Russia

14

Oct

China, defence, Defense, Geoeconomics, geopolitics, Geostrategy, Hedgemony, Hegemony, Iran, National Defense Strategy, NATO, network-centric warfare, RAND corporation, Russia, Security, the United States, wargame

From Hegemony To Hedgemony

BY: Leonid Savin PEJOURNAL - The RAND corporation has unveiled a unique defence planning and response project called “Hedgemony”. As is clear from the name, it is a play on the words “hegemony” and “hedging”, i.e. managing and insuring against risk. “Hedgemony. A Game of Strategic Choices” is a practical tool that RAND researchers have created to teach US specialists in defence and related areas. Its mission is to provide a better understanding of how different strategies could influence key planning factors in the sphere of trade at the intersection of force development, force management, force posture, and force employment.…

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05

Oct

Central Asia, Geopolitic, Russia, Soviet Union

Central Asia; Geopolitical cohesion and regional powers

BY: S.Alireza Behbahani PEJOURNAL - With the collapse of the Soviet Union and the rise of the Commonwealth of Independent States in 1991, the Caucasus and Central Asia regained the ability to re-establish relations in various political, security, economic, and cultural fields with its neighbors and other trans-regional powers. This region is strategically located due to the existence of underground oil and gas reserves and the important geographical location between the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea, in the area of New Eurasia, from a dormant region far from the center to a region considered by regional and trans-regional powers.…

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22

Sep

Caucasus, China, Iran, Kavkaz, Kavkaz-2020, military drills, Russia

Russia launches Kavkaz-2020 military drills, featuring forces from Iran, China

PEJOURNAL - Russia has launched the Kavkaz (or Caucasus) 2020 joint military drills with neighboring countries in its Southern Military District and in the Black and Caspian Seas. The joint military exercises, which started on September 21 and will run through September 26 involve about 80,000 personnel, including officers of the Russian Emergencies Ministry and the Russian Guard, as well as up troops from Iran, Armenia, Belarus, China, Myanmar and Pakistan. In addition, more representatives from the armed forces of Iran, Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Sri Lanka will participate as observers of the military drills. About 12,900 military personnel from the participating…

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15

Sep

Assad, Erdogan, Iran, Lavrov, Russia, Syria, Turkey

Lavrov Between Assad and Erdogan

BY: Stanislav Tarasov* Translated BY: Daniel Ranjbar PEJOURNAL -The so-called new approach to the Syrian settlement outside the brackets envisages the implementation of the aspirations of Moscow and Tehran to establish contacts between Ankara and Damascus which would confuse the cards for many regional and external players. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov paid a visit to Damascus, where he was met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and held talks with his Syrian counterpart Walid Muallem. The day before, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov also arrived in the Syrian capital. Lavrov’s trip from the point of view of the Arab…

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25

Aug

Belarus, Canada, Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats, China, COVID-19, Jens Stoltenberg, NATO, Russia, Ukraine

Is NATO prepared to celebrate its centenary?

BY: Jacobien van der Kleij PEJOURNAL - NATO’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stated, following the meetings of NATO Defence Ministers on 17 June 2020, that the dire situation of COVID-19 does not imply that other challenges have gone away. With 70 years behind them, NATO member states have been hit with numerous historic consequential shifts and threats, shaping the direction of NATO, its deterrence and defence strategies, and indeed its very structure. These include the Readiness Action Plan, launched in 2014 and the Readiness Initiative in 2018, aiming to enhance the readiness of existing national force and new security challenges.…

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20

Aug

Belarus, Belarus Elections, Dmitry Medvedev, Lukashenko, Minsk, NATO, Russia, Soviet Union, Svetlana Tihanovskaya, Tikhanovsky, USA

Russia; Winner of Belarus Elections.

BY: Oğuz Fırat PEJOURNAL - After the Soviet Union collapsed, Belarus began to move away from Russia to improve its deteriorating economy and relations with the West. While during this period, the newly established Russian government tried to control the post-Soviet space by establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States in 1991. On the other hand, Russia was concerned that interfering with close states such as Belarus, would risk the relations it was trying to establish with the West. But it realized that NATO's borders were widening eastward and so the West was starting to build sovereignty in the areas that…

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11

Aug

coronavirus, COVID19, Putin, Russia, vaccine

This morning, for the first time in the world, a vaccine against the new coronavirus was registered in Russia

"This morning, for the first time in the world, a vaccine against the new coronavirus was registered in Russia." President Vladimir Putin said Russia's Health Ministry has given regulatory approval for the world's first COVID-19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday. Putin added that the vaccine, developed by Moscow's Gamaleya Institute, has proven efficient during tests and promises to offer "sustainable immunity" against the coronavirus. "I would like to repeat that it has passed all the necessary tests,'' Putin said. "The most important thing is to ensure full safety of using the…

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09

Aug

Asia, Belt and Road Initiative, China, Geoeconomics, geopolitics, Iran, One Belt One Road, Review, Russia, USA

A Review of 25-Year Iran-China Plan

PEJOURNAL - "Iran-China relations are not a simple bilateral relationship. It will be very important in the political system of the world and in our region, and for this reason it has opponents", according to the website of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, in the meeting held by the International Assembly of Muslim University Professors, Hossein Malaek, Iran’s former ambassador to China, said that China’s Serious Geopolitical Need for Iran He cited the lack of a model for the development of regular and precise and so-called organized relations as one of the weaknesses of all agreements between Iran and…

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08

Aug

China, Donald Trump, Iran, Joe Biden, Russia, USA

AP: Russia vs. Biden, China vs. Trump

PEJOURNAL - U.S. intelligence officials believe that Russia is using a variety of measures to denigrate Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden ahead of the November election and that individuals linked to the Kremlin are boosting President Donald Trump’s reelection bid, the country’s counterintelligence chief said Friday in the most specific warning to date about the threat of foreign interference. U.S. officials also believe that China does not want Trump to win a second term and has accelerated its criticism of the White House, expanding its efforts to shape public policy in America and to pressure political figures seen as opposed…

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04

Aug

Civil War, Egypt, General Haftar, Liberation National Army, Libya, National Accord Government, Oil, Qaddafi, Russia, Turkey, West

LIBYA’S CIVIL WAR; THE WEST’S OIL CRUSADE NO ONE WANTED

BY: Begona Arechalde PEJOURNAL - It has been a turbulent week in Libya. Following the UN-backed GNA government's announcement to recapture the city of Sirte on July 18, Egypt declared that it will deploy its troops in the neighboring country next Monday to protect its national security "from criminal armed militias and foreign terrorist elements." Turkey, the main GNA supporter in the war, warned Cairo that such a move could be considered an invasion. The United States, concerned about Russian influence in the region, has accused Moscow of breaking the arms embargo in the country. The Libyan Civil War began…

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