A group of retired communist cadres has launched a scathing attack on China’s leadership for jettisoning socialism in favour of the “evil road” of capitalism.
In a hardline critique of the People’s Republic of today, the 17 former diplomats, officials, academics and army officers accused the government of selling off assets, allowing foreign companies to plunder [...]

read more....

So very short, in a very short one sentence, my presentation will be the following, responding to the question posed to the panel. Russia is lost in transition.
And Russia has got stuck between past and future — very uncomfortable position for any political actor. And let’s use the metaphor. Russia resembles the skier with his [...]

read more....

As the Pakistani government scrambles to salvage a peace accord (BosGlobe) with tribal leaders along the country’s lawless northwest frontier, unrest elsewhere in Pakistan has raised new questions about the stability of Pervez Musharraf’s military government. The ten-month-old truce, known as the Miramshah Agreement, was viewed at the beginning by some critics as a capitulation [...]

read more....

The European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) has emerged as one of the biggest attempts to expand EU power to date, centralizing the most important tools of nation-statehood. The militarization of the European Union marks one of the greatest geopolitical shifts in the transatlantic alliance since the end of the Second World War. As a [...]

read more....

People’s Republic of China 2007
Office of the Secretary of Defense
Military Power of the People’s Republic of China
A Report to Congress
Military Power of the People’s Republic of China – Executive Summary
Observe calmly; secure our position; cope with affairs calmly; hide our capacities and bide our time;be good at maintaining a low profile; and never claim leadership.
Deng [...]

read more....

Russian and U.S. Defense Policies in the Era of Globalization

© “Russia in Global Affairs” Pavel Zolotarev, Major-General, is a professor at the Academy of Military Sciences; member of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy.
The defense policies of Russia and the United States differ essentially, and this difference is deeply rooted. Along the same [...]

read more....

Russia has recently had a growing number of disputes with other countries. And the ongoing row with Great Britain over the killing of the former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko is probably not the last. However, Russians are surprised by the criticism it is receiving with regard to the affair.
In another eight months the era of [...]

read more....

The CFE is not the only question that plagues Russia’s relations with the West. There is the U.S. missile defense in Europe issue; Russia’s threat to use a veto in the UN Security Council to stop Kosovo independence; Russia’s arms sales to Syria and Iran; the Iranian nuclear issue; and the poisoning of former Russian [...]

read more....

ROYAL Air Force fighter jets were scrambled to intercept two Russian bombers heading for British airspace, The Times said today, prompting fierce denials of brinkmanship from Moscow.
The newspaper said two RAF Tornados from its rapid reaction force took off from RAF base Leeming in northern England to confront the two Tu95 “Bear” bombers after they [...]

read more....

Moscow’s foreign policy is increasingly driven by the belief that major world powers are seeking to constrain the rise of its influence around the world. The West is concerned that a newly assertive Russia undermines many of its conflict resolution and energy security efforts, particularly in the Commonwealth of Independent States. These conflicting fears have [...]

read more....