Conference — Developing a Baltic Intra-Regional Security Strategy: Deterrence, Economic Strength and Societal Resilience
Xinjiang’s Re-Education and Securitization Campaign: Evidence from Domestic Security Budgets
Caspian Flotilla Highlights Growing International Role of Russia’s Coastal Navy
Some Lessons From Germany’s Failed Proposal on the Azov Sea and Kerch Strait
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has offered a sanitized account of the failed “Normandy” meeting (Russia, Ukraine, Germany, France) that discussed the crisis in the Azov Sea and Kerch Strait. The meeting was held in Berlin... MORE
Russia Says No to OSCE Monitors in the Azov Sea and Kerch Strait
Russia has rejected the German government’s proposal to deploy monitors of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to the Azov Sea and Kerch Strait. The mission would have been tasked with monitoring... MORE
Moscow’s Dispatch of Bombers to Venezuela Highlights Dangers in New ‘Cold War’
Moscow’s dispatch of strategic bombers and heavy transport planes to Venezuela on December 10, and its subsequent promise to Washington to remove them only four days later (see below) highlights both what has and has... MORE
A Year of Mounting US-Russian Tensions, and More to Come in 2019
Russia’s relations with the West steadily worsened throughout 2018, and hopes that the presumed positive chemistry between United States President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, might help find some way to reverse... MORE
New Public Demarche by Lukashenka
Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka took part in the summit of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) in St. Petersburg, Russia, on December 6. During the televised segment of the meeting, Lukashenka launched into a diatribe against... MORE
Martial Law in Ukraine: A Rehearsal for War
In late evening, on November 26, the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) implemented Martial Law in selected regions of Ukraine that is to last until December 26 (Rada.gov, November 26). President Petro Poroshenko pushed the legislature... MORE
Flawed ‘Strategic Partnership’: Putin’s Optimism on China Faces Harsh Reality
During the annual VTB Capital Investment Forum “Russia Calling!” on November 28, President Vladimir Putin called the frictions between Beijing and Washington a “window of opportunity” for Russia to achieve a qualitatively new level of... MORE
French Air-Defense Missile Systems Instead of Russian Coastal Missiles for Azerbaijan
The Azerbaijani military portal Azerideffence.com recently published information about Baku acquiring French ASTER 30-SAMP/T and VL MICA air-defense missile systems. A representative of the company producing these missile systems—MBDA—confirmed the information (Azeridefense.com, December 1). Several... MORE
New Union State Military Doctrine Will Not Change Status Quo in Belarusian-Russian Military Alliance
Despite recent concerns from some security analysts that a new Military Doctrine of the Union State of Russia and Belarus will include provisions for the establishment of a Russian military base on Belarusian soil (see... MORE