Tor Bukkvoll: It is early to say whether the Russian military reform fits modern standards

According to Tor Bukkvoll, Visiting fellow at The Leverhulme Program on the Changing Character of War, University of Oxford, the military reform in Russia is a good idea, but it is too ambitious

// Jun. 01, 2011 - 04:54 GMT


Roger McDermott: The level of technical equipment of the Russian Armed Forces is low

Roger Neil McDermott, Senior Fellow, The Jamestown Foundation, thinks that the Russian Armed Forces presently have low combat capabilities in terms of conventional forces structure.

// Jun. 01, 2011 - 04:38 GMT


Prof. Alexander Sharavin: Russia’s goal is to build a totally new military system

We are currently progressing from a Soviet-style army to different kind of military, even if slowly and with difficulty, said Prof. Alexander Sharavin, Director of the Russian Institute of Political and Military Analysis

// Jun. 01, 2011 - 04:31 GMT


Dr. Richard Weitz: World War 3 weapons are not useful in dealing with terrorist threats

Russian military reform should focus around local threats, counterterrorism, smaller and more effective modern weapons, thinks Dr. Richard Weitz, Director of the Center for Political-Military Analysis at Hudson Institute

// Jun. 01, 2011 - 04:27 GMT


The international conference “Modernization of the Russian Armed Forces and Cooperation in International Security”

Military section of Valdai International Discussion Club, which took place on May 25–27 in Moscow, gathered prominent experts and military specialists from leading research centers, universities and state agencies from Russia, the United States, Europe and Japan.

// May. 31, 2011 - 05:32 GMT


Suspect jumps from moving cop car

Police security video emerged on Wednesday showing the dramatic moment when a man, arrested on suspicion of burglary, tried to escape by jumping from the window of a moving patrol car while his hands were still handcuffed behind his back.

// Jan. 27, 2011 - 07:43 GMT


Alexei Fenenko: A northern alternative to ASEAN

It is a good idea of economic cooperation between pacific region of the United States, pacific region of Canada, Russian Far East, Japan, and South Korea

// Dec. 15, 2010 - 06:28 GMT


Timothy Colton: WikiLeaks revelations are negative for the peace of the world

From the point of view of policy-makers and diplomats its really a disaster and the full dimensions of it are not known yet because only a tiny fraction of the documents have been released </p>

// Dec. 08, 2010 - 05:33 GMT


Samuel Charap: The extent of the WikiLeaks damage is yet unknown

The importance of WikiLeaks factor to the U.S.-Russia relations with so much historical baggage of mistrust cant be underestimated </p>

// Dec. 08, 2010 - 05:30 GMT


Sergei Karaganov: WikiLeaks will damage Russian-American relations

Unspoken truths made public can hardly have a long term effect on American-Russian relations. However they could slow down the positive results of the reset.

// Dec. 08, 2010 - 05:28 GMT