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Feb 2020 No 047

Military parade in Khmeimim airbase marks 73rd anniversary of Victory in Great Patriotic War, May 9, 2018.

Russian Lessons from the Syrian Operation and the Culture of Military Innovation

An incubator of learning, training, and innovation

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Dmitry (Dima) Adamsky

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Feb 2020 No 046

Photograph of a vehicle training for urban warfare in an abandoned field wiht empty apartment complexs in the background.

Spetsnaz: Operational Intelligence, Political Warfare, and Battlefield Role

A weapon of active measures and political warfare

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Mark Galeotti

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Feb 2020 No 045

After the Victory Parade marking the 74th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

The Law Enforcement Agencies: Russian Domestic Security and International Implications

Primacy is on the interests of the state

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Mark Galeotti

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Feb 2020 No 044

The presidential administration building

The Presidential Administration: The Command and Control Nexus of Putin’s Russia

Where does power truly lie in this system?

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Mark Galeotti

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Jan 2020 No 043

Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin led a training session of the strategic deterrence forces as part of the Grom-2019 command-post exercises.

The Grom-2019 Exercise Illuminated the Risks of Nuclear Renaissance in Russian Strategic Culture

There are some alarming features in this nuclear renaissance.

Von

Pavel K. Baev

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Nov 2019 No 042

concrete wall with painted united states, china and russia flags

Russian Foreign Policy Narratives

Russian narratives twist and promote foreign policy.

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Dmitry Gorenburg

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Oct 2019 No 041

Security Council meeting Vladimir Putin chaired an extended meeting of the Security Council at the Kremlin, October 26, 2017. The participants discussed matters related to the protection of the state information infrastructure and measures on its development.

Russia’s Security Council: Where Policy, Personality, and Process Meet

Security Council best characterized as a conservative renovator.

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Mark Galeotti

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Sep 2019 No 040

A Navy sailor holds a Russian flag as people celebrate the first anniversary of the signing of the decree on the annexation of the Crimea by the Russian Federation, on March 18, 2015 in Sevastopol, Crimea.

New Perspectives on the Black Sea Theater in Russian Strategic Culture

Key features have changed drastically in the last five years.

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Pavel K. Baev

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Sep 2019 No 039

Vladimir Putin, Herman van Rompuy and José Manuel Barroso (in the foreground, from right to left), EU/Russia Summit, January 28, 2014

Living in Different Worlds: The European Union and Russian Political War

Dramatically different strategic cultures and operational codes

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Mark Galeotti

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Jul 2019 No 038

Perspectives from the Arctic as a Strategic Space: Geopolitics of the Northern Flank

Identifying, assessing, and discussing regional security challenges

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Michelle Angeline Miller and Andreas Hildenbrand

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