The 2019 Ukrainian presidential election has concluded and comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy will be Ukraine’s next president, having soundly defeated incumbent Petro Poroshenko. Zelenskiy has been
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Competing Exercises Increase Black Sea Tensions
The Black Sea has become a beehive of naval activity in recent days as NATO’s annual Sea Shield exercise is underway off the coast of
Russia Observes the Fifth Anniversary of Its Crimean Annexation
18 March, 2019 marked the fifth anniversary of Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine. On this date in 2014, Russian commandos blockaded Simferopol International Airport,
SACEUR Warns of the Growing Russian Threat
General Curtis M. Scaparrotti, US Army, is the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR). As the senior military man in NATO, he shoulders the responsibility for
The US-Russia Military Balance in Europe: Introduction
When the Soviet Union dissolved in December, 1991, its successor the Russian Federation hastened the withdrawal of its military forces from Eastern Europe. The United
