How to Rebalance US Global Security Cheaply and Easily
Russia is already building missiles outside the INF treaty, according to an October 29, 2018 report from the Congressional Research Service.
Russia is already building missiles outside the INF treaty, according to an October 29, 2018 report from the Congressional Research Service.
By any standard, Russia’s attack upon Ukrainian vessels in the Black Sea is an act of war.
NATO's new mission should be robust, visible and built around two key goals: safeguarding the free flow of maritime traffic in the region (something that Russia's actions have threatened), and bolstering Ukrainian sovereignty by augmenting the military assistance already being provided to the country by the U.S. and Europe.
In August of 2008, Russia used separatist proxies in South Ossetia to attack Georgian villages near the city of Tskhinvali.
As officials in Kyiv have consistently warned, an intensification of the on-again, off-again shooting war between the two countries was only a matter of time.