... September 2019, France established, as part of its air force, a Space Command with a higher status than before, and in
October 2020, NATO announced
the creation of a space centre at Allied Air Command in the Ramstein Air Base in Germany.
Meanwhile, the United Kingdom is planning to establish its own Space Command in 2022
, and even the “pacifist” Japan announced the
launch of a new “Space Operations Squadron”
to "protect Japanese satellites."
Undoubtedly, this process is only gaining ...
On January 27, 2021, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) held the first meeting on sanctions challenges within the new dialogue group between the two expert centers.
On January 27, 2021, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) held the first meeting on sanctions challenges within the new dialogue group between the two expert centers. The event was attended by representatives of research centers...
On December 14, 2020, a Russian-British online workshop on global health and security was held. This workshop opened the fifth cycle of the long-term Russia-UK project “A New Agenda for Russia–UK Relations" (Dialog on Security Issues)
On December 14, 2020, a Russian-British online workshop on global health and security was held. This workshop opened the fifth cycle of the long-term Russia-UK project “A New Agenda for Russia–UK Relations" (Dialog on Security Issues). RIAC project partner...
... Western agents.”
No other evidence is sourced or provided to back up that claim. The authors simply placed Browder’s statement in quotations and moved on, avoiding any burden of proof.
This once again is something that both the United States and the United Kingdom have in common. On both sides of the Atlantic, there is an astonishing lack of thought diversity on Russia represented in the media and political arena. Hawkish and cynical views of Russia are seemingly the only views that earn airtime,...
One of the notable events in July was the imposition by Britain of restrictions on a number of Russian and foreign officials in the area of human rights. This was London’s first independent programme of sanctions after Brexit. The Russian Foreign Ministry justifiably perceived these sanctions as an unfriendly act and interference in domestic affairs. Russia has reserved the right to respond. At the same time, the media uproar around this event seems excessive compared to the content of these sanctions...
I think God’s going to come down and pull civilization over for speeding. – Stephen Wright
A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided to them – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
One of the dimensions in the reform of global governance and the role of the United Nations is a rebalancing of global development priorities towards human capital development. Perhaps one of the key lessons from the current crisis is that finance is not the sole prerogative of global governance...
The Cyprus story serves as a useful example of Britain’s submissiveness that led to today’s lack of independence
It is perhaps well enough known that both the US and the USSR encouraged the end of the British Empire, the former for business reasons (the Americans disliked Britain’s ‘imperial preference’ in trade), the latter for strategic and nominally ideological ones. Apart from that, Britain could not afford to keep its empire and gave up India and Burma, and its mandate in Palestine, in the...
... take on the pandemic
In reviewing the excruciating pressure imposed on U.S. President Donald Trump to drop his efforts to achieve a collaborative relationship with China's President Xi Jinping, it is useful to review the strategy outlined by former United Kingdom Ambassador to Washington, Sir Kim Darroch, to manipulate him to adopt British policy initiatives. The {Daily Mail} published on July 6, 2019 leaked diplomatic cables sent by Darroch to Britain's National Security Adviser Sir Mark Sedwill,...
Of all the “official” nuclear powers, the UK arguably displays the most peculiar approach to nuclear deterrence
Of all the “official” nuclear powers (Russia, the US, France, the UK, China), the UK arguably displays the most peculiar approach to nuclear deterrence. Here, we will outline the most salient details, assess the prospects, and suggest possible confidence-building measures.
The Hardware
Let us start with the “hardware” before addressing various conceptual features. As of today, the UK’s...
... regulation could end up encroaching on one of the main symbols of state sovereignty—the basic standards of national health systems!
Andrey Kortunov:
Coronavirus: A New Bug or Feature of World Politics?
In this sense, the recent standoff between the United Kingdom and the European Union about how to tackle the pandemic is intriguing. Having left the European Union and fully restored British sovereignty, London has set about pursuing its own "national" strategy here too—an approach that ...
