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Russian Military Role in US-Russian Arms Control

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Russian nuclear policy and arms control decision-making is influenced by the General Staff’s Main Operational Directorate, military leaders, and bureaucrats.

Russian Military Role in US-Russian Arms Control The General Staff’s Throw-Weight: The Russian Military’s Role in and Views of US-Russian Arms Control Russian nuclear policy and arms control ... in international arms control negotiations? What do Russian military stakeholders identify as the most salient challenges in future arms control negotiations with the US? Findings Russia's nuclear policy ... of Foreign Affairs focuses on diplomatic strategy and leads a delegation to international negotiations. In turn, intelligence officials, industry leaders, other political leaders, and civilian experts

Russia and the Global Nuclear Order

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Russia’s commitment to the global nuclear order, including nonproliferation, has been questionable since the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine war.

. The paper highlights how Russia’s engagement in the global nuclear order reflects broader foreign policy themes of great power status, sovereignty, opposition to Western double standards, and selective

Russian-Chinese Military Cooperation

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China-Russia military cooperation grew 2014–2019 but then leveled off, despite political rhetoric. It is mostly one-sided, China consuming tech and expertise.

defense policy at the most advanced levels of cooperation. This methodology allows us to not only estimate the current level of overall military cooperation between Russia and China, but also to analyze ... security dialogue at the deputy foreign minister level. Since 2017, China and Russia have organized their military cooperation plans in five-year roadmaps, with the most recent such plan agreed

Russias Railway Troops

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Russia’s Railway Troops, made up of military engineers, have been vital to Russia in recent conflicts. They lay the groundwork for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

of passenger and freight traffic, the rail network has an important military role in its war and peacetime strategies. Russia’s railways are intrinsic to its foreign policy goals, particularly

PRC Economic Activity in the Arctic

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On March 14, 2022, CNA hosted a National Security Seminar on Arctic investment and economic activity by the People’s Republic of China (PRC).

and the potential for further investments in both natural resource extraction efforts and international trade flows through the region. Mr. Rosen and Ms. Holz discussed a recent CNA project on Arctic foreign ... military interests may factor in the medium to long term, for the time being, economic strategy remains the key driver of PRC Arctic policy. Julian G. Waller /reports/2022/03

Views of China Workshop

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On June 17 and 18, 2019, CNA held a two-day workshop entitled “Views of China’s Presence in the Indian Ocean Region.” This workshop aimed to assess the reaction to China’s economic and military activities of IOR stakeholders from a wide range of IO littoral countries, as well as external countries with stakes in the IOR. This paper synthesizes the insights gained from presentations, workshop discussion, and participant papers prepared for this workshop.

of the world, has further boosted China’s maritime presence. China’s commercial dominance in the IOR is also reinforced by its launch of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Xi Jinping’s foreign policy initiative

Report of Chinas Presence in the Indian Ocean

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On June 17 and 18, 2019, CNA held a two-day workshop entitled “Views of China’s Presence in the Indian Ocean Region.” This workshop aimed to assess the reaction to China’s economic and military activities of IOR stakeholders from a wide range of IO littoral countries, as well as external countries with stakes in the IOR. This paper synthesizes the insights gained from presentations, workshop discussion, and participant papers prepared for this workshop.

foreign policy initiative designed in part to construct infrastructure projects around the world. For US Navy (USN) planners, these developments raise serious concerns regarding the potential strategic

Proxy Warfare

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Proxy warfare—that is, conflict in which a “major power instigates or plays a major role in supporting and directing to a conflict but does only a small portion of the actual fighting itself”—is receiving new attention from policymakers, analysts, and practitioners. This study uses a series of four case studies on US involvement in proxy war (the “Secret War” in Laos, the Contras in Central America, the African Union Mission in Somalia, and the Syrian Defense Forces) to develop a set of key themes. These themes, in turn, form the basis of a set of rules of thumb to guide senior decisionmakers as they contemplate the future use of proxy forces. Finally, this report discusses implications for U.S. Special Operations Forces, which are likely to play an increasingly important role in supporting U.S. proxies.

—their relatively low cost, their disposability, and their deniability— suggests that their continued use will prove to be an attractive foreign policy option for the United States and its rivals

Impending Election Could Dramatically Shift Korean Relations

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South Korea's 2025 presidential election after President Yoon’s impeachment could greatly affect relations with the United States, Japan, China, and North Korea.

stances from the potential candidates and their parties makes it possible to estimate how South Korea’s future foreign policy objectives might shape those relations. The path to the impending ... Competition Since Yoon was elected in 2022, the ruling PPP has taken a firm stance against China and fully supported the US. This aligned with Yoon’s foreign policy goal of turning South Korea ... in the first impeachment motion that Yoon had a “strange Japan-centered foreign policy,” indicating that a DPK president is unlikely to emphasize trilateral cooperation. Unlike Yoon, who was selective

Why Are Special Operations Ever Conducted?

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Anyone who has watched popular films such as Zero Dark Thirty, 12 Strong, Lone Survivor, or Blackhawk Down has to wonder: why are special operations ever conducted in the first place?

form of popular support to maintain their positions of power, they are also inherently averse to taking risky actions. Thus, when considering solutions to various policy problems, they will seek and select options that present the lowest overall risk—both the risk of failure in resolving the policy problem and the risk of negative blowback. For problems that are inherently easy, policy-makers ... orthodox (standard) means, and because standard (orthodox) solutions engender the lowest risk of blowback. The figure below shows various types of operations according to the nature of the policy problem