In our 2021 annual forecast, we noted that this year, like many years before it, Russia would try to add to its strategic depth by reconstructing its near abroad, particularly Central Asia. Having secured its southern borders by deploying peacekeepers to Nagorno-Karabakh and making sure that the current government in Belarus will stay close to […]
In Central Asia, a Timely Opportunity for Russia
With many of its other buffers secured, Moscow will turn its attention to the east.
