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…
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…