sanctions against Russia; and incremental nuclear coercion against Kyiv that spurred Western deterrence messaging in response …A close reading of Russia’s nuclear statements and actions during the first seven months of its war against Ukraine … severely imperil the survival of Russia’s regime. …

unfeasible, sanctions have become the central instrument of the international community in dealing with the threat from North … Korea. While inherently linked to and built upon the respective resolutions of the UN Security Council, the EU’s sanctions … sanctions regime of the EU currently in operation. Since its inception in 2006, the EU's sanctions regime against the DPRK …

Russia wants to realise a high degree of self-regulated stability in the Arctic. Moscow considers this necessary for … well as neighbouring countries and NATO consider these efforts a threat. Russia takes a defensive attitude in the Arctic …, but it is prepared for rapid escalation in the event of confrontation. Russia's Arctic policy is a part of its strategy …

unmistakable competition over integration between the EU and Russia. The eastern Mediterranean region, the Black Sea and Caspian … EU, China, Russia and - across the Black Sea - Iran and Turkey are competing in these zones to influence the …

for a cultural, military, political and commercial alliance with Turkey’s eastern neighbors, notably Russia, Iran, the …

Economic stagnation and demographic change in Russia are putting intense pressure on the government budget. Tax … revenues have been declining since the late 2000s. Meanwhile, the oil dependency of Russia’s budget has in …

hard by Western sanctions. China's digital giants cancelled several projects in Russia due to fears of secondary U ….S. sanctions. Russia's trade with China is mainly conducted in Chinese yuan. However, Russia continues to rely on the U.S. dollar …Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has fundamentally changed the terms of Russia-China economic relations …

Russia's fullscale invasion of Ukraine since 24 February 2022 has not shaken France's security policy as fundamentally … partners that President Emmanuel Macron caused in 2022 with his statements about the need to reach out to Russia. However …