Section: Royal United Services Institute (UK)
Reinventing European Deterrence
NATO faces a number of practical challenges in deterring Russian aggression. But political commitment may be the most important of all. Like it or not, the threat of conventional warfare in Europe is back and generals on the continent are worried. At a meeting of the army chiefs of some forty countries at the headquarters of the US Army in Europe...
Russia’s Syrian Game and Its Implications
Russia is nowhere near as isolated or as bereft of options in Syria as Western governments would like to believe.‘We’re not going to make Syria a proxy war between the United States and Russia’, US President Barack Obama told journalists recently, as Russian jets continued their air strikes over the war-torn country. But that...
The Future of Baltic Sea Security
Location: RUSI WhitehallThe crisis in Ukraine and the resurgence of a belligerent, yet vulnerable, Russia has alarmed the whole of Europe. However, the threat posed by President Putin’s regime is felt particularly acutely in the countries closest to Russia. As NATO increasingly dedicates its resources to the defence of the Baltic states...
Cassandra Vindicated: Baltic Perceptions of NATO’s ‘New Deterrence’ of Russia
Interviews with Baltic State policy-makers suggest recent NATO efforts at reassurance are not sufficiently far-reaching …read more Source: Royal United Services Institute...
Prospects for a More Western-Integrated Ukraine
Europe must be clear about what it can offer Ukraine as the latter loosens its economic ties with Russia and undergoes a process of reform …read more Source: Royal United Services Institute...
Operation Baltic Fortress, 2016: NATO Defends the Baltic States
Russia’s recent actions in Ukraine call for an analysis of the potential future scenarios that NATO and its member states should prepare for – especially in the Baltics …read more Source: Royal United Services Institute...
NATO’s Eastern Flank: Rebuilding Deterrence?
In the face of Russian belligerence, more sophisticated deterrence is required on NATO’s eastern flank. The UK, together with the Baltic States, should assume a greater role in providing this …read more Source: Royal United Services Institute...
Ukraine and Russia: The Thorny Questions That Will Not Go Away
It is time for the West to face up to reality: with Ukraine set to be the site of a proxy war for the foreseeable future, European security is no longer a given. …read more Source: Royal United Services Institute...
The Bear and the Dragon: Same Old Suspicions or Real The Bear and the Dragon: Same Old Suspicions or Real
As the Ukraine crisis pushes Russia to turn to China as an alternative economic partner, it remains to be seen whether the relationship can be one of equals …read more Source: Royal United Services Institute...
Putin’s ‘Flying Gunboats’
Against the backdrop of tense relations over Ukraine and Crimea, Russia has increased Tu-95 ‘Bear’ nuclear bomber flights on the boundaries of UK and NATO airspace. What is the Kremlin’s viewpoint and is the implied nuclear threat to European NATO members credible? …read more Source: Royal United Services...
