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Russia: Its Boundaries In 2050
Related Commentaryvia StrategikaIn the late 1960s, Charles de Gaulle is reputed to have commented that the Soviet Union would collapse before the end of the twentieth century and that Russia itself would find its eastern borders back on the Urals before the twenty-first century had ended. Given our focus on the present it is impossible to predict...
The Kazakh Connection And The Future of Russia’s Borders
Related Commentaryvia StrategikaSince Putin’s return to the presidency in 2012, Russian revisionism has focused on the western reaches of the former Soviet Union. He has annexed Crimea and unleashed his surrogate forces in Southeast Ukraine. He has tested NATO defenses in the Baltic and North Sea, while intimidating Estonia, Latvia, and...
Obama’s Response To Russia Necessary, Given Trump’s ‘Dismissive’ Behavior, Former US Ambassador Michael McFaul Says
Interviewsinterview with Michael McFaulvia CNBCHoover Institution fellow Michael McFaul discusses why President Obama’s decision to expel 35 Russian diplomats and impose new sanctions on Russia was necessary. …read more Source: Hoover...
Russia Is Fighting For Relevance, Not Dominance
Image credit: Poster Collection, RUSU 562, Hoover Institution Archives.Featured Commentaryvia StrategikaPrevalent in many western capitals is the narrative that Vladimir Putin is striving to regain dominance of the “lost” Soviet empire, and his aggressive behavior in Ukraine—especially his blatant annexation of Crimea in March 2014—is just the...
A Future for NATO and the European Union
Blank Section (Placeholder)via AnalysisThe North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Union are in disarray. The former has fulfilled its mission. Were it not for Russia’s seizure of the Crimea and invasion of Ukraine and the refugee crisis in Europe spawned by the sectarian Muslim conflict raging in Iraq and Syria, it would be an...
Debating Cyber Security In Silicon Valley: MSC And Deutsche Telekom Host 4th Cyber Security Summit
Image credit: istockIn the Newsmentioning Michael McFaulvia Munich Security ConferenceRecent cyberattacks on the US Democrats, the global payment network SWIFT or the power grid in Ukraine clearly illustrate: The debate on cybersecurity has never been more important. This is why, on 19 and 20 September, the Munich Security Conference and Deutsche...
No Quiet On The Eastern Front
Image credit: Poster Collection, RU/SU 2317.3R, Hoover Institution Archives.Blank Section (Placeholder)via Military History in the NewsIt is impossible to follow the news of the buildup of Russian forces in the Donbas region in Ukraine and just across the international border without flashing back to the summer of 1943. In that year the Red Army...
Under Russia’s New Extremism Laws, Liking My Writings On Ukraine Could Mean Jail Terms
Image credit: Sean Gallup, Getty Images NewsAnalysis and Commentaryvia ForbesOn July 7, 2016, Vladimir Putin signed into law the so-called Yarovaya Amendment to Russia’s anti-extremism laws. The amendment assigns sweeping new powers to security forces, beefs up controls of social media and telephone calls, and broadens the definition of...
Unfortunately, There’s Nothing Unusual About Manafort’s Ukraine Consulting
Image credit: istockDoing business with shady Slavs is routine for K Street bottom feeders of both parties. …read more Source: Hoover...
Iran Without Nuclear Weapons: We Can Only Hope
Related Commentaryvia StrategikaHistory suggests three ways to prevent a state that has the capacity of going nuclear from exercising that option. The first is a security guarantee in exchange for denuclearization. The former Soviet republic of Ukraine took this route in 1994, when it gave up its extensive nuclear stockpile and jointed the...
