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Cyber Threats From China and Russia

By Antonio Graceffo November 18, 2023Russia

By Antonio Graceffo Increasing cyberattacks, particularly against the energy sector, demonstrate the cyber threats posed by China and Russia. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) reported on June 15 that…

State of Russia’s economy much worse than it appears

By Antonio Graceffo November 11, 2023Russia

By Antonio Graceffo During the first eleven months of the Ukraine War, it appeared that sanctions were having very little effect on the Russian economy. In December, however, the Russian…

Russia’s Unconventional Warfare: Moscow’s domination of the Information Space

By Antonio Graceffo November 4, 2023Russia

by Antonio Graceffo U.S. intelligence and defense services, as well as the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) 2023 Threat Assessment recognize China and Russia as the two greatest threats…

Russia’s role in the Sudan conflict

By Antonio Graceffo October 26, 2023Russia

By Antonio Graceffo Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin of the infamous Wagner mercenary group also owns a U.S.-sanctioned company called Meroe Gold. This company extracts gold from Sudan, supporting Russian President Vladimir…

Wagner Group: Putin’s attack dogs

By Antonio Graceffo October 14, 2023Russia

By Antonio Graceffo “I think this is a tool for realizing national interests without the direct participation of the state,” is how on Nov. 4, 2012 Vladimir Putin described the deployment of…

Moscow Nuclear Treaty, Ukraine, and the CCP

By Antonio Graceffo September 8, 2023Russia

By Antonio Graceffo Russia is suspending its nuclear treaty with the United States while China's top diplomat, Wang Yi, visits Moscow amid rumors of China possibly providing weapons to Russia…

Russia’s Support for Terrorism: A Carry-Over of Soviet Policy

By Antonio Graceffo August 22, 2023Russia

By Antonio Graceffo During the Cold War, the Kremlin was a supporter of foreign terrorism, in order to destabilize enemy governments or to further Moscow’s policy objectives. The same strategy…

Russia’s economy since the beginning of the Ukraine conflict: sanctions are taking their toll

By Antonio Graceffo August 6, 2023Russia

Since the beginning of the Ukraine conflict, the West has imposed sanctions against Russia to severely hit its economy (Credits: Image by Lorenzo Cafaro from Pixabay) Geopolitical Report ISSN 2785-2598 Volume 27 Issue…

From the Cold War to the Present Day: CIA vs. KGB, USA vs. Russia

By Antonio Graceffo August 6, 2023Russia

By Antonio Graceffo Following World War II, the United States policy of containment was meant to curb the expansion of the USSR and the spread of communism. Both sides were…

The Ukraine War: Continuation of U.S. Policies of Containment and Limited War

By Antonio Graceffo August 3, 2023Russia

By Antonio Graceffo “Intervention against the USSR, while it would be disastrous to those who undertook it, would cause renewed delay in progress of Soviet socialism and must therefore be forestalled…