The author examines the state of irregular migration that has developed over recent years on the European continent and its influence in creating new challenges and threats.
VIEWPOINT From Eastward Pivot to the East to the Greater Eurasia S. Karaganov WORLD ISSUES The Greater Eurasian Partnership Project: Challenges and Opportunities V. Petrovsky European Hopes: The Conventional Arms Control Regime Can Be Revitalized Yu. Belobrov Countering Terrorism in the OSCE Region A. Lyzhenkov The Collective Security Treaty Organization: Moving From the Treaty to […]
The Global Context THE CURRENT STAGE of Russia’s pivot to the East is the product of the second half of the 2000s largely as a belated economic response to the rise of Asia, which opened new opportunities for the country’s development, especially for its eastern part. That rise made it possible to turn the Ural […]
MILITARY ART Using Airborne Forces O.S. Tanenya, V.N. Uryupin Using Control Disorganization to Inflict Utter Defeat on the Adversary S.I. Pasichnik Developing a Cross-Service Strike- and Fire-Capable Reconnaissance System to Increase Fire Efficiency O.V. Sayapin, O.V. Tikhanychev, N.A. Chernov Fighting Piracy on the World Ocean: Goals and Methods Ye.I Irza The Black Sea Fleet: A […]
The author reviews the issue of fighting piracy on the main navigable waterways on the World Ocean. He offers tactical methods and techniques to counter pirates’ actions, as well as measures for preparing Russia’s Navy warships to resolve tasks of protecting navigation from pirates.
THE 95TH ANNIVERSARY OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Sergey Lavrov’s Congratulatory Message The 25th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations With the Central Asian Countries S. Lavrov WORLD ISSUES Overcoming Uncertainty: Russia’s New Foreign Policy ConceptV. Kuznechevsky Who Needs a Strong UN Secretary-General? Antonio Guterres and Mission Impossible A. Gorelik NATO: Trump’s BurdenD. Danilov Germany in the Post-Soviet SpaceB. […]
U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP has inherited large strategic and tactical nuclear arsenals from his predecessor, Barack Obama, and a strategy of “unconditional offensive nuclear deterrence,” which allows for the possibility of a preemptive nuclear strike against practically any country that is not an ally, friend or partner of the United States. The Rich Legacy AS […]
WORLD ISSUES Russia’s Eastern Policy in 2016: Results and Prospects I. Morgulov Quo Vadis, Germany? Landmarks of Recent German History V. Vasilyev Crisis Situations in the Mediterranean Regions Franco Frattini The Yemen Crisis: A Ticking Time BombS. Serebrov ESCAP and Transportation Problems in the Asia-Pacific Shamshad Akhtar State Sovereignty and Jurisdiction in the Context of […]
POST-IMPERIAL and post-Soviet Russia has just started its quest for self-identity. This is neither good nor bad: its new state hypostasis is only twenty-five years old which makes it not an easy task to send “Urbi et orbi” a clear and convincing message about its essence and the optimal ways of its realization. Each U-turn […]
MILITARY ART What Kind of Warfare Should the Russian Armed Forces Be Prepared for? V.A. Kiselyov Information Warfare at the Operational-Tactical Control Level K.A. Trotsenko MILITARY THEORY AND PRACTICE An Algorithm for Validating Trends in the Development of the Arms System for EW Forces Yu.Ye. Donskov, Yu.N. Yarygin, D.M. Byvshikh Modeling an Airspace Trespasser at […]