Russia

"“They can’t match Nato one for one on the surface but they can take the upper hand undersea,” said Peter Roberts, director of military sciences at the Royal United Services Institute. “Where they can take the upper hand they will do so.” "

Russia’s readiness gives it an edge on modern battlefield

""Whilst Russia is certainly making every use that it can of the opportunity to learn about Western air operations and capabilities in the shared skies over Syria, that process goes both ways since whatever Russian military aircraft do is done within airspace heavily surveilled by Western assets," Bronk said. "

Russia gained a 'treasure trove' of intelligence on the US's best fighter jets in Syria

"For now, Russia and the U.K. are incapable of seeing eye to eye on major issues like Ukraine and cybersecurity "

Boris Johnson in Moscow: Determining What’s Possible (Op-ed)

Book Review: Everyone Loses: The Ukraine Crisis and the Ruinous Contest for Post-Soviet Eurasia

Sarah Lain

Sarah Lain reviews Everyone Loses: The Ukraine Crisis and the Ruinous Contest for Post-Soviet Eurasia, by Samuel Charap and Timothy J Colton.

Does Russia Have the Fiscal Capacity to Achieve its Military Modernisation Goals?

Edward Hunter Christie

This article adds to existing research by using quantitative scenarios and counterfactual analyses of Russia’s fiscal conditions under different assumed levels of ambition for defence procurement spending.

Georgia and Russia: How to Oppose Moscow’s Aggression

Natia Seskuria and Igor Sutyagin

With limited resources, Georgia has few options when it comes to defending itself against Russian aggression. The answer for Tbilisi has been a strategy of ‘Total Defence’.