3 Mar 2021
Cracks beginning to appear in the Russia-India relationship
But Washington’s interests might actually be served by New Delhi and Moscow muddling through.
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26 Feb 2021
India must be realistic about Russia relations
New Delhi can talk up ties all it likes, but Moscow’s eyes are also looking east – to Beijing. -
18 Feb 2021
Palaces and protests: Where to next for Russia?
Popular support for Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny won’t bring down the Putin regime, but it has stripped off the façade. -
17 Feb 2021
Russia vs the EU
A visit to Moscow by Europe’s top envoy did nothing to calm a growing diplomatic spat. What if Washington weighs in? -
4 Feb 2021
The Donbass conflict: Waiting for escalation
The forgotten war involving Ukraine and Russia in the energy-rich region is simmering still. -
2 Feb 2021
The ageing of the guard in Putin’s Russia
Don’t be fooled if the Russian president offers sweets abroad while continuing a crackdown at home. -
22 Jan 2021
Russia-US relations in 2021: Key things to watch out for
For all the talk of China, the Russia factor is still a huge challenge for the Biden administration. -
16 Dec 2020
Russia and China team up on the Indian Ocean
The US and its allies may have military dominance in the region, but it’s no guarantee of influence. -
30 Nov 2020
Russia’s red star in the Red Sea
A naval facility in Port Sudan signals a new thrust of Russian operations in the Indo-Pacific. -
25 Nov 2020
A Biden presidency and US-Russia relations
The new US administration will certainly push back harder on the Kremlin, but there may also be chances for engagement. -
19 Nov 2020
Nagorno-Karabakh: Peace – for now
Anger and humiliation at their defeat means Armenia will see this conflict very much as unfinished business. -
17 Nov 2020
Why Russia will not return the Kuril Islands to Japan
More than 60 years of stubborn diplomatic stalemate stemming from the Second World War doesn’t appear likely to end. -
5 Nov 2020
A backlash against the Women, Peace and Security agenda?
Power politics overshadow progress at the UN Security Council as Resolution 1325 celebrates its 20th anniversary. -
20 Oct 2020
Russia’s troubled periphery
The outwardly “sudden” upheaval in a host of former Soviet states is actually a case of unfinished business. -
16 Oct 2020
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Increasingly deadly and destabilising
An eruption of bitter fighting in a seemingly intractable conflict is aggravating wider regional tensions. -
15 Oct 2020
Kyrgyzstan’s turmoil and the competition for Central Asia
Post-election upheaval has drawn new attention to internal power struggles and the region’s geostrategic importance. -
15 Sep 2020
Protests and power struggles in Russia’s Far East
Moscow may hope to simply wait out the protesters. But the region has a history of unrest. -
7 Sep 2020
How Russia benefited from Belarus’s turmoil
The “last European dictator” has turned back to the Kremlin after the West imposed sanctions for recent crackdowns. -
24 Aug 2020
Why Navalny matters
Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny threatens the Kremlin because he stands for a peaceful, democratic Russia. -
17 Jul 2020
The obstacles to Syrian aid
Russia and China have used the Security Council to squelch cross-border humanitarian assistance. It’s time for options. -
14 Jul 2020
Australia’s Russia problem (and how to solve it)
Quite literally, the coldest continent might be just the right place to thaw out Canberra’s frosty ties with Moscow. -
10 Jul 2020
Keeping the Kremlin in the Kelvinator
A flurry of enthusiasm to re-engage Russia speaks more to Western insecurities than future power dynamics in East Asia. -
7 Jul 2020
Yes, to balance China, let’s bring Russia in from the cold
The West’s isolation of Russia has helped Moscow acquiesce in an expanded Chinese presence it would once have resented. -
6 Jul 2020
Book review: The making of Putin’s Russia
How did an uncharismatic former mid-level KGB spy rise to the pinnacle of Russian politics? -
7 May 2020
With US Afghan exit, Russia eyes Central Asian security
An unstable Afghanistan threatens all kinds of trouble for its neighbours. For Russia, it may be a golden opportunity. -
3 Feb 2020
Competitive coexistence: A new blueprint for Russia-West relations
Building a better strategy means, above all, getting rid of theoretical constructs that no longer apply. -
24 Jan 2020
Russia makes its presence known in Iran crisis
Through military and diplomatic manoeuvres, Russia has signalled its stance on further US intervention in the region. -
12 Dec 2019
Russia is a special case when it comes to doping
Years of transgressions have led to this heavy ban, even if the country’s leaders tell you otherwise. -
14 Nov 2019
SCO-style economic cooperation: Treading slowly
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation efforts to rebrand itself as an economic forum deserve a second look. -
12 Nov 2019
Russia’s southern strategy
The pace of Russian re-engagement in Africa and the Indian Ocean region has accelerated as US influence has waned. -
5 Nov 2019
The Sino–Russian alliance and what it means for Australia
Moscow and Beijing are closer than ever, increasing threats to Australia’s vital and long-standing interests. -
31 Oct 2019
What Russia wants in a multipolar world
Canberra should rethink its approach to Moscow, recognising areas of difference yet be willing to see common ground. -
30 Oct 2019
How Africa is breaking China’s neo-colonial shackles
Beijing is fending off African resentment over debt and for importing workers – and facing extra competition, too. -
24 Sep 2019
Syria: the disgraceful stain left by the UN Security Council veto
The General Assembly has a chance to act in the interests of peace in the face of Russian and Chinese intransigence. -
10 Sep 2019
Kremlinology: What does Russia want? Rules Based Audio podcast out now
In Episode 9, Russian dissident Yevgenia Albats and veteran Russia analyst Bobo Lo talk about what Putin wants. -
29 Jul 2019
The trouble in the air on a tense Tuesday in Northeast Asia
The ruckus after South Korea fired warning shots at a nosy Russian spy plane marks a significant rise in tensions. -
9 Jul 2019
Chernobyl: the continuing political consequences of a nuclear accident
The meltdown contributed to the Soviet Union’s collapse but may have also cost a chance to employ low-carbon energy. -
21 Jun 2019
Accountability for flight MH17: a long and winding road …
Trials in absentia are problematic, but as with the Lockerbie trial, the quest for justice will be arduous and complex. -
27 May 2019
What a new Russian ambassador might mean for relations with Australia
<p>Differences don’t have to mean deadlock: plenty of challenges offer Canberra and Moscow a chance to cooperate.</p> -
15 May 2019
The Sino-Russian relationship is being misunderstood
An outdated view of tension between Beijing and Moscow is blinding many Western analysts to the shared Eurasian ties. -
4 Mar 2019
Breaking Russia’s space stranglehold
America’s new spacecraft represents a significant strategic shift in space. -
8 Feb 2019
Russian arms flood Southeast Asia
New data shows Russian power not only nuclear weapons. Asian states are being brought into Moscow’s sphere of influence. -
19 Dec 2018
Russian gas will not stop China’s air pollution
Current measures are clearly insufficient to drastically improve air quality. -
10 Dec 2018
The distant fate of Russia’s Far East
Demonstrations in Vladivostok a decade ago were quelled, but an attitude of independence from faraway Moscow remains. -
4 Dec 2018
Violence, confusion, and conspiracy theories in the Kerch Strait
Both Moscow and Kiev have pointed fingers at the other as the cause of the crisis in the Kerch Strait – who’s to blame? -
29 Nov 2018
Russia-Ukraine: soggy response to Kerch aggression
It is not tensions that are escalating but the relentless Russian acts of aggression against Ukraine. -
31 Oct 2018
Trump scores a win over Russia
Ribald nuclear threats by Vladimir Putin show that Washington’s decision to withdraw from the INF Treaty was right. -
24 Oct 2018
India’s Arctic energy partnership with Russia
The enduring ties between Moscow and New Delhi have expanded again – in billions of ways. -
17 Oct 2018
Beware of fighter pilots bearing gifts
A “dog fight” between a Russian and US jet, apparently over Syria, looks to be fake news. -
20 Sep 2018
The crowded skies of Syria
Another plane destroyed shows despite a three-year intervention, Russian commanders don’t always know what they should.