Opinion: Russian Show of Surface Force in Asia is Mostly Fizzle
In the lead-up to the recently concluded G-20 summit in Brisbane, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot had a lot of…
Russian Nuclear Treaty Violation: The Basics
The Obama administration, in a step widely seen as an attempt to put further diplomatic and political pressure on Russia,…
Opinion: Russia’s Moment in the Sun Over Syria is No Triumph
The past several weeks have been surreal for Russia-watchers as the benighted country they follow has enjoyed more media exposure…
Russian Ships off Syria Will Likely Do Little
On Friday a group of Russian warships passed from the Black Sea through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles. The group included…
Russians on Syria: Not Even the Liberals Want To Intervene
Even after shocking details emerged about Bashar al-Assad’s likely use of chemical weapons against his opponents in Syria, public opinion…
Joint China-Russia Exercise More Political Than Military
China and Russia made headlines this past weekend when they participated in the rather blandly titled Joint Sea 2013. Despite…
Opinion: Russians Fumble Mistral Construction
One of the most significant decisions of Russia’s now-disgraced and soon-to-be-indicted former minister of defense Anatoly Serdyukov was the decision…
Russian Ships To Syria Don’t Mean Much
Early in the summer of 2012, a number of international observers got very worked up about Russia’s plan to dispatch…
What Russia’s New Sub Means
The Yuri Dolgoruky, Russia’s newest ballistic-missile submarine, officially entered service in the Northern Fleet on 17 January, completing a long…
Russia Delays Indian Carrier Again
The Russian navy was in parlous straits during the 1990s and the early 2000s. Suffering a series of spectacular disasters…