Weekly Snapshot 12-18 August 2018 1. Agreement on the Caspian Sea On August 12th, the five countries surrounding the Caspian Sea are set to meet about the status of the contested body of water. Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan have been debating...
Suggested Articles: 12-18 August 2018 1. Time to Revive Brilliant Pebbles! PAI Board of Advisors Member and Chairman of High Frontier, Ambassador Henry Cooper, provides a summary of the Brilliant Pebbles missile defense system and its possible revival under the Trump...
1. In Soviet Echo, Putin Gives Russian Army a Political Wing Andrew Osborn, writing for Reuters, reports on one of the newest directorates by Vladimir Putin to foster patriotism and nationalism within the Russian military. The presidential decree from Putin is an...
Weekly Snapshot 5-11 August 2018 1. Iranian Naval Exercises Heighten Tensions Once Again Naval exercises in the Strait of Hormuz were started this week by Iran. This is the biggest naval exercise that Iran engages in, with one US defense official saying there are more...
1. Russian Soviet-Era Nostalgia Continues In the piece written and posted by the Pax Americana Institute titled “Putin’s KGB: The Coupling of the FSB and SVR,” the Cold War and Soviet-era feelings that Russian president Vladimir Putin was expressing were analyzed....
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