For years, the Russian authorities have entertained the possibility of a major war, and have spent considerable time and resources preparing the underlying infrastructure
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Maxim Starchak on the future of the Kremlin’s military policy following the dismantling of the INF Treaty
Pavel Luzin on the problems and projects which will occupy the Russian military next year
Russia’s foreign intelligence service has a new director. What can we expect from Igor Kostyukov?
A string of errors from the General Staff’s Main Office will have major knock-on effects on how intelligence agencies interact with Russia’s political system
What Russia’s military spending on the Crimea says about the Kremlin’s strategy on the Black Sea
Why do some military units in Russia now bear the names of European cities?
If conscription comes to an end in Russia, it would remove several counterweights that limit the government’s use of force
A long-discarded Cold War concept — “the correlation of forces” — might now be a helpful way to view Russia’s current military outlook
Beyond inflated official statistics and lofty rhetoric, what are the real capabilities of Russia’s tactical nuclear weapons programme, and how does this square with today’s doctrines of nuclear de-escalation?