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Russia and the EU Bear a Special Responsibility for the Security of Our Common European Continent

... while in 2100 it is expected to fall to 9,9%. It’s also important to take into account new trend of military planning. 5. We see scenarios when Europeans are intimidated with wild stories of a combined Sino-Russian threat. The strengthening of EU-NATO link puts at risk the neutral status of all the non-aligned non-NATO EU Member-States as well as keeps lowering the EU’s autonomy in military decision-making. The EU-NATO “military mobility” project, for instance, is intended to expedite relocation ...

12.11.2021

The Turkish Gambit

... be a turning point. Ironically, as far as we can tell, it accidentally resulted from a series of concurrent, though unrelated events. Turkey’s armed forces are rather large and well-armed. The Turkish army is often claimed to be second largest in NATO after that of the United States; while this is true for overall numbers, it may not necessarily be so in terms of combat capabilities. The country is making quite a few efforts to advance the national military-industrial complex, increasingly striving ...

03.11.2021

The Road Leading Nowhere

Lack of dialogue between Russia and NATO is fraught with risks that are too high for all the parties. These problems can surely be covered up and left to fester beneath the surface. For how long, though? A few days ago, Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary-General, announced the expulsion ...

12.10.2021

AUKUS: Returning to de Gaulle or a Storm in a Teacup?

... London. Here, the implication is that the post-Brexit UK is not even worth the candle. We shall explore in this article whether France is just huffing and puffing in a face-saving gesture or whether her apparent stance could have major implications for NATO and European defense. But first, a spot of history. From Gaullism to Inconsistency Alexander Yermakov: Is France’s Nuclear Shield Big Enough to Cover All of Europe? In 1966, France left NATO’s integrated military structure and expelled NATO ...

20.09.2021

The CIA’s Strategic Thinking in Afghanistan: 1979 to 2021

China now seems the most likely actor to take a position in the post-withdrawal Afghanistan, while it remains to be seen whether Beijing wishes to engage in a conflict that the USSR and NATO had difficulty in controlling before it Afghanistan has been a priority area for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) since the 1950s as a result of the growing influence of the two adversaries, the Soviet Union (USSR) and the People’s Republic ...

17.08.2021

Comments on the Brussels Summit Communique

The document reveals deep concern about the current security environment, which is assessed as “increasingly complex”, as “pervasive instability” and in general threating to NATO The document reveals deep concern about the current security environment, which is assessed as “increasingly complex”, as “pervasive instability” and in general threating to NATO. In this regard, a knowledgeable observer can easily draw ...

09.08.2021

A ‘New Cold War’ has already started, but Russia & China are winning against a ‘weakening’ West, says former Kremlin adviser

... We will find out who will be part of ‘Greater America’ – like the US and Northwest Europe – and who will be on the side of ‘Greater Eurasia.’” “The big question is where Germany will end up,” he concluded, referring to the dominant NATO power that has embarked on the controversial Nord Stream 2 project with Russia, despite staunch objections from NATO allies and Washington. Source: RT

05.08.2021
 

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