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Ivan U. Klyszcz identifies some of the key Russian figures spearheading the Kremlin’s push into African politics
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Ivan U. Klyszcz has spotted a pattern of ultra conservative measures from the Putin regime since its Ukraine invasion
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Ivan U. Klyszcz has spotted a messianic resurrection within Russian foreign policy circles to bring its message of a ‘multi-polar world' to Africa
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Ivan U. Klyszcz traces the history of Russo-Venezuelan intelligence cooperation, a case study of how Russia’s intelligence agencies activate an imposing foreign policy in the ‘Global South'.
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Ivan Ulises Kentros Klyszcz looks at how Russia has lost the initiative in its relations with the Taliban since the 2021 takeover of the Afghan government
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Ivan U. Klyszcz weighs up whether a defeat against Ukraine could spark Russia’s territorial disintegration
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Ivan U. Klyszcz investigates what is known about life in the newly occupied territories
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Ivan U. Klyszcz looks at why Russia seems much less worried by the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan than it was in the 1990s
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Ivan U. Klyszcz on the prospects for a new approach to the North Caucasus
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Ivan U. Klyszcz takes stock of Russia’s reactions to the Myanmar coup and what the ongoing crisis has brought to its Southeast Asia diplomacy
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Ivan U. Klyszcz discusses possible factors in the small turnout for the 23 January protests in the North Caucasus republics
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Ivan U. Klyszcz discusses the role of the secretive Sufi Batalkhadzhintsy brotherhood in Ingush politics and their persistent conflict with local authorities