Nick Lyall

Nick is a Russia expert in the Former Soviet Union team, as well as a Sino analyst.

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Reliant on money from China, Australian universities are exposed to geopolitical risk
Russia’s Rosneft—the world’s fifth largest oil and gas company—is likely to buy a 49% stake in India’s second largest private refiner for $1.6 billion. (June 2015)
China-Rosneft ties: a burgeoning but unstable dynamic
Servicemen of the People's Liberation Army of China during a military parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. / PLA
The PLA in transition: in pursuit of the ‘China Dream’
Tweeting from behind the Great Firewall / Cyber sovereignty
Cyber sovereignty: the Sino-Russian authoritarian model
U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to Camp Lemonnier walk on the deck of the Chinese hospital ship, Ark Peace, in the Port of Djibouti, August 28, 2017. Medical personnel from Camp Lemonnier visited the Ark Peace and received a tour from Chinese medical personnel to highlight the ship’s capabilities. / China Djibouti base
The PLAN in Djibouti: China’s Indian Ocean footprint
The summit participants approved the membership of India and Pakistan in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. / SCO
SCO membership: a Beijing-Moscow proxy power struggle
At the Gozhsky test ground during the final stage of the Zapad-2013 Russian-Belarusian strategic military exercises. / NATO Russia
Putin’s political narratives rejuvenated
The Tumen River, at the border between North Korea and China, and the bridge which crosses the Tumen River into North Korea. Picture taken from the Chinese side of the Tumen River at Tumen City; the city of Namyang, North Korea is across the river. / China North Korea
An unhappy marriage: China’s approach to North Korea
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Little green bytes and little green men: Russian hybrid warfare in the Baltics
The future of Russia-NATO confrontations in cyberspace