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Mistral: a cold French wind blows east
Originally published in Estonian as Mistral: külm Prantsuse tuul puhub itta http://www.epl.ee/artikkel/483208 David J. Smith* The French Navy amphibious assault ship Mistral—named for a cold French wi… more →
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Mistral: a cold French wind blows east
halldor4 wrote 2 days ago: Originally published in Estonian as Mistral: külm Prantsuse tuul puhub itta http://www.epl.ee/artikk … more →
Zapad-2009, Ladoga-2009
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halldor4 wrote 2 months ago: September 26 saw the beginning of the second phase of the large scale Russian and Belorussian combin … more →
Ukraine and the "Medvedev Doctrine"
halldor4 wrote 2 months ago: On September 10 a group of more than two dozen well-known Ukrainian scientists, scholars, artists, w … more →
Russia to deploy 2 full-sized armies in Belarus
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halldor4 wrote 2 months ago: Following Russia’s Kavkaz-09 (June 29-July 10) military exercises, the large-scale Ladoga-09 e … more →
NATO, Afghanistan, Russia
halldor4 wrote 4 months ago: On August 1, former Danish prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen takes over from his predecessor, Jaa … more →
CEE Letter to Obama
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halldor4 wrote 4 months ago: A group of former Central and East European presidents, ambassadors and government officials has sen … more →
U.S.-Russian tensions growing over Georgia
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halldor4 wrote 4 months ago: The U.S. guided missile destroyer USS Stout has anchored off the Georgian port of Batumi for joint m … more →
House of Commons Defence Committee - 10th Report
halldor4 wrote 4 months ago: The tenth report of the British House of Commons Defence Committee is now online. From the Conclusio … more →
Kavkaz-2009
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halldor4 wrote 5 months ago: Russia’s defence ministry has announced that the Kavkaz-2009 military exercises will be held i … more →
Russia undertakes military action in North-East Caucasus
halldor4 wrote 6 months ago: Joint military and police operations by Russian FSB and defence ministry forces are currently underw … more →
Deals and deterrents
halldor4 wrote 6 months ago: Jamestown’s Eurasia blog has the condensed summary of a recent interview with Jamestown senior … more →
New national security strategy for Russia
halldor4 wrote 6 months ago: On May 12 Dmitry Medvedev approved a new national security strategy for Russia until 2020. The docum … more →
Medvedev and "Helsinki-plus"
halldor4 wrote 7 months ago: During talks with Finland’s President Halonen in Helsinki on April 20, and also in a speech he … more →
Russia's Northern Sea Route
halldor4 wrote 9 months ago: The Barents Observer reports on Russia’s imminent attempt to appropriate for its own use what … more →
Miko Peled: Winning in Gaza
sudhan wrote 9 months ago: ‘All it takes is one child who decides to take up the fight..’ By Miko Peled | The Pales … more →
Signpost to Munich
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halldor4 wrote 10 months ago: At the BBC, William Horsley writes that some kind of turning-point or watershed in Russia’s re … more →
Gaza and Basra
halldor4 wrote 10 months ago: In the Spectator, a British soldier who served with the army’s Intelligence Corps in Iraq and … more →
Understanding the Russian-Georgian War
halldor4 wrote 10 months ago: The Hudson Institute has published an analysis (pdf) by Andrei Illarionov of the Russian-Georgian Wa … more →
von Sydow: "Sweden must arm against Russia"
halldor4 wrote 10 months ago: From BarentsObserver: “I believe it is time for the Swedish Armed Forces to adjust to a situation wi … more →
