Nurlan Aliyev

My book, Reassessing Russia's Security Policy, is coming out shortly, the result of nine years research.💪🎉🍾 I'm going to briefly explain what it covers here 🧵 1/ routledge.com/Reassessing-Ru…

13/ For many of these countries, it has been a critical outlet for trade, resources, and transit, often one of the few avenues through which they can assert agency in the international system.

12/Despite its imperfections, the EU remains a relatively predictable economic, technological, and political partner.

Some reflections on U.S.–EU relations amid the Iran war, their prospects and implications for post-Soviet countries 1/

A big sigh until the next post?

How does Russia support #Iran today? Are there reliable data on supplies of Russian weapons? Where, according to Washington, is the “red line” in the volume of Russian aid to Iran? What benefits does Russia gain from instability in the Middle East? @anurlan

My new piece: Russia’s Expanding Robotic Sea Capabilities for @CMS_Washington Russia's unmanned maritime systems, from surface drones to deep-sea platforms,for reconnaissance, seabed ops & infrastructure security centerformaritimestrategy.org/publications/r…

If you need a break from 🇮🇷, our new paper in Small Wars & Insurgencies: “Kaliningrad: the strategic challenge for NATO’s eastern flank and German–Polish perspectives.” @anurlan, me & Zdzisław Śliwa. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

New paper in Small Wars & Insurgencies: “Kaliningrad: the strategic challenge for NATO’s eastern flank and German–Polish perspectives.” Written with Gustav C. Gressel & Zdzisław Śliwa. Many thanks to Oleh Skrynyk for helping to design the map tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

There are reports that Moscow supplies some targeting information to the Iranian military, but Russia has not crossed U.S. red lines on Russia-Iran military cooperation. There are a few sophisticated things Russia refused to deliver @anurlan ridl.io/war-in-iran-wh…

What comes next with Iran? What consequences will this war have for the participants, for countries in the region and how might it affect #Russia’s invasion of #Ukraine #China’s interests and international security more broadly? @anurlan for @RiddleRussia ridl.io/war-in-iran-wh…