Putin’s political tactics at home and abroad
16 January 2018 – San Francisco, US by Kseniya Kirillova Instead of showing positive economic indicators, the Russian economy at the end of the last year and the beginning of…
Trump’s Great Afghan Game May Prove to be a Great Blunder
8 January 2018 – Vancouver, CA by Stewart Webb If one takes a look at the National Security Strategy set out by the Trump administration, you will find a subtlety…
American experts fear nuclear threat from Crimea
11 December 2017 – Washington, DC, USA by Kseniya Kirillova One of the elements of the Russian “hybrid war” is a possible nuclear threat emanating from the occupied Crimea. This…
Lemons may fly: Canada pondering the purchase of used F/A-18s
8 December 2017 -Vancouver, CA by Stewart Webb Up until recently, it seemed that the Canadian government would purchase 18 new F/A-18 Super Hornets from the US as the US…
The Unspoken Capability Gap in Canada’s Mechanized Units
6 December 2017 – Ottawa, CA by Rob O’Gorman, CD Canada’s New “Iron Fist” – The CV9035? With the demise of Canada’s Close Combat Vehicle (CCV) competition and the adoption…
Canada’s National Shipbuilding Strategy Heading for the Rocks & What Should Be Done
4 December 2017 – Vancouver, CA by Stewart Webb Canada’s most ambitious procurement plan, since shortly after the Second World War, is in peril like so many other procurement projects…
Are there sufficient mechanisms to protect UK special forces?
30 November 2017 – London, UK by Abigail Watson, Remote Control Project Recent reports suggest that UK special forces could have been left “understaffed” for years, and efforts to rectify…
What’s next after Mueller’s first arrests?
This article is the English-translation of Kseniya Kirillova’s article which first appeared on Radio Svoboda (RFE/RL) on 1 November 2017. On Monday, former adviser to the US President Donald Trump…
The Kremlin’s Bulgarian Game
30 October 2017 – San Francisco, US by Kseniya Kirillova In early October, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, during an official visit to Warsaw called for the lifting of sanctions against…
The Balkan Echo of Russian Military Exercises
25 September 2017 – San Francisco, USA by Kseniya Kirillova On September 20, the joint Russian-Belorussian military exercises “West-2017” came to an end. Even before they started, experts talked about…