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Russia’s Strategic Calculus: Threat Perceptions and Military Doctrine

(PONARS Policy Memo) Russian foreign policy is driven by the political elites’ search for a new basis for national self-esteem after the collapse of the Soviet Union disrupted old Soviet…

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Here’s how Trump’s election will affect U.S.-Russian relations

(Monkey Cage/WP) Contributors: Yoshiko Herrera, Andrew Kydd, Dmitry Gorenburg, Michael Kofman, Andrew Barnes, Mariya Omelicheva, Eric McGlinchey, and Marlene Laruelle. Over the course of the recent U.S. presidential campaign, Donald…

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Russia-India arms deal

(RMR) Russia and India signed a major arms deal on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Goa this past weekend. The deal included four major components. First, India becomes the…

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Gorenburg: I would venture that the armament of Kuznetsov’s MiG-29KRs will include guided and unguided munitions

(The National Interest) The Kremlin’s sole aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov is set to make its combat debut in the eastern Mediterranean in November according to Russian media. The 55,000-ton vessel was originally scheduled…

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Russian naval air defense in trouble

(RMR) There have long been reports that the ongoing delays with the commissioning of the Admiral Gorshkov frigate have to do with defects in its air defense systems. These were…

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Black Sea Fleet projects power westwards

In April 2016, I published a short article in the Oxford Analytica Daily Brief discussing the role of Russia's Black Sea Fleet post-Crimea annexation. Here’s the text, as usual with…

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Russia in 2016 with Dr. Dmitry Gorenburg [Podcast]

(BlogTalkRadio) From the sacking of the Baltic Fleet leadership, fighting in Syria, to developments from Central Asia to the Pacific – Russia in 2016 is on the move. To discuss the…

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Gorenburg: “I am beginning to think corruption was really the key” for the purge of the Russian Baltic Fleet

(Moscow Times) On July 26, 2015, on the annual Navy Day holiday, President Vladimir Putin traveled to Russia's western outpost of Kaliningrad to pay tribute to the country's resurgent armada. "The courage of our sailors, the talent of our shipbuilders,…

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Russia’s Baltic Fleet shakeup

More information has come out on the June 29 purge of the Russian Baltic Fleet command structure. First of all, the size of the purge is unprecedented, with around 50 high ranking officers…

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Gorenburg: Russia’s role in Syria is “about ensuring Al Assad’s hold on power and weakening his enemies”

(Gulf News) Washington: Russia and the United States have agreed on the need to improve coordination to avert incidents while conducting military operations in Syria, the Russian defence ministry said…

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Gorenburg

Russia’s Strategic Calculus: Threat Perceptions and Military Doctrine

Here’s how Trump’s election will affect U.S.-Russian relations

Russia-India arms deal

Gorenburg: I would venture that the armament of Kuznetsov’s MiG-29KRs will include guided and unguided munitions

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Russia in 2016 with Dr. Dmitry Gorenburg [Podcast]

Gorenburg: “I am beginning to think corruption was really the key” for the purge of the Russian Baltic Fleet

Russia’s Baltic Fleet shakeup

Gorenburg: Russia’s role in Syria is “about ensuring Al Assad’s hold on power and weakening his enemies”