The Bear in the Mountains: Russia’s Balkan Exercise
2 November 2016 – London, UK by Chris Murray On 31 October, the Associated Press reported that Russia will be conducting joint exercises in Serbia with local Serbian and Belarusian…
Facing West: Russian Forces Facing NATO in the Baltics PART I: Russian Ground/Land Forces
31 August 2016 – Ottawa, CA by Rob O’Gorman, CD As mentioned in an earlier article, the Russian forces facing the Baltic States (incl those NATO forces deployed) are considerable.…
The UK can’t stay ‘mum’ over Russian bombing of Special Forces base in Syria
Russia’s recent bombing of a Syrian base used by UK and US Special Forces exposes the flaws with the UK’s blanket “no comment” approach. 3 August 2016 – London, UK…
Meanwhile in the Caucasus: Russian Troubles Continue
4 April 2016, Kingston, CA by Chris Murray General Philip Breedlove, commander of U.S. European Command, was in Georgia 22-23 March. While in Tbilisi Breedlove pushed hard on Georgia’s future…
Book Watch: Inferno in Chechnya: The Russian-Chechen Wars, the Al Qaeda Myth, and the Boston Marathon Bombings
Review by Chris Murray 2 December 2015, Kingston, CA Inferno in Chechnya: The Russian-Chechen Wars, the Al Qaeda Myth, and the Boston Marathon Bombings By Brian Glyn Williams; ForeEdge –…
Recap – In the shadow of Paris: our next step will define a generation
17 November 2015 – York, UK by David Heaton, DefRep Guest Writer Paris was attacked in one of the most devastating terror attacks Western Europe has seen, and indeed the…
Wires Brief: Pakistan has low-yield nuclear weapons, Canada to call back CF-18s, Russia expands military bases in Arctic
22 October 2015 – Vancouver, CA United Kingdom British industry is now warning that the country’s national security will be at risk if there are any delays to replacing the…
Book Watch: Frontline Ukraine: Crisis in the Borderlands
Review by Chris Murray Kingston, CA Frontline Ukraine: Crisis in the Borderlands By Richard Sakwa; I.B. Tauris, 2015. GBP 18.99 ISBN-10: 1784530646 ISBN-13: 978 1 78453 064 8 The ‘Ukrainian…
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…