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“Su-35,” Sukhoi fighter jet
Artificial Intelligence in Russia Issue 9, August 28, 2020
A KAMAZ-5350 military truck at the Migalovo Air Force base in Tver Oblast
Artificial Intelligence in Russia Issue 8, August 14, 2020
USSR Flag with pen instead of hammer
China’s Improving Foreign-Directed Media
A globe made of copper wire in front of a Russian company logo
Artificial Intelligence in Russia Issue 7, July 31, 2020
Russian building during the daytime.
Artificial Intelligence in Russia Issue 6, July 17, 2020
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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
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How China Legally Accesses Foreign Technologies to Build Military Capabilities
: “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
: 180817-N-LI768-1091 PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 17, 2018) The Arleigh Burke-class guidedmissile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) launches a Tomahawk cruise missile while underway in the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Devin M. Langer)
Maritime Security and Great Power Competition: Maintaining the US-led International Order
 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
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Views of China’s Presence in the Indian Ocean Region
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Views of China’s Presence in the Indian Ocean Region
Globe collage of China media outlets with China flag background and remote in foreground
China's Playbook
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Great Power Relations
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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
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
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