Maxim Starchak

Maxim Starchak is a Fellow at the Centre for International and Defence Policy of Queen’s University (Canada).

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Russia Reconsiders Its Air Defense Strategy

02.07.2023 Maxim Starchak

Throughout January 2023, Russian Telegram channels worried Muscovites with footage of the placement of air defense systems on the rooftops of official government buildings in...

Publication Eurasia Daily Monitor Russia

The Results of Russia’s 2022 Nuclear Modernization

01.11.2023 Maxim Starchak

As its war against Ukraine drags on, Russia continues to press ahead with its nuclear modernization program. In 2022, Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) were...

Publication Eurasia Daily Monitor Europe

Russian Airborne Troops Again Required to Be Ready for WMD

05.09.2022 Maxim Starchak

The Russian Armed Forces are apparently readying for the potential use of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). In April, a large number of vacancies for...

Publication Eurasia Daily Monitor Europe

Russian Strategy and Strategic Capabilities in the War With Ukraine

02.28.2022 Maxim Starchak

Russia’s war in Ukraine—or as President Vladimir Putin has termed it, “special military operation” (Kremlin.ru, February 24)—not only spotlights the relative strengths and weaknesses of...

Publication Eurasia Daily Monitor Belarus