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Russia

Missile launchers ply icy roads and air defense systems point menacingly into the sky at this Arctic military outpost, a key vantage

In 2017, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (“PLA”) announced plans to bring down its 2.3 million strong forces below 1 million with

Russia is intensifying its efforts to expand its economic control over the Arctic. Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the development of the

Not many observers would consider the world’s coldest shipping lane a geopolitical hotspot. But that may be about to change. Last week,

“We are moving in a minefield, and we don’t know from where the explosion will come.” A warning from former Russian Foreign

Russia has accused the United States of quietly reclassifying nuclear weapons systems in a potential bid to hide the true scale of

The U.S. general who oversees America’s nuclear forces expressed concern Tuesday that Russia is developing new strategic weapons outside of the New

President Vladimir Putin has said that Russia is militarily ready for a Cuban Missile-style crisis if the United States wanted one, and

DEFCON Warning System – Readers should note that the author of the article injects quite lot of his own opinion into the

Ever since 2015 when images of a Russian nuclear torpedo first leaked on state television, the world has asked itself why Moscow

With his ratings down and state funds needed to hedge against new Western sanctions and raise living standards, Russian President Vladimir Putin

It was Otto von Bismarck, architect for Germany’s unification and rise to world power, who is alleged to have referred to the