Stories written by Peter J. Marzalik

Russia Hoping Cuba Can Help Spur Trade with Latin America

By Peter J. Marzalik
Amid deteriorating relations with the West, Russian President Vladimir Putin is looking to diversify a Russian economy that is tightly linked to European markets. Fittingly, an old Soviet-era satellite state seems eager to lend a helping hand.

OP-ED: Russia’s Changing Islamic Insurgency

By Peter J. Marzalik
With the Kremlin’s attention fixated on Ukraine, the Caucasus Emirate, a terrorist group fighting to establish an independent Islamic state in the North Caucasus, threatens to undermine Russian domestic security in new ways.