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Where is Russia heading when the Putin era is approaching its end?

On: 19/01/2020

In: News

Putins era will come to an end sooner or later. Welcome to seminar in Oslo regarding the Russian power struggle. 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗣𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀 – 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗨𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗣𝗢𝗟 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘇𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 UnderContinue Reading

Secretary General: As the world changes, NATO will continue to change

By: Jan Kalvik

On: 06/12/2019

In: News

The NATO leaders’ meeting marking the 70th anniversary of the Alliance wrapped up in London on Wednesday (4 December 2019). After the working session, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said: “Our meeting has once again demonstrated that NATO remains the only place where Europe and North America discuss, decide and actContinue Reading

Russia and China: An uneasy embrace

By: Jan Kalvik

On: 08/10/2019

In: News

Russian economic policy presently has three main pillars. One is the overriding desire to maintain financial and economic stability and independence. The second most important is a group of National Projects to develop the Russian economy and social conditions in the period to 2014. The third is the assumption heldContinue Reading

Endless “threat-speak” and siege mentality corrode western societies and politics over time

By: Jan Kalvik

On: 03/04/2019

In: News

Our own notions of an ongoing, all-pervading and never-ending hybrid war are corroding our societies and political systems. Hybrid warfare has been in the limelight for more than a decade within the Western strategic discourse. During the last five years, this slippery concept has mostly been attached to the malign actionsContinue Reading

Russia’s illegal actions in Ukraine: Statement by the North Atlantic Council on Crimea

By: Jan Kalvik

On: 19/03/2019

In: News

Five years ago, Russia used force against Ukraine to illegally and illegitimately annex Crimea. This violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity is a serious breach of international law and a major challenge to Euro-Atlantic security. We strongly condemn this act, which we do not and will not recognise. WeContinue Reading

NATO: Statement on Russia’s failure to comply with the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty

By: Jan Kalvik

On: 02/02/2019

In: News

NATO: Statement released February 1 by Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, on Russia’s failure to comply with the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. By Jan Helge Kalvik Editor-In-Chief Following nearly six years of U.S. and Allied engagement with Russia, on 4 December 2018, NATO Allies declared that Russia has developedContinue Reading

Stoltenberg: “Russia now has a last chance”

By: Jan Kalvik

On: 07/12/2018

In: News

On Tuesday, NATO Foreign Ministers agreed that Russia has developed and fielded a new ground-launched cruise missile system – the SSC-8, or 9M729 – which violates the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. Allies expressed firm commitment to preserving effective international arms control, and agreed to keep the fielding of theContinue Reading

Defending the Nordic neighbourhood

By: Jan Kalvik

On: 27/10/2018

In: News

A serious security crisis in the Nordic region would affect all the Nordic countries. That is why Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland are conducting more military exercises together. By Ministers of Defence: Frank Bakke-Jensen (Norway), Claus Hjort Frederiksen (Denmark), Peter Hultqvist (Sweden), Jussi Niinistö (Finland) og utenriksminister GudlaugurContinue Reading

Russia Does Not Have an A2/AD-strategy!

By: Jan Kalvik

On: 24/10/2018

In: News

Russia Does Not Have an A2/AD-strategy! Nor does it have a Gerasimov doctrine Russia’s “Anti-Access/Area Denial strategy” (A2/AD-strategy) has caught a lot of scholarly attention during the last few years (examples here, here, here, here and here). In addition, A2/AD has been a recurring theme or a talking point amongContinue Reading

A Five-Point Strategy to Oppose Russian Narrative Warfare

By: Jan Kalvik

On: 11/05/2018

In: News

A Five-Point Strategy to Oppose Russian Narrative Warfare (with the limited tools we currently have available) Image from the Beyond propaganda series: Information at War: From China’s Three Warfares to NATO’s Narratives, September 2015/Legatum Institute. Click here to download your copy of the complete paper (21 pages) signed Paul Cobaugh. Paul-Russia-published versionContinue Reading