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A KAMAZ-5350 military truck at the Migalovo Air Force base in Tver Oblast
Artificial Intelligence in Russia Issue 8, August 14, 2020
A globe made of copper wire in front of a Russian company logo
Artificial Intelligence in Russia Issue 7, July 31, 2020
The Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Georgia (SSGN 729) prepares to moor outboard of the submarine tender USS Emory S. Land
Diego Garcia: US and Allied Basing Rights in the Era of Great Power Competition
Russian building during the daytime.
Artificial Intelligence in Russia Issue 6, July 17, 2020
Anthropomorphic robot holding firearm in left hand
Artificial Intelligence in Russia Issue 5, July 1, 2020
: Mikhail Klimentyev, “Russian President Vladimir Putin (C), Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (L) and Chief of the General Staff of Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov watch the Zapad-2017 war games, held by Russian and Belarussian servicemen, at a military training ground in the Leningrad region, Russia September 18, 2017,” Sputnik/Reuters, September 18, 2017, https://pictures.reuters.com/archive/RUSSIA-NATOWARGAMES-PUTIN-UP1ED9I10MXXP.html
Foundations of State Policy of the Russian Federation in the Area of Nuclear Deterrence
: “BLACK SEA (Aug. 16, 2019) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) transits the Black Sea en route to a scheduled port visit to Golcuk, Turkey, Aug. 16, 2019. Porter, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is on its seventh patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa.)” (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class T. Logan Keown/Released)
Great Power Competition: Assumptions Behind the Headlines
Maxim Shemetov, “9M723 missiles, part of Iskander-M missile complex, are seen during a demonstration at the International military-technical forum ARMY-2019 at Alabino range in Moscow Region,” Reuters, Jun. 25, 2019, https://pictures.reuters.com/archive/RUSSIA-DEFENCE--RC151FD79ED0.html; Alexander Natruskin, “A Russian soldier guides a huge nuclear SS-25 missile out of a hangar at a new strategic missile military base near a Russian city of Ioshkar-Ola April 18,” Reuters, Apr. 20, 1994, https://pictures.reuters.com/archive/RUSSIA-PBEAHUNGMDI.html.
Russian Strategy for Escalation Management
Sergei Karpukhin, “A Russian officer takes a picture of a TU-95 bomber, or Bear, at a military airbase in Engels some 900 km (559 miles) south of Moscow August 7, 2008. The Russian defence ministry invited journalists on a tour of the base that is home to a part of the country's wide range bomber fleet,” Reuters, August 7, 2008, https://pictures.reuters.com/archive/RUSSIA-BOMBERS--GM1E49P0UF001.html
Russian Strategy for Escalation Management
Naval convoy in cloudy background with map screened behind
Great Power Relations
collage of russian military parades
The Russian Army: Organization and Modernization
Russian soldiers looking at drone
Russian Military Expenditure in Comparative Perspective: A Purchasing Power Parity Estimate
Two U.S. Navy Lockheed US- 3A Vikings; A Royal Canadian Air Force C-17 Globemaster III and two C-130J Super Hercules aircraft; Guided-missile submarine USS Florida (SSGN 728); GREENLAND (2010) Military Sealift Command-chartered dry cargo ship MV American Tern
Basing Rights and Contested Sovereignty in Greenland and Diego Garcia: The Impact of Decolonization on US and Allied Access in the Era of Great Power Competition
Photo of a mobile phone with a Bitcoin Cash wallet, Bitcoin whitepaper by Satoshi Nakamoto and Bitcoin.com pen.
Cryptocurrency: A Primer for Policy-Makers
SOFWERX Hosts Cyber Capability Expo
Cryptocurrency: Implications for Special Operations Forces
“Tank driver, Lance Corporal Mudondo Zabina, tank commander, Corporal Kyomuhendo Ballet and tank gunner Lance Corporal Otuga Maureen of the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces on their tank.
“The Cheapest Insurance in the World”? The United States and Proxy Warfare
Liwa Fatemiyoun fighters during the Palmyra offensive (December 2016)
Iranian Action in Syria: Military Operations, Soft Power Influence, and Implications for the United States
October 4 – official day of the Russian Space Forces
Russian Military and Dual-Purpose Spacecraft: Latest Status and Operational Overview
Maduro and Putin shaking hands
Russian-Venezuelan Defense Cooperation
“Permanent group of the Russian Navy in the Mediterranean Sea provides air defense in Syria,”
Russia’s Black Sea Fleet: Toward a Multiregional Force
Special Forces candidates from the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School take a knee during the evaluation and final phase of field training known as Robin Sage held in central North Carolina, Dec. 18, 2018. Robin Sage has been the litmus test for Soldiers striving to earn the Green Beret for more than 40 years.
SOF and the Future of Global Competition
A Yemeni man with his head in his hands in front of rubble
Promoting Civilian Protection during Security Assistance: Learning from Yemen
three windows with a truck carrying a nuclear warhead seen through them
Nuclear Arms Control Without a Treaty? Risks and Options After New Start
A collage of naval items. Ships, soldiers, and a submarine.
The Russian Navy in the 21st Century: The Legacy and the New Path
Not Just Money: Constraints Facing the Russian Armed Forces
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