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National Security 09 March, 2009 Dmitry Medvedev was elected president of the Russian Federation a year ago. How has he fared and in what direction(s) is he going? The short answers are: he is doing relatively well under the circumstances and he will continue to leave his own mark through time.
National Security 13 February, 2009 The controversial reform of the Russian armed forces announced by the defence minister last October faces a major change of schedule. The ministry lacks funding for the planned rapid military transformation.
National Security 07 January, 2009 Russia has had a difficult year, during which its model of development and international strategy has been challenged internally and externally.
National Security 23 December, 2008 General Staff Discovers New American Bases Speaking at the Academy of Military Sciences yesterday, Chief of the General Staff Nikolai Makarov said that rearmament was necessary; after all, the USA was continuing to surround Russia with military bases. He even warned that US bases might be deployed in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
National Security 13 November, 2008 On November 5 two important events happened almost simultaneously – Barack Obama became US president-elect and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev addressed his country’s Federal Assembly for the first time. Obama stated that he would pursue a foreign policy that respected America’s partners.
National Security 19 September, 2008 Thoughts on the Beginning and End of Georgia's Non-Triumphant War Against Russia War is terrible, but it instantly clears up many things. In particular, war composes lists of enemies and friends. The war that was started by Saakashvili and Georgia compiled a list of Russia's actual enemies.
National Security 08 September, 2008 Georgian Tanks Vs. Ossetian Teenagers When Georgian forces moved into the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali on Aug. 7, they underestimated the Ossetians' determination to resist them. Young men opened fire with Kalashnikovs and teenagers hurled petrol bombs at tanks. Now the local Russian-sponsored regime is triumphant.
National Security 19 August, 2008 How Georgia Prepared for War, and Who Helped It The Georgian army is one of the best-trained in the post-Soviet area. Mainly at [Georgia’s] Western friends' expense.
National Security 11 August, 2008 U.S. – Russia: Heading for Confrontation? President Dmitry Medvedev's plan o redesign Europe's security system with Russia as an equal partner of the U.S., followed by his foreign ministry's tough statements aimed at America and intended for McCain and Obama's consumption, show that the new Kremlin administration is serious about becoming a global player in the international geopolitical game
National Security 28 July, 2008 The Caucasus Republic of Georgia, as nations go, is not apparently a major global player. Yet Washington has invested huge sums and organized to put its own despot, Mikhail Saakashvili, in the presidency in order to close a nuclear North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) iron ring around Russia.
National Security 26 June, 2008 The Putin-Medvedev tandem is a bad idea Summary: Although the creation of the Putin-Medvedev tandem has been welcomed by the markets as the guarantee of stability and continuity, Putin has arguably committed a strategic error.
National Security 23 April, 2008 The Genie out of the Test Tube In 1763, Colonel Bouquet, commandant of Fort Pitt, handed the local Indians, seemingly as a token of good feelings for their chiefs, blankets from the hospital for smallpox patients… |
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