Author: Dr. Sergey Sukhankin

Dr. Sergey Sukhankin

Dr. Sergey Sukhankin is a Fellow at the Jamestown Foundation, and an Advisor at Gulf State Analytics (Washington, D.C.). He received his PhD from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. His areas of interest include Kaliningrad and the Baltic Sea region, the Arctic region, oil diplomacy and the development of Russian private military companies since the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War. He has consulted or briefed with CSIS (Canada), DIA (USA), and the European Parliament. His project discussing the activities of Russian PMCs, “War by Other Means” informed the United Nations General Assembly report entitled “Use of Mercenaries as a Means of Violating Human Rights and Impeding the Exercise of the Right of Peoples to Self-Determination.” He is based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

KSA

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Energy & Environment

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UAE

The UAE, Russia’s Escape Hatch from International Sanctions

Politics & Governance

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Qatar

Qatar-Germany LNG Deal: the End of EU’s “Russia Energy Dependency” Cu...

Energy & Environment

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UAE

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Energy & Environment

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UAE

The UAE Joins the “Hydrogen Race”

Energy & Environment

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Qatar

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Energy & Environment

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KSA

Contextualizing the Russia-KSA Oil Deal: Can it Last?

Energy & Environment

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KSA

If Washington Abandons Riyadh, Moscow is Waiting

U.S. – Gulf Policy

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Iraq

China’s Unsuccessful Swoop Into the Iraqi Oil Sector: (Not) the End of th...

Energy & Environment

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