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  • The Starvation State
    While historically a grain exporting country, on the eve of its civil war, Syria had been importing grain for a couple of years. This unusual situation was the result of natural as well as artificial economic factors, and has only been exacerbated by the ongoing civil …
    By Stanimir Dobrev
    13 May 2020
    Conflict, Economy, West & Central Asia
  • Dwarfing the Giant: The Reality of Russia’s Military, Part II
    Europe, North Asia, Politics
    Author’s disclaimer: For the purposes of narrative flow, certain Air Force sub-units have been lumped with …
    By Stanimir Dobrev
    14 Nov 2018
  • Dwarfing the Giant: The Reality of Russia’s Military, Part I
    Conflict, Europe, North Asia, Politics
    In a recent interview, Dmitri Peskov echoed a statement from Vladimir Putin, ‘the Russian armed forces had …
    By Stanimir Dobrev
    19 Sep 2018
  • The Fight for the Syrian Economy Appears Lost
    Economy, West & Central Asia
    While on the battlefield Damascus and its allies seem to be achieving victory after victory, the fight for the …
    By Stanimir Dobrev
    21 Aug 2018
  • Suwayda – The “Almost” Revolution of 2017
    Politics, West & Central Asia
    How Syria’s “Romeo and Juliet” almost destroyed Assad’s grip on power. In late 2017, social …
    By Stanimir Dobrev
    3 Apr 2018
  • The upward mobility of Aleppo’s Palestinians
    A look at the changing influence and evolving status of Palestinians in Syrian loyalist society.
    By Stanimir Dobrev
    20 Jan 2018
    Conflict, Economy, West & Central Asia
  • Rosneft and its Foreclosure of the Russian State
    Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin has defied expectations. Following the recent sentencing of Ulyukayev, the former Russian …
    By Stanimir Dobrev
    9 Jan 2018
    Economy, Energy, Europe
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