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Strategic Landpower And A Resurgent Russia: An Operational Approach To...
FOREWORD As noted in the U.S. Army Operating Concept,1 senior leaders and planners face a very complex, unpredictable world. Witness for example, Russia entering the fight against the Islamic State,...
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Moscow Cannot Afford a South Ossetian Strategy in Ukraine’s Donbas
Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 14 Issue: 94 By: Paul Goble July 18, 2017 08:12 PM Age: 2 days Vladimir Putin has slammed the brakes on a much-ballyhooed Duma proposal to offer Ukrainians in...
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38 governors sign cybersecurity compact
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe wants to run as the Democratic candidate for President in 2020 and is positioning himself to appear as a national player. This is, however, a good initiative and much...
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Event: Politics, Hacking, and the New Russia
You are cordially invited to a lecture on the topic of Politics, Hacking, and the New Russia with Jack Thomas Tomarchio Principal, Agoge Group, LLC Former Principal Deputy Under Secretary for...
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Event: Examining the Geopolitical Impact of the 4th Estate
Friday, July 21, 2017 9:30 am – 10:30 am CSIS Headquarters REGISTRATION ADD TO CALENDAR Email The email to associate with this registration. First name This field is required. Last name This field is...
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US Army Seeks Internet-of-Battlefield-Things, Distributed Bot Swarms
BY PATRICK TUCKER JULY 18, 2017 After nearly two decades of war against technologically unsophisticated foes, the Army Research Lab is reorienting to counter China and Russia. The Army Research Lab is...
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MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING? CYBER COMMAND AND THE NSA
Regardless of these crucial authorities and any new command arrangements, what will Cyber Command’s role be in protecting the country from threats like Russian information operations? Maybe it’s time...
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Kremlin TV: Singing from the same hymn sheet
July 19, 2017 – 21:37 Context By East Stratcom “The West is the cause of all problems in the world, whereas Russia is invariably the only source of positive hope”. This is the conclusion of a recent...
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Russian Capabilities in Electronic Warfare: Plans, Achievements and Expectations
Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 14 Issue: 95 By: Sergey Sukhankin July 19, 2017 05:25 PM Russia’s Radio-Electronic Technologies Group (KRET), part of the state-owned high-technology...
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Russia’s Evolving Grand Eurasia Strategy: Will It Work?
DMITRI TRENIN July 20, 2017 With a shift in strategy, 2014 was a pivotal year for Russia’s foreign policy. It was then that Moscow began moving away from its traditional focus on Europe and the...
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Chinese Military Diplomacy, 2003–2016: Trends and Implications
Executive Summary China is placing increasing emphasis on military diplomacy to advance its foreign policy objectives and shape its security environment. ■ Military diplomacy is part of broader Chinese...
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Russia’s Use of the “Energy Weapon” in Europe
Russia’s Use of the “Energy Weapon” in Europe Gabriel Collins, J.D., Baker Botts Fellow in Energy & Environmental Regulatory Affairs, Center for Energy Studies “Regardless of how the standoff over...
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A Guide to Russia’s Diplomatic Properties in Washington
BY EMILY TAMKIN, C.K. HICKEY JULY 20, 2017 – 9:18 AM It’s no secret that the Russian Embassy wants its diplomatic compounds back. In December 2016, in addition to expelling 35 Russian diplomats, the...
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U.S. general says allies worry Russian war game may be ‘Trojan horse’
Russia has already responded to this by trying to make fun of the General’s comments. Russia: Western worries about Moscow’s war games ‘buffoonery’ – Ifx The article is short: MOSCOW (Reuters) – U.S....
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Merle Maigre to Become Director of the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre...
As of 1 September 2017 Merle Maigre, currently the Security Policy Adviser to the President of Estonia, will assume the role of Director of the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence based...
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Will the Russians Hack Germany, Too?
Anna Sauerbrey JULY 21, 2017 BERLIN — There are only nine weeks to go until Germany elects a new Parliament on Sept. 24, and with it, the next chancellor. Right now our eyes are on Angela Merkel, the...
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Moldovan Parliament demands Russia withdraw troops
Another thorn in Russia’s side, Moldova. Russia has de facto occupied the area called Transnistria, officially the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, since 1992 and Moldova wants them gone. </end...
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What Russia Does Not Want You To See: Kremlin Tops List For Flagging Google...
BY DAMIEN SHARKOV ON 7/21/17 AT 8:52 AM Russian President Vladimir Putin is not a fan of the internet. Not long ago he described the worldwide web as a “CIA project” that Russia must be protected from....
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In Putin’s Russia, An ‘Adhocracy’ Marked By Ambiguity And Plausible Deniability
By LUCIAN KIM • JUL 21, 2017 When Donald Trump Jr. agreed to meet Natalia Veselnitskaya last summer, she was introduced to him as a “Russian government attorney” with dirt on Hillary Clinton. After it...
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Microsoft using lawsuits to thwart Putin’s hackers
BY JOE UCHILL – 07/21/17 01:01 PM EDT Microsoft lawyers have quietly been fighting back against the Russian hacking group that attacked the Democratic party last year, by taking it to court, according...
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