Russia
New Russian Strategic Level Commanders: Makarov's Successor in the Making?
New Russian Strategic Level Commanders: Makarov's Successor in the Making?
On July 22, Russian Defense Minister, Anatoliy Serdyukov, signed an order appointing acting commanders in the new operational-strategic commands (OSK's). Serdyukov's Press Secretary, Lieutenant-Colonel Irina Kovalchuk, told Interfax that Colonel-General…
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Hybrid Arms Control Treaty Could be the Ticket
Hybrid Arms Control Treaty Could be the Ticket
Does the newly negotiated START Treaty between the United States and Russia compromise American security and/or the security of its allies? The answer is not simple for either side in…
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Baltic MEPs: The US non-recognition policy was our only source of hope
Baltic MEPs: The US non-recognition policy was our only source of hope
At the intiative of the Estonian, Latvian and Lithanian delegations in the EPP group, 20 Baltic MEPs from five political groups signed a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,…
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Reflections on Vostok 2010: Selling an Image
Reflections on Vostok 2010: Selling an Image
Jacob Kipp recently analyzed the political-military context of Vostok 2010 and drew attention to an increased threat perception in the Russian Far East relating to China. Kipp also referred to…
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"Virtual" Defense of the Russian Far East: Vostok 2010
"Virtual" Defense of the Russian Far East: Vostok 2010
The biennial Vostok (East) 2010 operational-strategic exercise in the Siberian and Far East Russian military districts (MD's), June 28 to July 8, was hailed by the top brass as the…
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A new military alliance at the Black Sea?
A new military alliance at the Black Sea?
At the end of June this year, numerous media presented information on the likelihood that a new military alliance appears at the Black Sea, by means of a military treaty…
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Makarov Announces "New Look" Operational-Strategic Commands
Makarov Announces "New Look" Operational-Strategic Commands
The momentum of change denoting Russian military reform continues to attract widespread attention among both the critics and advocates of the "new look," while leaving deeper issues unresolved. By December…
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Russian Military Prepares for Vostok 2010
Russian Military Prepares for Vostok 2010
Preparations are intensifying ahead of the Russian operational-strategic military exercise, Vostok 2010, scheduled for June 29 to July 8 in the Siberian and Far East military districts involving more than…
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