Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
The Russian Analytical Digest (RAD) analyzes recent events, trends and developments within contemporary Russian politics, economics and business, foreign policy, security and society. Each issue contains original academic and policy relevant research articles by authors from across the globe, and topical statistical data, graphics and opinion polls. The series is produced by a partner network that includes the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich, the Research Centre for East European Studies (FSO) at the University of Bremen, the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES) at the George Washington University and the Center for Eastern European Studies (CEES) at the University of Zurich. The RAD is edited by external page Fabian Burkhardt, external page Matthias Neumann, external page Robert Orttung, external page Jeronim Perović, external page Heiko Pleines, and external page Hans-Henning Schröder.
The series is partnered with the German language publication Russland-Analysen, the Russian Regional Report, and the Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD).
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No. 322: Russia and the South Caucasus
This issue addresses Russia’s geopolitical and economic role in the South Caucasus with a first assessment of the dramatic shifts in recent years, most notably with the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War in 2020 and Russia’s war against Ukraine since 2022. The first three contributions look at bilateral relations, examining how Georgia (covered by Kornely Kakachia), Azerbaijan (Nigar Gurbanli, Anar Valiyev) and Armenia (Narek Sukiasyan) position themselves vis-à-vis Russia and the West, most prominently the EU. Finally, Hannes Meissner and Johannes Leitner look at the relation between economic cooperation and geopolitics in a comparative perspective.
No. 321: Contemporary Russian-Speaking Art and Culture in Exile
This issue focuses on Russian-speaking contemporary art and artists in exile. The first article, by Nika Parkhomovskaia, examines the current situation of Russian-language theater and theater makers outside of Russia, while the second, by Anastasia Arefieva, reviews the emerging Russian-language cultural media, publishing houses, and bookstores in Europe. The third contribution, by Ilya Skokleenko, examines Russian-language poetry in exile and contemporary anti-war tamizdat.