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Russia and Eurasia Programme - Current Projects

Current Projects

Faultlines and Western Engagement in the South Caucasus

The politics of the countries of the South Caucasus, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, remain turbulent and unpredictable. The region's transition from Soviet pseudo-federalism to a system of nation states...

Internal Dynamics and External Interests in Central Asia

The states of Central Asia - comprising Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan - have emerged from the trauma of independence as the architects of their own destinies but...

Promise and Realism in Relations with Russia

The majority of the Russian policy-making community believes that the opaque, personalised character of the Putin system will stay in place over the near-to-mid term and that core values...

Re-Establishing Security in the Black Sea Region

The commitment made at NATO's Bucharest Summit for NATO membership to Ukraine and Georgia was widely thought to change the dynamics of the Black Sea region whether NATO honoured...

Russian Soft Power: A Reassessment

The conventional wisdom is that Russia has no soft power. This is a complacent perception that hinders our understanding of a number of important issues: energy security, the integrity...