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The Russian Military Police, from Syria to Karabakh

  • February 8, 2021
  • Emmanuel Dreyfus
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Following the Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement signed in Moscow on November 9, 2020, between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that units of the Military Police…
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Strategic Sderzhivanie: Understanding Contemporary Russian Approaches to “Deterrence”

  • September 15, 2020
  • Samuel Charap
(Marshall Center) Executive Summary: There is a mismatch between the Western concept of deterrence and the Russian concept of sderzhivanie, and particularly strategic sderzhivanie. Strategic sderzhivanie encompasses the Western concepts…
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An Emerging Strategic Partnership: Trends in Russia-China Military Cooperation

  • April 29, 2020
  • Dmitry Gorenburg
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New CNA reports on Russia’s strategy for escalation management

  • April 21, 2020
  • Dmitry Gorenburg
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The Elusive Russian Nuclear Threshold

  • November 19, 2019
  • Nikolai Sokov
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Strategic Russian Strategic Decision-Making in a Nordic Crisis

  • September 11, 2019
  • Dmitry Gorenburg
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A Guide to Becoming an Admiral in the Russian Navy

  • August 20, 2019
  • Dmitry Gorenburg
(War on the Rocks) (Co-authored with Kasey Stricklin) It is widely acknowledged that general and flag officers are important actors. Senior uniformed leaders are, of course, crucial in determining the trajectory of…
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Podvig: Very few of Russia’s Avangard hypersonic glider tests were successful and the programme was nearly shut down four years ago

  • April 5, 2019
  • PONARS Eurasia
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Review of Bettina Renz’s new book on Russia’s Military Revival

  • October 2, 2018
  • Dmitry Gorenburg
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Is a new Russian Black Sea Fleet coming? Or is it here?

  • July 31, 2018
  • Dmitry Gorenburg
(RMR blog) Last summer, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that Russia will continue to strengthen its forces around the Black Sea in order to “neutralize the security threat in the Black Sea…
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