The Role of Private Military Companies in Russian National Security Strategy
The author is one of the foremost experts on Russia, Dr. Stephen Blank. </end editorial> 08/03/2018 By Stephen Blank Not a day passes without a fresh revelation of Russian probes against the West...
View ArticleSalisbury CW Attack / Syria / Iran / Russia Ad Hoc Update (116)
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Murder of Russian journalists snowballing in media – CNC report suggests killers were, surprise, surprise, Russian...
View ArticleKremlin Playbook Spotlight: Moldova
Thank you to CSIS for this wonderful little article. I apologize for not picking this up before. Thank you to David Hunt for the reminder. </end editorial> WRITTEN BY Heather A. Conley Senior...
View ArticleEx-CIA chief criticizes Russia policy: ‘Never in my lifetime’ seen such a...
There is one person responsible for synchronizing the national message, the job is usually delegated to the Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications. We have had none since Monica...
View ArticleUS State Dept. Convoked Russia’s Charge d’Affaires Over Moscow Alleged Meddling
con·voke kənˈvōk/ verb formal past tense: convoked; past participle: convoked 1. call together or summon (an assembly or meeting). The minister-counselor of the Russian Embassy in Washington was called...
View ArticleThe Future Of Information Warfare Is Here — And The Russians Are Already...
This is highly unethical by US standards, but hey, since when has Russia done anything ethical? </end editorial> By TOM RICKS on July 31, 2018 So reports Army Col. Liam Collins in the August...
View ArticleFacebook Is Being Used By Russian Trolls, Again
I’ve been seeing a lot of very incendiary posts on Facebook. These posts are being reposted by friends of mine, both conservative, liberal, and foreign. Today a friend reposted something from Rita...
View ArticleSalisbury CW Attack / Syria / Iran / Russia Ad Hoc Update (117)
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> More over-indulgence in Dugin’s “Russian truth”, while Russian govt bonds crash as a result of the draft Senate sanctions...
View ArticleUS senator’s ‘controversial’ Russia talks
This BBC article is accompanied by a video, which should be a must-view. The report accurately depicts all the seemingly disparate efforts by various parties to deal with Russia. In Senator Rand...
View ArticleNew Russian Fake News Site KhushSpot
Today a friend posted an article from KhushSpot.com. The article was titled “Putin’s American Agents of influence influential in All Major Political Parties”. It named names, identified people...
View ArticleArmy Boosts Electronic Warfare Numbers, Training, Role
By SYDNEY J. FREEDBERG JR. on August 07, 2018 at 4:00 AM https://breakingdefense.com/2018/08/army-boosts-electronic-warfare-numbers-training-role AUSA: The Army is giving its electronic warfare force...
View ArticleAn Imaginary Arsenal: 10 Pieces of Russian Vaporware That Never Came To Be
Russian claims of advanced weaponry are often exaggerated, wild, and not believable. Here are examples of ten technologies that never developed. </end editorial>...
View ArticleWhat Russian Trolls Are Tweeting About
Russian trolls were equal opportunity in their efforts in 2016, continuing through today, with no signs of slowing down. Russia continues to attack the US and the West, without consequence, without...
View ArticleSalisbury CW Attack / Syria / Iran / Russia Ad Hoc Update (118)
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Russia threatens Georgia over NATO entry on the 10th anniversary of the invasion and ethnic cleansing of Georgian...
View ArticleVladimir Putin’s lying game
Interesting article. Putin was professionally trained to lie, to maintain a cover story, to deceive. Putin has lied for a living for decades. If he told a convincing story to President Trump, it...
View ArticleAWKWARD! Russian defense ministry’s official Instagram account accidentally...
Just to be clear, the picture to the right with the woman holding the weapon is not the picture in question. Some believe the woman in the picture, holding the weapon, Russian Defense Ministry...
View ArticleAI Weapons Are Here to Stay
Artificial Intelligence is the key to future warfare. We already know potential adversaries want to swarm our defenses at every level of warfare, in every domain, using every element of national power....
View ArticleDisinformation Analysis on the Western Balkans: Lack of Sources Indicates...
Citing actual sources gives credibility to reporting. A name, a report, a study, an organization, a spokesperson speaking on the record. All are good sources. Anonymous sources are good occasionally,...
View ArticleWhite House drafting sanctions order to punish foreign interference in U.S....
It appears the White House is sending a message to Russia as well as to Congress. Will the new sanctions be enough? Will Russia stop attacking the US and the West? I doubt it. No matter how severe...
View ArticleThe Russia-Georgia War: Not Frozen and Not Forgotten
All my friends and acquaintances from Georgia were angered and distraught over the tenth anniversary of the Russian occupation of South Ossetia. The date 08.08.08 is an especially powerful reminder to...
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