Letter From the EditorsRussia in Crisis Mode: The ‘Presumption of Trust’ and the Quest for Geopolitical Standing FEATURED NEWS STORIES Duma Ends Session With Frenzy of Prohibitive Laws Russia Hosts BRICS, SCO Summits THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics One Hundred Years of SolitudeKozlov: Russian Security Council Preparing for Protracted Standoff With the West ‘Sad Clowns’: Kremlin […]
GEOPOLITICS AND SECURITY Informational and Psychological Capabilities in State Defense I. V. Puzenkin, V.V. Mikhailov Nonnuclear Deterrence in the Strategic Deterrence System V.I. Polegayev, VV. Alferov A Space Monitoring System as Part of Strategic Deterrence Yu.A. Vartanian, I.I. Oleinikov, D.Yu. Ubozhenko Russia’s Aerospace Security B.L. Zaretsky MILITARY THEORY AND PRACTICE A Methodological Approach to Assessing […]
The authors survey the results of nonnuclear threat assessment and show where nonnuclear deterrence stands in the strategic deterrence system, and also identify approaches to assessing the effectiveness of the nonnuclear deterrence subsystem. They offer comments on key terms and concepts used in the nonnuclear deterrence context, and draw conclusions for our time.
Letter From the EditorsSpeaker Naryshkin plays Nostradamus; the PGO travels back in time – and finds the Crimea FEATURED NEWS STORIES Kiev, Separatists Exchange Ultimatums Russian Prosecutors Revisit Soviet-Era Decisions THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics ‘We Are Not the Mafia – We Are a Junta.’New Times: Putin Hardliners Seeking to Secure Power After Crimea Venture Split […]
Letter From the EditorsTo Fear or Not to Fear, That Is the Question. FEATURED NEWS STORIES Can New Faces Help Settle Ukraine Conflict? Has Russia’s Warlike Talk Gone ‘Off the Scale’? Are Russia’s China Fears Unfounded? THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION State and Law Russian Agency Investigated After Calling Crimea an ‘Occupied Territory.’ Russian NGO Under Fire […]
Letter From the EditorsDemocracy May Be the Worst Form of Government – But What’s the Worst Form of Democracy? FEATURED NEWS STORIES Ukraine Reform Stalls Is Kremlin Setting Up Early Presidential Race? How Carefully Do You Read the CDRP? THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics Inconvenient Truth Lies Behind Putin’s War TalkSukhov: Putin’s Promise of 40 More […]
Letter From the EditorsPutin Courts the European Media; Poroshenko Survives First Year in Office; and Igor Strelkov Prepares for His Close-Up FEATURED NEWS STORIES Ukrainian Settlement Process Comes Undone Can Russia Save Face in Ukraine Crisis? THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics Hearing the Donetsk Basin: Who Will Be the Deputy from Novorossia in the Next State […]
Letter From the EditorsWhen Is a Russian Soldier Not a Russian Soldier? FEATURED NEWS STORIES Heavy Fighting Breaks Out Near Donetsk Russian Blacklist of EU Officials Made Public THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION The Economy Kudrin’s ProgramAleksei Kudrin Criticizes Government for Failing to Implement Reforms, Offers Economic Growth Plan Military Affairs Russia’s Mistral Deal Was Sunk from […]
Letter From the EditorsWhen Is a Russian Soldier Not a Russian Soldier? FEATURED NEWS STORIES Are Renewed Hostilities Inevitable in Donetsk Basin? Captured Russian Soldiers to Stand Trial How Carefully Do You Read the CDRP? THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION State and Law Why Was Decree on State Secrets Rewritten?Changes to Law on State Secrets Makes Information […]
Letter From the EditorsTruth Is Stranger Than Fiction: Ukraine Finds Its Propaganda Trump Card, the Russian Elite Find Themselves in a Quandary FEATURED NEWS STORIES Kiev Ups Diplomatic Ante with Prisoners, Missiles EU and Russia: Partners or Competitors? THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics Divide and RuleGuriyev: As Economy Deteriorates, Elite Must Decide Whether to Remain Loyal […]