‘Russian bear should be more cuddly, less snarly,’ Moscow Times, 12 August

‘Why Russia is not an existential threat for the West,’ Russia! magazine, 18 August

‘Museums show Russia’s big security problem,’ Moscow Times, 25 August

‘Boozing through the Soviet Afghan war was more horrifying than you can imagine,’ War On The Rocks, 5 September

‘Kremlin’s “shadow power” tarnishes its image,’ Moscow Times, 6 September

‘STOLYPIN: Can Putin really be syrious?‘, Business New Europe, 7 September

‘Yakunin and the Systemic Virtues of a Generous Retirement‘, Russia! magazine, 16 September

‘Book Review: Global gangs: street violence across the world. Edited by Jennifer Hazen and Dennis Rodgers‘, International Affairs, 16 September

‘Putin and Trump have a lot in common,’ Moscow Times, 22 September

‘Russia to defend core Syrian government areas,’ Jane’s Intelligence Review, 22 September (with Jonathan Spyrer: he wrote the stuff from Damascus’s perspective, I wrote the Russian material)

‘Zaslon — Russia’s ultra-secretive special ops in Syria,’ War Is Boring, 5 October (not technically by me, but essentially recycling my findings)

‘Russia in Syria: Putin’s hard sell of quick victory against Isis could come back to haunt him,‘ International Business Times, 6 October

‘West must play it cool with Putin,’ Moscow Times, 6 October

‘Wikistrat Report: Russia in Syria — tactical masterstroke, strategic risk,’ Wikistrat, 7 October

‘STOLYPIN: The limits of Russia’s “patriotic mobilization”‘, Business New Europe, 12 October

‘Crime, Kleptocracy, and Politics: Developments in Modern Russia‘, videocast talk at the Hudson Institute’s Kleptocracy Initiative, 13 October

‘West has lost the right to lecture Putin,’ Moscow Times, 20 October

‘Most of Russia’s military still “rubbish” despite Ukraine, Syria deployments‘, Reuters, 20 October — connects to podcast I recorded for the War College series, playable through this page or available on iTunes.

‘Russia: Economics may dent Russian police reform,’ Oxford Analytica, 26 October

‘Putin’s Spies and Security Men: His Strongest Allies, His Greatest Weakness’, Russian Analytical Digest No. 173: Russia and Regime Security, October