Iran-Russia partnership: Friends forever?

Nurlan Aliyev analyses the extent of Moscow and Tehran’s ‘comprehensive strategic partnership agreement'

Frosty relations: Russia and the EU in the Arctic

Nurlan Aliyev explores the history and outlook of EU-Russia Arctic relations in 2025, spotting various points of contention and a few glimmers of cooperation

Russia’s Vital (and Fragile) New Trade Artery To Iran

Nurlan Aliyev sees the launch of Iran and Russia’s International North-South Transport Corridor as a major strategic move in a region fraught with complex risks and divergent interests

Russia’s wartime Arctic economy

Nurlan Aliyev evaluates the impact of Russia’s Ukraine invasion on its economic development plans for the High North

The New Geopolitics of the South Caucasus

Nurlan Aliyev untangles some of the complex dynamics unfolding across the region since Azerbaijan’s reconquest of Nagorno Karabakh

Cyber Operations During Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine in 2022

Nurlan Aliyev looks into why Russia has so far proved unable to overwhelm Ukraine’s cyber defences