Posts tagged Russia

By Hans Tino Hansen, CEO of Risk Intelligence1   – A view from the Nordic side of the current Ukraine crisis and its implications How  …

Source: NBCnews / Courtney Kube –  U.S. intel: Nine probable Russian routes into Ukraine in full-scale invasion The two most extensive invasion scenarios would involve …

News Abstract – A Selection By Franck Rossi – “A recent report concludes that despite its massive deployment and threatening rhetoric, Russia is not planning …

(Source : Reuters – Robin Emmott) – NATO agrees master plan to deter growing Russian threat NATO defence ministers agreed a new master plan on …

(Source: Deutsche Welle) – Russia warns West against sending troops to back Ukraine Russia on Friday warned NATO against sending troops to eastern Ukraine after …

(Source: Center for International Maritime Security – Colin Barnard*) – IMPROVE U.S. MARITIME POSTURE IN EUROPE THROUGH STRATEGIC REALIGNMENT In July 2020, senior U.S. military …

(Source: Foreign Affairs – Thomas de Waal) – No Compromise in Sight for Armenia and Azerbaijan A Century-Long Search for an Impossible Victory in Nagorno-Karabakh …

(Source: Warontherocks.com – Tom Greenwood and Owen Danielsmay) – The Pentagon should train For – And Not Just Talk About – Great-Power Competition The Pentagon …

(Source : Federation of the American Scientists – By William M. Arkin and Hans M. Kristensen) – US Deploys New Low-Yield Nuclear Submarine Warhead The …

(Source : Military.com – Richard Sisk) – Russia Has Stopped Buzzing US Ships and Aircraft in Europe, General Says Russia has not harassed U.S. ships …

(Source: Army Récognition) – Russian unmanned aerial vehicle UAV battalion to be deployed in Tajikistan The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) battalion will appear in the 201st Russian …

(Source: BBC ) Russia fires warning shot at Turkish fishing boat in Aegean Russia says one of its warships fired warning shots at a Turkish …

(Source: Al Defaiya) Russia to Deploy S-400 Missile System to Syria Russia said it will deploy S-400 long-range air defense missiles (photo) to its base …

On September 30th, 2015, a change of command ceremony took place in Norfolk, Virginia, during which NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg presided over the official …

Russia Lifts Ban On S-330 Missiles – President Vladimir Putin Monday lifted a ban on supplying Iran with sophisticated S-300 air defense missile systems after …

By Vitaliy N. Katsenelson My father, Naum Katsenelson, painted this watercolor, “Dolls Become Humans,” two years after we came to the United States in 1993. This …

by Richard Weitz, Hudson Institute On March 10, Russia ended its participation in the Joint Consultative Group of the Treaty of Conventional Armed Forces in …

Russia is very likely to start construction on the world’s third nuclear-powered destroyer with the assistance of China, according to the Sputnik News based in Moscow.

(news.err.ee, 1/13/2015) NATO Europe Commander pledges more military exercises in the Baltic Region US General Philp Breedlove, head of the US Europe Command and the Supreme …

Photo credit © NATO The new Norwegian Sec Gen of NATO has wasted little time in putting a face on the defense of NATO. He …

Crédits photos © US Air Force By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake As the crises in Europe and the Middle East heat up, the debate …

The Russian seizure of Crimea, and its nearby gas and oil fields, shocked Western Europe and the US. Subsequent ongoing violent political upheaval in Eastern Ukraine with parallel threat of Russian military intervention dramatically heightened attention of many governments.

On June 3 Moscow announced that it was lifting its earlier embargo on arms sales to Pakistan and negotiating with Islamabad to supply the Pakistanis with Mi-35 Hind attack helicopters

Russia and China conducted a major bilateral naval exercise last month.

China’s ravenous demand for energy and Russia’s huge supply of nearby oil and gas are clearly complementary, but until very recently large Sino-Russian energy agreements proved elusive.

Photo credit © RIA Novosti  According to an innovative Latvian assessment, the Russians are inventing a 21 Century approach to military power. It is neither …

Russia’s strategy is becoming clearer by the day. The natural gas deal with China enhances Russia’s position in the east. China provides a guaranteed long-term market for Siberia’s vast reserves of natural gas.

The Latest Piece in Putin’s Strategy : The Chinese Pipeline Deal

Photo credit © Norwegian minesweeper / Kiel / 22 April 2014 (AP) The Russians have been map-making in Crimea.  With the Ukraine in play, close …