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Julian Waller

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Julian Waller is a CNA expert in the politics of authoritarian regimes in post-Soviet Eurasia, with a focus on Russian and Ukrainian domestic political institutions.

Waller-Julian Julian Waller is a CNA expert in the politics of authoritarian regimes in post-Soviet Eurasia, with a focus on Russian and Ukrainian domestic political institutions. /images/Experts/Waller-Julian.jpg Julian G. Waller is an expert in the politics of authoritarian regimes in post-Soviet Eurasia and Europe, with a focus on Russian and Ukrainian domestic political institutions ... affairs from George Washington University. He speaks Russian. Julian Waller Associate Research Analyst Featured Squares white Explore more

Q&A With CNA: Russia's Troop Build-up on Ukraine's Border

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Julian Waller answers questions about Russia’s military buildup on Ukraine’s border amid Russian intervention in Kazakhstan and the approaching spring.

Russia Troop Build Up Ukraine Border Julian Waller answers questions about Russia’s military buildup on Ukraine’s border amid Russian intervention in Kazakhstan and the approaching spring. /images/InDepth/Post107.jpg Q&A With CNA: Russia's Troop Build-up on Ukraine's Border 107 Julian G. Waller Julian G. Waller is an Associate Research Analyst with CNA's Russia Studies Program. Is there any indication that the protests in Kazakhstan and the deployment of Russian troops in response will have any effect on President Putin's plans regarding Ukraine? No. The extraordinary introduction

Beyond Pessimism: Three Paths to Progress in U.S.-Russia Relations

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Julian Waller examines how President Biden and President Putin can further U.S.-Russia relations at their upcoming summit, in the shadow of Ukraine.

Beyond Pessimism: Three Paths to Progress in U.S.-Russia Relations Julian Waller examines how President Biden and President Putin can further U.S.-Russia relations at their upcoming summit, in the shadow of Ukraine. /images/InDepth/Post106.jpg Beyond Pessimism: Three Paths to Progress in U.S.-Russia Relations 106 Julian G. Waller Julian G. Waller is an Associate Research Analyst with CNA’s Russia Studies Program. As geopolitical tensions in Eurasia remain high and the possibility for military action grows increasingly plausible, a set of diplomatic talks are underway this week, scheduled

Russian Military Logistics in the Ukraine War

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Analysis of Russian military logistics (reformed in 2010) in the Russia-Ukraine war, finds despite setbacks, Russian logistics have been generally successful.

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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).

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

Russian Perspectives on Western Military Activities Oct 11

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NATO’s relations with Russia were a dominant topic of discussion in Russian media during the reporting period.

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Russian Perspectives on Western Military Activities Oct 1

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An in-depth analysis of the AUKUS alliance, published in Nezavisimoe Voennoe Obozrenie, argues that the alliance is part of an ongoing US strategy.

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Russian Military Strategy Core Tenets and Concepts

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Exploring the core tenets of Russian military strategy and associated operational concepts, situating its role within the Russian system of knowledge on military security.

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Russian Approaches to Competition

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Russian strategy is best characterized as offensive, seeking to revise the status quo, resulting in an activist foreign policy. The strategy does not eschew selective engagement in areas of mutual interest, but it is not premised on accommodation, concessions, or acceptance of the current balance of power. Instead, it emphasizes building the military means necessary for direct competition, and using them to enable indirect approaches for pursuing state objectives. Direct means range from conventional and nuclear force modernization, expansion of force structure in the European theater, exercises, brinksmanship, and use of force to attain vital interests. They deter US responses, threaten escalation, and create freedom of maneuver for Russian foreign policy. These are principally ways of compressing the opponent, and focusing on the main theater in the competition, which for Moscow is Europe. Indirect means in turn include military deployments abroad to peripheral theaters, covert action, use of proxies and mercenary groups, political warfare and information confrontation. These instruments are interrelated, with direct approaches, tied closely to military capability or classical forms of deterrence, enabling the indirect approach, which is the principal way by which Moscow pursues political aims. The logic of Russian strategy is that absent the ability to generate strong economic or technological means, Moscow is best served with approaches that reduce US performance by disorganizing its opponent's efforts, reducing cohesion, and employing asymmetric means in the competition.

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Preparing for Tomorrows Threats Overcoming Obstacles

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Preparing for future threats is a vital concern for US strategists. Innovation is one way to confront the threats we may face in the future, but achieving innovation presents organizational, cultural, decisionmaking, and technological challenges. To help strategists and policy-makers navigate these obstacles, CNA’s National Security Seminar (NSS) convened three experts to share their perspectives from their service at different offices within the Pentagon: General James T. Conway (US Marine Corps, ret.), the 34th Commandant of the Marine Corps; Dr. Jamie M. Morin, former Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE) at the Department of Defense; and Dr. Francis G. Hoffman, Distinguished Research Fellow at National Defense University, who was instrumental in authoring the 2018 National Defense Strategy (NDS). The discussion, moderated by CNA’s Dr. Carter Malkasian, was divided into two parts: the first identified obstacles to innovation, and the second looked at how to overcome those obstacles. The event was recorded and is available online.

problem, such that programmatic appropriations often fall victim to iterated distrust and conflicting ways of thinking about strategic goals. Rapporteur: Julian Waller /reports/2021/10