze'ev) Khanin on the Russian Factor in the Syrian-Israeli Settlement

  • New Year’s Elite Cycles Already Begin in Chechnya

    Harold Chambers on Chechnya’s accelerating elite reshuffle

  • Rostec’s Position Amid the War

    Andrey Pertsev on the Political Influence and Prospects of Sergei Chemezov's «Clan»

  • Migrants-and-Balloons

    Denis Cenusa on Belarus’s Hybrid Warfare and Its Strategic Alignment with Russian Policy

Authors
  • Harry Halem

    Harry Halem is Senior Fellow at Yorktown Institute and a doctoral candidate in International Relations at the London School of Economics.
  • Andras Toth-Czifra

    Political analyst, author of the analytical blog «No Yardstick»
  • Eric Woods

    Independent researcher and consultant focused on security issues
  • Jeff Hawn

    Researcher, London School of Economics, Department of International History
  • Vakhtang Partsvania

    Economist, Professor of Management at Caucasus University
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