Central Asia: Making Use of a Historic Opportunity
Vladislav Inozemtsev. This is a summary of an article originally published by Institut français des relations internationales under the title "Central Asia: Making Use of a Historic Opportunity." The author writes: There are multiple pragmatic steps the West can and should undertake to substantially augment its role in Central Asia.
The Russian Military is Facing a Looming Demography Crisis
Feb 1, 2021 · A crude metric, the “militarization rate”—a ratio comparing the number of men aged 20-34 with the size of the military—allows Russia’s demographic challenges to be put into context. In 2020, Russia’s militarization rate was 6.31 percent, based on 14.25 million men aged 20-34 in the country and a standing military of 900,000 (as ...
Has the War in Ukraine Destroyed Russia’s Economy?
Jul 31, 2024 · The WB now sees the Russian economy growing by 2.2% this year rather than 1.3% as it has previously predicted. Meanwhile the IMF expects Russian GDP to grow by 3.2% rather than by 2.6% as previously predicted. If the IMF’s forecast holds, then Russia’s economy will have grown faster than all advanced economies, including Germany (0.2% ...
A New Path Forward for NATO and Russia | Russia Matters
Dec 2, 2020 · The security situation in Europe has deteriorated to its lowest point in the past three decades. Since 2014, NATO and Russian ground, naval and air forces operate in much closer proximity, resulting sometimes in dangerous “buzzing” and near misses.
NATO Expansion: What Gorbachev Heard | Russia Matters
NATO Expansion: What Gorbachev Heard. December 12, 2017. Svetlana Savranskaya and Tom Blanton. This is a summary of an article originally published by the National Security Archive. The authors write that newly declassified documents lend credence to claims that Western leaders repeatedly reassured their Soviet counterparts during German ...
The Causes and Consequences of the Ukraine War - Russia Matters
Jun 23, 2022 · The Biden administration was unwilling to eliminate that threat through diplomacy and indeed in 2021 recommitted the United States to bringing Ukraine into NATO. Putin responded by invading Ukraine on Feb. 24 of this year. Second, the Biden administration has reacted to the outbreak of war by doubling down against Russia.
Putin's Updated Conditions for Russian Nuclear Use Are Not So New
Sep 27, 2024 · Not a week seems to go by without Russian officials issuing some kind of nuclear warning. During a meeting with the Russian Security Council on Sept. 25, President Vladimir Putin described “clarifications” proposed to the “Fundamentals of State Policy in the Sphere of Nuclear Deterrence,” a document he said officially defines and details Russia's nuclear strategy, including ...
The Cuban Missile Crisis at 60: 6 Timeless Lessons for Arms Control
Oct 1, 2022 · The author, Douglas Dillon Professor of Government at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, writes: “October marks the 60th anniversary of the most dangerous crisis in recorded history.
The False Promise of Arming Insurgents: America’s Spotty Record ...
Mar 18, 2022 · The author, an associate professor of Political Science at Boston College and a non-resident fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, writes that while covertly coming to the aid of Ukrainian insurgents may appear to be the prudent choice for U.S. policymakers facing an array of unattractive options, history …
Has a New Cold War Really Begun? Why the Term Shouldn't Apply …
Mar 27, 2018 · The author writes that at the heart of the Cold War's bipolar global system was an ideological battle between socialism and capitalism. In that intense and dangerous era, strategic nuclear weapons "were intended to destroy the superpower opponent" regardless of the cost.