“A THOUSAND MILES” AND “A THOUSAND TASKS”: CHINA’S DIPLOMATIZATION OF MULTIFACETED RUSSIA-UKRAINE CONFLICT AND GLOBAL SECURITY
The People’s Republic of China’s (PRC, China) unflinching stance throughout the ongoing Russian-Ukraine conflict has raised many eyebrows and provoked diverse reactions. The lingering question in different quarters is why China acts as it does and with . . .
CONFLICT IN UKRAINE, RUSSIAN-LANGUAGE JIHADIST PROPAGANDA, CHECHENS BATTALIONS AND THE LINK WITH THE RUSSIAN NORTH CAUCASUS
Since the beginning of the Ukraine conflict, international media have reported the presence of Chechen battalions among the ranks of Kyiv and Moscow’s forces. The Chechen presence in the conflict has nourished the jihadist propaganda in the Russian language . . .
RUSSIAN SPECIAL OPERATION IN CRIMEA IN 2014
The Russian special operation of capturing the Crimean Peninsula represents a highly complex military-political operation, carried out by the Russian Federation at the end of March 2014, shortly after the color revolution in Ukraine. With the skillful, lightning-fast . . .
EVOLUTION OF EU ENERGY LAW AND POLICY: А BIG COMEBACK OF ENERGY SECURITY IN 2022?
The armed conflict in Ukraine in 2022 and subsequent worsening of relations between Western countries, including the EU and its Member States, and the Russian Federation, have deeply shaken the existing EU energy law and policy foundations. During the past . . .
THE IMPACT OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE ON THE WESTERN BALKANS
The war in Ukraine represents a turning point in international relations that significantly affects the common foreign and security policy of the European Union. By taking place on European soil and mainly between Russia and Ukraine, it really indirectly affects . . .