The topics of this issue are the political and economic consequences of Russia’s war against Ukraine. Stefan Meister looks at Russia’s role in the post-Soviet region. Heiko Pleines presents a broad analysis of Russia’s preparations for war, ranging from political rhetoric to economic policy and military developments in the first phase of the war. Andrei Yakovlev discusses ways of economic forecasting in view of the abrupt shocks to the ...

In this Perspectives on Cyber Power paper CSS' Stefan Soesanto critically reflects on cyber deterrence mechanism outcomes, shortfalls, and misconceptions and explains when cyber deterrence is and is not successful. He furthermore outlines potential research avenues, policies, and access requirements that will help to ascertain the deterrence effects experts so desperately crave to create in cyberspace.

The topics of this issue are the political regime stability in Russia a month after the start of the attack on Ukraine and the impact of the war on Russian agriculture and Russian universities. The five contributions on political regime stability discuss the reliability of Russian opinion polls on the war, the authoritarian consolidation of recent years, the unity of the elites, the possibilities for protests and opposition, and the control ...

This edition considers the impact of the US withdrawal from, and the Taliban’s return to power in, Afghanistan. Firstly, Richard Weitz outlines that although the Russian government’s concern about the Taliban’s support of terrorism has declined, it retains doubts about whether extreme groups can be constrained. Secondly, Stephen Aris argues that the value of the politico-security support that Moscow offers to the incumbent regimes in ...

This issue collects first assessments of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on the 24th of February 2022. Robert Orttung asks who is to blame for Russia’s war on Ukraine; Martin Jirušek analyzes natural gas as Russia’s foreign policy tool; Taras Kuzio offers suggestions on what the West should do in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; and Mariya Y. Omelicheva discusses how Russia’s relatively weak economic standing, coupled with Kazakhstanis’ ...