The dynamics of Russia’s defence policy
Pavel Luzin discusses the interconnections between military expenditures, military education, exercises in Belarus and Russia’s political system
army modernization
Endless rumbles of Roscosmos reform
Pavel Luzin investigates why Russia’s state-run space corporation is changing its structure once again
When Russia abandons its bases
Why has Moscow given up on its radar station in Kazakhstan, and what is the fate of the sites in Belarus, asks Pavel Luzin?
So different, but in some ways so similar
Kirill Shamiev on civil-military relations in the USA and Russia
Price and prospects of the military space programme
Pavel Luzin on the development trends around the Russian military satellite constellation
Russia’s BattleBots
Pavel Luzin looks at the Russian military’s strides toward robotization, and finds a few missteps
Russia’s armed forces under Gerasimov, the man without a doctrine
Michael Kofman on salient trends in Russian military strategy and doctrinal thought, as opposed to the mythical Gerasimov Doctrine
Russia’s arms manufacturers are a financial black hole
Pavel Luzin examines the most pressing problem facing Russia’s defence industry in 2020s
Trouble in the rank and file
Pavel Luzin on why the Russian army has once again become a source of bad news
The Kremlin’s Narrowing Nuclear Options
Pavel Luzin considers why the Kremlin is undermining its own efforts for nuclear weapons control, and what this mean for the START treaty.
