Prigozhin’s Uncertain Fate
EXPERT PERPECTIVE — In the wake of Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin’s 36-hour mutiny and the scant and the confusing smoke signals emanating from the Kremlin […] More
EXPERT PERPECTIVE — In the wake of Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin’s 36-hour mutiny and the scant and the confusing smoke signals emanating from the Kremlin […] More
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — Russian President Vladimir Putin told a group of reporters recently that while Russia “is ready for any scenario”, the country does not […] More
OPINION — The consensus among geopolitical pundits seems to be that the Ukrainian counteroffensive has turned into a slog and that US and NATO policy […] More
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — The United States believes it has secured India as a strategic ally in the Indo-Pacific region. There will certainly be mutual benefits […] More
CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING – A social contract that Russian President Vladimir Putin has engineered over the decades to cement his authority may now be showing signs […] More
CIPHER BRIEF EXPERT VIEW — Much debate is now underway about whether Russian president Vladimir Putin will sustain lasting political damage from the June 24 […] More
OPINION — The recent bizarre events in Russia have brought increased attention to Yevgeny Prigozhin and his brutal mercenary group, Wagner. While Prigozhin’s future is […] More
EXCLUSIVE SUBSCRIBER+ INTERVIEW — In the wake of a Kremlin decision to halt a U.N.-brokered Black Sea agreement, which allowed Ukraine to export tens of millions […] More
Exclusive Subscriber+Member Interview — In a flurry of negotiations on the eve of the NATO summit, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan revealed himself as the […] More
CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING — Members of the world’s largest and most powerful security alliance descended on Vilnius, Lithuania over the weekend in what is considered […] More
A Few Things to Look Out For OPINION — The Wagner mutiny in Russia was short-lived, but it was nevertheless a watershed event in post-Soviet […] More
CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING & EXPERT ANALYSIS – Just a week after Wagner Group Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin launched the final mission of his mercenary career in the […] More
OPINION — Wagner Group leader Yevgeniy Prigozhin’s march on Moscow did not topple Russian President Vladimir Putin, but the revolt put forces in motion that […] More
OPINION — A firestorm of analysis, opinions and speculation has been unleashed on all of us attempting to understand and explain what the “aborted coup” […] More
OPINION — It appears that the U.S. Intelligence Community scored a success in warning senior leaders that Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was planning some sort of […] More
OPINION — In Jasionka, Poland, a small town of 2,700 just 60 miles west of the Ukraine border, a little-publicized unit of U.S. soldiers from […] More
CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING — On the outskirts of the battle-worn eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, where Russia’s most effective mercenary force once tallied Moscow’s most […] More
OPINION — Chinese President Xi Jinping’s decision to meet with visiting Secretary of State Antony Blinken was a wise decision. It conveyed to the world […] More
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