Analytics

09.09.2026

Armenia: The Economic Limits of Foreign Policy Maneuvering

Nikol Pashinyan’s victory gave the government a workable parliamentary majority, but it did not eliminate either political polarization or the export sectors’ dependence on the …

Ivan Vasilev

07.09.2026

Russia and Vietnam: From Political Trust to the Economics of Long-Term Projects

The upcoming state visit by To Lam, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and the country's president, to Russia on September …

GEOFOR

28.08.2026

External Risks Facing Businesses: From Event to Decision

In the summer of 2026, the escalation around Iran and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz illustrated a familiar problem in corporate analysis. …

GEOFOR

22.06.2026

RISK BRIEF

The AI Boom: Political Will Meets a Physical Ceiling

In the United States, the immediate constraints are the grid, interconnection timelines, generation capacity, grid and power equipment, suitable sites, permitting, copper and the cost …

GEOFOR

15.08.2025

Can Putin Pass the Test?

Yesterday President Trump in his public statements validated my conclusion that Trump does not know what the Russian position is and that he is going …

Paul Craig Roberts

27.06.2025

RISK BRIEF

Lee Jae-myung begins his term with a high approval rating

South Korea’s new leader, Lee Jae-myung, began his presidency with a higher approval rating than his recent predecessors.

GEOFOR

27.06.2025

Go One-on-One

The upcoming Franco-British summit will review a system for regulating migration flows

Maksim Chikin

26.06.2025

Don’t Rub Salt into the Tariff Wounds

Latin America survived the first wave of the U.S. tariff war—despite Trump

Yuriy Stroev

25.06.2025

Ukrainian, Georgian, and British — all in one?

47-year-old Blaze Metreveli appointed as new head of Britain's MI6 intelligence service

Igor Pshenichnikov

24.06.2025

The “Old Guard” Enters the Fray

A group of influential German Social Democrats has published a manifesto urging the government to «end militarization and start negotiations with Russia»

Igor Iavlianskiy

23.06.2025

China Strengthens Regional Friendships

Last week, Kazakhstan hosted the second “China-Central Asia” summit

Mihail Morozov, "Trud" columnist

20.06.2025

War Looms in Northern Europe

Despite bellicose rhetoric from London, Paris, and Berlin, the greatest military threat to Russia appears to be coming from the North

Igor Pshenichnikov