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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Heavy-lifting Russian drones could resupply soldiers on future battlefieldsRostec, 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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In The News
Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Russia’s Got A New Stealth Fighter—What’s It For?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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In The News
Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security
Five things to watch on Biden's first foreign tripPresident 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
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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
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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
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Will Biden Blink Over Navalny?
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On Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki announced the long-awaited meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin, which will be held ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Russia Is Accelerating Its Own Link-Everything Network
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The United States isn’t the only major military power trying to digitally link all of its weapons and execute operations faster with artificial intelligence. Russia has been m...
By Samuel Bendett & Jeffrey Edmonds
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Strongmen who got cozy with Trump get the cold shoulder from Biden
The Biden administration has zinged Russia and China over human rights and alleged thuggery against their neighbors, cut off some arms sales to Saudi Arabia, and stiff-armed T...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Defense / Transatlantic Security
80,000 Russian Troops Remain at Ukraine Border as U.S. and NATO Hold ExercisesRussia has withdrawn only a few thousand troops from the border with Ukraine, senior Biden administration officials said, despite signals from Moscow last month that it was di...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Inside Russia’s Robot Army: Rhetoric vs. RealityRussia has created a new robotic combat unit of Uran-9 unmanned ground vehicles, which have been battle-tested in Syria, though with mixed results. It’s also developing an exp...
By Samuel Bendett
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Call for Applications | Wargaming with the Next Generation: A Russia Crisis Simulation
The CNAS Transatlantic Security and Defense programs today announced a call for applications for "Wargaming with the Next Generation: A Russia Crisis Simulation." The virtual ...
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Russia's unlucky aircraft carrier is getting ready for its return to action
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Perhaps no aircraft carrier has been as mocked or as troubled as Admiral Kuznetsov, Russia's only carrier and the sole ship of its class. Meant to usher in a new era for Sovie...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
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China and Russia Turn Deeper Ties into a Military Challenge for Biden
Deepening military and diplomatic cooperation between Russia and China is worrying U.S. defense planners, who fear the two frenemies that share military technology and many fo...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
U.S. Slaps Wide-Ranging Sanctions on Moscow—but Stops Short of Killer BlowThe Biden administration announced a sweeping package of sanctions on Russia on Thursday, including further restrictions on Moscow’s ability to tap capital markets and fresh d...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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In The News
Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Biden administration imposes significant economic sanctions on Russia over cyberspying, efforts to influence presidential electionThe Biden administration on Thursday imposed the first significant sanctions targeting the Russian economy in several years in order to punish the Kremlin for a cyberespionage...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Edward Fishman
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Is Russia Preparing to Go to War in Ukraine?
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Russia’s military buildup near the border of Ukraine continued this week, deepening global concern about Moscow’s ultimate intentions as senior Russian officials and state med...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
