Russia

Ukraine Lesson: Missile Defense Is The Missing Link In U.S. Global Strategy (From Forbes)

July 21, 2014- Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D Senator Dianne Feinstein, the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said on Sunday that U.S. relations with Russia have dipped to the lows of the Cold War.  That’s a pretty worrisome assessment, because back then Washington spent a lot of [Read More...]

The West’s Multifaceted Response To Russian Aggression Against Ukraine

July 17, 2014- Daniel Gouré, Ph.D. By expanding its economic sanctions against Russia to include for the first time major banks and energy companies and key Russian defense companies, the Obama Administration has taken another step in what is becoming a deliberate, even orchestrated program to [Read More...]

NATO Works To Bolster Its Defenses Against Russia

July 1, 2014- Daniel Gouré, Ph.D. Despite tenuous efforts by the new government in Kiev to implement a ceasefire and thin promises by Moscow to rein in Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, the crisis in that country continues. Although President Putin promises that he will not [Read More...]

Aerojet Rocketdyne Lays Down Challenge To Russian Rocket Engine Monopoly

June 5, 2014- Daniel Gouré, Ph.D. At the same time that the Obama Administration is trying to organize our NATO allies to put pressure on Moscow over its efforts to destabilize Ukraine, a U.S. company has taken a big step towards really hitting Russia where it [Read More...]

Free Ukraine (From Dependence On Russian Gas)

May 21, 2014- Daniel Gouré, Ph.D. Regardless of the outcome of the current political turmoil in eastern Ukraine, the struggle between Russia and Europe over the fate of that benighted country will continue. Ukraine’s independence and stability is vital to NATO’s security. The Kremlin’s success in [Read More...]

Once Again A Line Is Being Drawn Across Europe

May 12, 2014- Daniel Gouré, Ph.D. Churchill said it best back in 1946: “From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.” He was referencing Joseph Stalin’s campaign to subvert efforts at democracy in the occupied nations [Read More...]

Special Forces And Nuclear Weapons: The New Russian Military Threat

April 22, 2014- Daniel Gouré, Ph.D. Over the past several weeks as events in Crimea and eastern Ukraine have unfolded, the world has had a chance to see the new Russian defense strategy and force posture in action. Russian President Vladimir Putin has successfully finessed his [Read More...]

The General Is Saying What The Politicians Won’t About Russia And Ukraine

April 18, 2014- Daniel Gouré, Ph.D. It is beyond ironic that as we approach the 100th anniversary of the start of World War One, the world is contemplating the very real possibility of a third such conflagration. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the [Read More...]

What the H*ll Is A U.S. Destroyer Doing In The Black Sea?

April 15, 2014- Daniel Gouré, Ph.D. Things just got a lot tenser between the United States and Russia. Yesterday, a Russian fighter jet deliberately and repeatedly “buzzed” the USS Donald Cook, a destroyer that was transiting the Black Sea towards the Romanian port of Constanta. This [Read More...]

New Pentagon Strategy A Good Fit For Ukraine Crisis (From Forbes)

March 6, 2014- Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D Some of President Obama’s critics on Capitol Hill seem to think his administration has no strategy for dealing with the crisis in Ukraine.  That charge is completely wrong — the Pentagon and other government agencies responsible for national security have [Read More...]