NATO’s Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (Land) 2017: An Analysis
Overt Russian aggression and uncertainty in the Middle East has left many questioning the role NATO plays in securing peace and deterring aggression.
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A Bearish Economy: The Economics of Russian Aggression
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Sun, 10/22/2017 - 5:28am
The interconnectivity of global economic markets and the dichotomy between the East and West directly led to a new type of conflict, coined “economic warfare”.
Estonia: A NATO Ally in Peril
NATO member Estonia has become; along with Latvia, Lithuania and Poland; NATO`s eastern bulwark against Putin´s increasing aggressiveness.
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Beating America at its Own Game: How Russia Can Use Democracy to Influence Estonia and Undermine the NATO Alliance
Estonia moved under NATO’s collective protection too quickly by ignoring a quarter of their population who are Russian speakers, most of whom are disenfranchised.
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The Two Faces of Terror: Why the West Loses
The fight against Islamic terror has two faces today, public relations and strategic hokum. The Global Coalition on the Defeat of ISIS meeting illustrates these phenomena.
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Dangerous Diasporas: How the Trump Administration’s Visa and Immigration Regulations Leave the United States Vulnerable to Foreign Intelligence Exploitation
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Sat, 02/11/2017 - 3:23am
The Executive Order does nothing to address threats that emanate from countries which view their entire diaspora as composed of free-range intelligence collectors.
Adapting Towed Artillery Today to Meet a Near Peer Competitor Tomorrow
Unconventional methodologies coupled with an understanding of near peer competitors might be our only saving grace to meet the inevitable threats of tomorrow.
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Innovation of Military Thought in the Postmodern Warfare Era
The Russians have developed a new theory of warfare, and in the future, we can only expect them to perform it more effectively and on an even larger scale.
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Time for a Factory Reset with Russia. Please Close all Open Programs
Russia is neither friend nor foe, but a perennial rival that respects power, not friendship.
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The Other Side of the COIN: The Russians in Chechnya
Western scholars have seemed reluctant to engage with Chechnya as a COIN success. Such hesitancy may be partly due to the extreme unpalatability of Russian tactics.