Military/Security

Military/Security

30
Oct
The “Digital War”

The “Digital War”

According to Ruslan Pukhov and General Iurii Baluevskii, the war in Ukraine marks the advent of the “digital war,” in
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21
Oct
A Strategy of Attrition

A Strategy of Attrition

According to Sergei Poletaev, Russia has substantial fiscal room and low public debt, enabling it to sustain the war effort
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17
Oct
A Mobilization That Doesn’t Speak Its Name?

A Mobilization That Doesn’t Speak Its Name?

[Editor’s note: Context — A draft amendment could allow Russia to call up its reservists (around 2 million men) and
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12
Oct
Accepting Ukraine’s Accession to NATO

Accepting Ukraine’s Accession to NATO

[Editor’s note: The prominence of such an analysis may seem surprising in a journal whose editor-in-chief is Fyodor Lukyanov
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09
Oct
Potential Targets of Russian Nuclear Strikes

Potential Targets of Russian Nuclear Strikes

[Editor’s note: Context — In early October, Donald Trump mentioned the possibility of selling Tomahawk missiles to European countries. This
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09
Oct
Medium-Range Missiles in Siberia?

Medium-Range Missiles in Siberia?

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06
Oct
Saving the Nuclear Arms Control Regime

Saving the Nuclear Arms Control Regime

According to Alexei Arbatov, Director of the IMEMO Center for Security Studies, the New START Treaty appears unlikely to be
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06
Oct
Ukraine: Russian Air Superiority and the Risk of Escalation

Ukraine: Russian Air Superiority and the Risk of Escalation

Vassili Kashin believes that the dynamics on the Ukrainian front are favorable to Russia: the country’s industrial and technological
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