The Russians are Coming: Moscow’s Caucasus Expansion
24 November 2015, Kingston, CA by Chris Murray In the wake of the Paris attacks there has been tremendous scrutiny directed towards how these events will alter the course of…
Can Putin’s Russia Really Become a Global Security Actor?
2 October 2015 – Trento, IT by Scott Nicholas Romaniuk Russian President Vladimir Putin has been setting in motion a number of instruments in the past several years to realign…
Frontline News: Another month, another submarine incursion
29 July 2015 – Espoo, Finland by Timo Mustonen Another month, another submarine. The headlines seem to put a lot of Russian activity to Swedish coastline. This time they are…
Weekly Recap: Having no Russia might be more dangerous
26 Jul 2015, Kingston, CA by Chris Murray Since the startling events in Crimea early in 2014 Russia has been front and centre in Western discourse. A tremendous effort has…
DefRep Analysis: Is the Cold War policy of Containment returning?
13 July 2015 – Trento, Italy by Scott Nicholas Romaniuk “Containment” has once again become part of the geopolitical parlance of today. The striking use of this term is increasingly…
DefRep Analysis: Putin learns the adage “the enemy of my enemy is my friend”
12 July 2015 – Kingston, CA by Chris Murray This past week the New York Times reported that there are now Chechen Fighters in Ukraine working to support the Ukrainian government in…
DefRep Analysis: Russia looks to improve soft security underbelly that is Central Asia
19 January 2015 – Kingston, CA by Chris Murray On 24 November 2014 a new Abkhaz-Russian treaty was signed with little mainstream media attention in the West. The ‘Alliance and…
Russia’s next generation stealth UCAVs loom large
Ottawa, CA – 21 October 2013 by Stewart Webb Russia has embarked on an ambitious military modernisation programme with a quarter of its defence budget being allocated to this Herculean…
“Red October” virus programmers mining state secrets for highest bidder
London, UK – 9 February 2013 By Mark Collinson Updated – 25 February 2013 Meagre pay for Russian and Chinese programmers linked to Red October malware attack Economic hardship is the…
Russia’s homegrown North Caucasus insurgency pushes for Islamist state
London, UK – 20 September 2012 By Marion Ghibaudo Salafist Islamic insurgency in North Caucasus goes on offensive A volatile form of salafist Islamic extremism has been identified…