Paul Hansbury
PRIGOZHIN’S DEATH: THE BELARUS ANGLE
After Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mercenaries marched on Moscow in late June, and then dramatically backed down, one thing was clear – there was...
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Paul Hansbury
Aug 8, 20235 min read
TALES OF UNREST: WHY RUSSIA MIGHT PLUNGE INTO NIGER
A few days ago, I wrote that Russia was unlikely to involve itself in the Niger situation, despite Yevgeny Prigozhin’s comments...
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Paul Hansbury
Jul 10, 202310 min read
LUKASHENKA AND THE PRIGOZHIN MUTINY
One man unexpectedly came out of last month’s spectacle rather well: Belarus’s dictator, Alyaksandr Lukashenka. What was his role, really?
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Paul Hansbury
Jun 24, 20237 min read
PRIGOZHIN VS. PUTIN: A STORY OF RUSSIAN RAGE
He feels that he can say anything he likes without consequence. He gets away with airing in public his feud with the Russian military....
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Paul Hansbury
Jun 6, 20238 min read
ON UKRAINE'S COUNTER-OFFENSIVE
The Chaplain struggles to distinguish between illusion and reality. I can’t remember the context of the following quote from Catch-22...
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Paul Hansbury
May 10, 20236 min read
AN INCONVENIENT TRIANGLE? RUSSIA, CHINA AND SUDAN
The conflict in Sudan has drawn some – but insufficient – attention back to Russia’s role on the African continent. That role, greatly...
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