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Russia Resurgent Topic Week By Louis Martin-Vézian. Turkish-Russian Tensions Put Central Asia In A Tough Spot. Turkey's downing of a Russian warplane on November 24 has put most of the Central Asian states in an extremely awkward position.
No one in Central Asia wants trouble with Russia, the former colonial master, but at the same time the Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Turkmen, and Uzbeks are Turkic peoples and in the nearly 25 years since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ankara has played on cultural and linguistic affinities to successfully develop relations with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Kazakhstan's Foreign Ministry on November 25 released a statement on the downing of the Russian Su-24 by Turkey, calling it a "tragic incident" that was "regrettable.
" A Brief Guide to the Syrian Civil War. Updated on November 15, 2015 In what French President Francois Hollande called “an act of war” against his country, on November 13 several attackers staged a complex assault involving shootings and suicide bombings in Paris that left 129 people dead.
ISIS has claimed responsibility, citing France’s participation in the “crusader campaign” against the group. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was unsympathetic, blaming French policy toward his country: “We said, don’t take what is happening in Syria lightly. Unfortunately, European officials did not listen.” Russia Resurgent Week: The Conclusion. CIMSEC content is and will always be free, consider donating!
By Matt McLaughlin The Russia Resurgent Topic Week took a big-picture viewpoint of Russia and its strategic choices – and that was perhaps a fortunate approach. With ongoing developments every day with Russian activities in Syria, anything more time-sensitive would have been quickly rendered moot by events. These events are instructive, though, in the sense that shootdowns and other Russia-NATO incidents are far from unprecedented – it is not difficult to argue that the East-West relationship is simply returning to form. Is Russia’s Maritime Strategy Adrift? Evidently, the RFN has even grander designs: a squadron of what would effectively be nuclear powered battlecruisers.
Consider the notional future Russian Federation Navy (RFN). Their fleet, once outnumbering the U.S. The Russian Navy: Strategies and Missions of a Force in Transition. CIMSEC content is and will always be free, consider donating!
Russia Resurgent Topic Week By Michael Kofman On October 7th, Russia’s Caspian Flotilla launched land attack cruise missiles into Syria, bringing into relief the steady modernization of the Russian Navy (RFN), and its recently added strike capabilities. Dominating the Caspian is not a difficult challenge for the Russian flotilla of Gepard-class frigates and Buyan-M corvettes, but the ability to launch cruise missiles at targets in Europe or the Middle East potentially over two thousand kilometers away is emblematic of the future Russian Navy. Together with the Northern, Pacific, Baltic, and Black Sea Fleets, the RFN is a force in transition. An Error Occurred Setting Your User Cookie. Fact - An Editors' Choice Collection. We are delighted to introduce ‘Fact – An Editors’ Choice Article Collection’.
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