2014-06-02 By Robbin Laird Earlier, I had the chance to interview Admiral Wang on Arctic issues. In that interview, the Admiral provided an overview on the various states involved in Arctic security and focused on the key challenges facing the Kingdom of Denmark, which is to say managing the relationships…
2014-06-07 By Robbin Laird The Arctic opening is a significant global event. There are a number of key stakeholders in the opening up of the Arctic, with both convergent and conflictual elements at play. Any time conflict is part of the equation, defense capabilities come into play, and they come…
2014-06-06 In the most recent Russia Direct Monthly Memo (#11 June 2014), Vassily Kashin, Senior Research Fellow at the Moscow-based Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies focuses on what he terms “Russia Reorients to the Orient.” The Ukrainian crisis marks an important moment in Russian-Chinese relations, catalyzing the creation…
2014-06-05 By Robbin Laird In a comprehensive look at Russian strategies in the High North, Marlene Laruelle has published a recent book entitled Russia's Arctic Strategies and the Future of the Far North. The book provides a number of key elements whereby one can puzzle over the approaches which the…
2014-06-05 Although Norway and Canada are very engaged in the Arctic area, the policy stage is still set by the Cold War superpowers Russia and the United States. Russia has a proactive policy; the United States has a reluctant policy. In 2008 after Canada, the United States, and Denmark criticized…
2014-06-04By Brig (Retd) Gurmeet Kanwal New Delhi. China’s deployment of a deep-sea oil rig in the disputed waters of the South China Sea in early-May 2014, has further destabilized the precarious security situation in the region. The Vietnamese Prime Minister said China was acting dangerously. The US Secretary of State…
2014-06-03 By defenceWeb The United Nations will move more into the use of high technology including UAVs and EOD (explosive ordnance disposal) robots in peacekeeping operations to confront new challenges and offer the best value for funding in future. UAVs have been deployed by MONUSCO in the DRC since late…
2014-06-02 By Richard Weitz China’s ravenous demand for energy and Russia’s huge supply of nearby oil and gas are clearly complementary, but until very recently large Sino-Russian energy agreements proved elusive. Now their recent mega-gas deal, which follows several important oil deals, suggests that Beijing and Moscow are finally on…
