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 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…
2014-06-03 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…
2014-06-04By 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…
2014-06-02 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…
2014-06-01By Paul E. Mawn Since the middle of the 20th century, Harvard has unjustifiably been labeled as a bastion of left wing, anti-military elitists in the forefront of the myopic “Blame America first” radicals. However, the predominate opinion of faculties & undergraduates at most universities have tended to skew to…
2014-05-31 By Harald Malmgren China has apparently become far more aggressive about its legal authority and its power projection in relations with neighboring countries, particularly in the China Seas. Friction with Vietnam has converged in the Chinese placement of an energy exploration platform in waters, which Vietnam claims as its…
2014-05-30 Clearly, Russian actions in the Ukraine have focused the attention of the Baltic states as well as of the Nordics who are intimately involved in the Baltic region as well. The recent piece by a Latvian researcher suggesting that the Russians are evolving their techniques and approaches to pressuring…
