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The possibility of Lapland becoming a central NATO stronghold in Northern Europe would be a new major chapter in the alliance's “Arctic pivot”. NATO troops and a new command centre may soon appear right next door to Santa Claus's “village”, as Finland and its allies negotiate over the ...
... leadership, disciplining previously not-always compliant European and Asian allies. In this sense, the United States has become significantly stronger than it was some four or five years ago, when French President Emmanuel Macron allowed himself to describe NATO as a brain-dead alliance. After the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, NATO quite unexpectedly acquired two new members that has kept their neutral status for many decades. Incorporation of Finland and Sweden into the North Atlantic Alliance ...
... sea-based Tsirkon hypersonic missile or a modernized version of the aeroballistic missile from the Iskander-M system. Zhao Huasheng, Andrey Kortunov: Prepare for the Worst and Strive for the Best. Russia’s and China’s Perceptions of Developments in International Security It is still difficult to assume the pace of production and deployment, as well as deployment areas once the weapons are ready: both the Leningrad Military District, focused on NATO deterrence, and the traditional training unit for new missile weapons at the Kapustin Yar range in the Southern Military District are possible. These weapons might also see some real-life action within the Special Military Operation in Ukraine. However,...
The more casualties both sides suffer, the greater the intensity of hostilities and the closer approach to the threshold of nuclear use. In this scenario, there will be no victors. Is it possible for NATO armed forces to be involved in a military conflict between Russia and Ukraine? Such a formulation of the issue until recently seemed marginal, given the high risks of escalation of the military confrontation between the North Atlantic Alliance and ...
Historians will most likely conclude the ambitious U.S.-led attempt to expand a militarized NATO on the border with Russia was an ill-conceived strategic failure resulting in lives lost and misplaced, and the catapult vital to compel a significant bi-polar alliance between BRICS to counter the once dominant NATO Alliance NATO seems to be in ...
... United States, taking into account their status as major nuclear powers and special responsibility for strategic stability and international security in general”. See: The Concept of the Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation, 2023 // Russian Foreign ... ... европейская безопасность? // Интерфакс, 20 июля 2022 г. URL: https://www.interfax.ru/russia/852945 . 10 . Nato und EU Vereinbaren “Neue Stufe” der Partnerschaft // Die Presse, January 10, 2023. URL: https://www.diepresse.com/6236098/nato-und-eu-vereinbaren-neue-stufe-der-partnerschaft ...
... and that never before had mankind spent so much money on military preparations. Nation-states spend, or waste, 2.3 percent of their collective GDP to protect themselves from each other. Incidentally, this dubious achievement is well above the stated NATO goal to oblige all of its members to allocate no less than 2 percent of their GDP to defense. Zhao Huasheng, Andrey Kortunov: Prepare for the Worst and Strive for the Best. Russia’s and China’s Perceptions of Developments in International Security No doubt, national leaders find many compelling reasons for their decisions to raise the stakes in global military competition. As many times before, they are actively engaged in an endless blame game with a clear intention to impose ...
... accumulated experience can then be transformed into permanent institutions focused on a broader range of security issues. Zhao Huasheng, Andrey Kortunov: Prepare for the Worst and Strive for the Best. Russia’s and China’s Perceptions of Developments in International Security An important issue of the new structure will be its functional orientation. NATO, in the past, emerged as an instrument to contain the USSR, and today the alliance has received a new life, trying to solve the problems of containing Russia. It is possible that the new security structure in Eurasia may also be tailored to the task ...
On April 3, 2024, the international multimedia press center of the Rossiya Segodnya media group hosted a roundtable discussion “NATO: 75 Years at the Forefront of Escalation,” marking the 75th anniversary of the alliance’s founding On April 3, 2024, the international multimedia press center of the Rossiya Segodnya media group hosted a roundtable discussion “NATO: 75 Years ...
... in August 2008, that a precedent was set for revising the Belavezha accords, whereby the borders between the newly emerged post-Soviet sovereign entities were based on the dividing lines between the former Soviet republics. In essence, the process of NATO expansion was halted in this region because of the emergence of new post-Soviet states. Although, as the recent visit of Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to Baku, Tbilisi and Yerevan showed, the movement in this direction has not stopped....
| U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements |
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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