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The dangerous new phase of Russia’s war in Ukraine, explained
In The News
In 2014, Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine that culminated in the occupation of the Crimea peninsula in the south. Later that year, Russia deployed hybrid tactics, such a...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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The U.S. can’t stop Poland from giving Ukraine its MiGs
In The News
The fact that small Russian units have been so regularly ambushed in the early days of the war indicates they weren’t using small drones for surveillance and reconnaissance, i...
By Samuel Bendett
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Pentagon says some Russian jets are avoiding Ukraine's airspace during sorties to avoid being shot down
In The News
The skirting of Ukrainian air space suggests Russia warplanes are aware of these still considerable dangers. In an interview on Wednesday, an expert on the Russian military sa...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
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The West’s Economic War Plan Against Russia
In The News
Just as Vladimir Putin blindsided the West with the fact and ferocity of his invasion of Ukraine, the West blindsided Mr. Putin with the speed and aggressiveness of its retali...
By Edward Fishman
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Harris faces biggest diplomatic test as locals worry 'Putin smells Biden's fear'
In The News
It’s into this delicate mix that Vice President Kamala Harris steps on Thursday to meet with Polish President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, wading into a...
By Carisa Nietsche
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CNAS Responds: Assessing the wide-reaching impacts of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Press Note
Richard Fontaine Chief Executive Officer: Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine will produce many casualties. Among them may be Washington’s foremost foreign policy plans. T...
By Richard Fontaine, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Lisa Curtis, Paul Scharre, Edward Fishman, Emily Kilcrease, Samuel Bendett & Ryan Fedasiuk
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Russian Troops in Final Stages of Readiness Add to Worries for Ukraine
In The News
While Russia is not yet capable of mounting a total invasion of Ukraine, portions of its army have reached full combat strength and appear to be in the final stages of readine...
By Michael Kofman
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The Situation on the Russia-Ukraine Border
As Russia's troop build-up near its border with Ukraine raises alarm bells in Washington and across Europe, the Biden administration is consulting with allies and considering ...
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On a Quiet but Tense Corner of Russia's border, its Neighbors are Gaining on It
In The News
Thirty years ago, Russia's supremacy in the Caspian Sea was unquestioned. Even with the independence of new countries with their own navies in the early 1990s, Russia and its ...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
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Report: China Is Hacking Russia, Too
Much has been made about the emerging relationship between China and Russia, two countries that the National Defense Strategy recognizes as near-peer competitors to the United...
By Samuel Bendett
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Bionic arms and blue-eyed bots: How Russia aims to nurture a tech hub in its Far East
In The News
To see Russia’s ambitions for its own version of Silicon Valley, head about 5,600 miles east of Moscow, snake through Vladivostok’s hills and then cross a bridge from the main...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
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Heavy-lifting Russian drones could resupply soldiers on future battlefields
In The News
Rostec, the massive Russian defense corporation, announced at the annual MAKS-2021 arms show in late July that it wants to make a better fleet of cargo drones, including one c...
By Samuel Bendett
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Russia’s Got A New Stealth Fighter—What’s It For?
In The News
Russian plane-maker Sukhoi has developed a new single-engine stealth fighter. The jet, which Sukhoi apparently refers to as “Checkmate,” reportedly will make its debut at the ...
By Samuel Bendett
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Information Warfare Looms Larger in Russia’s New Security Strategy
In The News
The Russian government sees itself as increasingly vulnerable to foreign and domestic subversion, according to a July 3 update to the Kremlin’s 2015 national security strategy...
By Samuel Bendett
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Five things to watch on Biden's first foreign trip
In The News
President Biden’s first international trip is intended to shore up alliances amid rising challenges to the United States from Russia and China. It comes after divis...
By Lisa Curtis
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Biden picks Russia pro for key Pentagon post
In The News
President Joe Biden is set to nominate the chief executive of the U.S.-Russia Foundation and a former National Security Council official on Russia to be the assistant secretar...
By Jim Townsend
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The Sticking Points of the Biden-Putin Summit
In The News
President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin need a great deal from one another. The American commander in chief must call his counterpart to account for ongoing R...
By Jim Townsend
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Russia's powerful Northern Fleet just got the first of a new class of submarines that has the US Navy worried
In The News
On May 7, the Russian Navy finally commissioned the Kazan, its first Yasen-M-class nuclear-powered guided missile submarine (SSGN). Kazan is the lead boat of a subclass descen...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
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US ambassador to Russia warned senators that Biden administration risks repeating predecessors' mistakes in dealing with Putin
In The News
The day before the White House announced that President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin would hold their first in-person meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, the US ...
By Jim Townsend
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Russia Is Working On A New Stealth Fighter It Probably Can’t Afford
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Russian warplane-maker Sukhoi is developing a new stealth fighter, state media reported Wednesday. The single-engine, low-observable fighter would fly as fast as Mach 2, a com...
By Samuel Bendett
