‘The Baltic Intelligence war: hotting up, and back to the Cold War,’ in Andris Spruds (ed), Riga Conference Papers 2015 (Riga: Latvian Institute of International Affairs, 2015)

‘ISIS, or Isn’t It a Threat to Russia?’, Russia! magazine, 2 November

‘What Could Possibly Go Wrong in Russia’s Syrian Gambit?‘, Moscow Times, 5 November

‘One Economic Sector Booming in Russia: Corruption,’ English-language version of report for Radio Svoboda, published by Henry Jackson Society, 10 November

‘STOLYPIN: Will 2016 see the three Russias diverging?,’ Business New Europe, 16 November

‘Moscow faces terror threat it can handle‘, Moscow Times, 19 November

‘A Russia expert explains how Putin will likely respond to his downed plane‘, interview with Vox, 24 November

‘Russia’s Intervention in Syria can only Slow Down Assad’s Defeat,’ interview with Visegrad Insight, 25 November

‘Why did it take Turkey just 17 seconds to shoot down Russian jet?’, Guardian – New East Network, 26 November

‘Turkey ‘Ambushed’ Russian Su-24 to Protect Its ‘Proxies’ in Syria‘, interview with Sputnik, 26 November

‘Three Putins Leave Us All Guessing,’ Russia! magazine, 30 November

‘Some you win, some you lose: Russia’s foreign policy in 2015‘, interview with Russia Direct, 30 November