But don’t expect to see Vladimir Putin facing a court any time soon.
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The government must not trample on its own laws and court decisions. Compliance with the constitution must be the priority.
The Wagner Group has become a tool to further Russian objectives in Africa without attracting the scrutiny that regular military units would.
Washington must overcome growing anti-west sentiment on the continent given the development alternative that China offers.
Russia is trying to normalise an international order where might makes right. And democracy and respect for human rights are optional.
Five essential reads on Russia’s relationship with Africa.
What do Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Moldova and Kazakhstan have in common with Ukraine? Russian allegations that they are all overrun by Nazis.
Putin’s rationale for invading Ukraine wasn’t built over just a few months in 2021. Putin and high-level Russia government staff have been trash-talking Ukraine for more than a decade.
Pro-democracy uprisings in Slavic states were unsuccessful, but there’s festering discontent in the region. Russia attributes it to western interference, and intends to reverse the trend in Ukraine.
A legal expert explains why Russia’s accusations that the UK breached international law are unfounded.
The US president’s sharing of sensitive information with the Russian foreign minister is not only inept, it shows an alarming lack of understanding of Russia’s role in the Syrian conflict.
Relations between Russia and the United States have reached an all-time low since the US strike on Syria. But Moscow knows that Washington will need its support if tension rises with North Korea.
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Marist College
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Director of Research, Africa Center for Strategic Studies, University of Maryland
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Associate Professor of Public International Law, University of Exeter
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Affiliate Lecturer, King's College London
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Associate Professor, University of Pretoria
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Director, African Centre for the Study of the United States, University of Pretoria
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Professor, Russian and East European History, University of Alberta
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Assistant Professor of Terrorism & Political Violence, Leiden University
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Professor in Law and Security, University of Canberra; Stellenbosch University
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Associate professor, University of South Africa
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Professor, Óbuda University
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Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Studies and Governance, University of the Free State
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Lecturer in International Relations, La Trobe University
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Assistant Professor - European Human Rights Law, Dublin City University