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
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Fifth-generation fighter jets
Pavel Luzin on Sukhoi Su-57 and Su-75 ‘Checkmate’ fighters in the political and economic context
Artificial intelligence in the Russian army
Pavel Luzin on the challenges and idiosyncrasies of the development of advanced military command-and-control systems in Russia
Russia’s military in the 2020s
Pavel Luzin on the challenges the Russian defence industry will face in the 2020s
Sanctions and the Russian defence industry
Pavel Luzin on Moscow’s worries about the Western sanctions
So different, but in some ways so similar
Kirill Shamiev on civil-military relations in the USA and Russia
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
The technical barriers to Russia’s military triumphs
Pavel Luzin considers why the Russian armed forces end this decade in a place of deep uncertainty
Towards a Sino-Russian entente?
Michael Kofman sees ties deepening between China and Russia. But there are limits to a defence pact based on few joint objectives besides their shared sense of confrontation with the United States.
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.
The Anti-Air Ambassadors
Why has the S-400 missile system become such an important instrument of Russian diplomacy?