Security

Waivers are possible for US companies, but strict compliance with the anti-Russian sanctions is a hard-and-fast rule for Europe. This is how US sanctions work.

By supplying the weapons that Special Representative Volker talked about in his interview, the US will become an accomplice to a conflict that has nothing to do with its national security.

Russia’s engagement with China and other Asian states on various issues has grown in recent years. The East-2018 exercise and the Russia-hosted East Economic Forum-2018 are elements of Russia’s Asia-Pacific strategy.

Donald Trump’s foreign policy, like much of his domestic policy, is a throwback to the worst right-wing excesses of the Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan administrations.

The fact that the CSTO finds it expedient to introduce changes to its structure confirms the trend to expansion which comes along with growing clout.

The Army 2018 Exhibition has once again confirmed that Moscow’s ongoing rearmament program has made Russia the world leader in military technology, able to offer the best of the best on the global arms market.

The golden days for Russia’s strategic aviation fleet are on their way, bringing an extensive revamping that will provide that fleet with new functionalities and propel it into first place in the world.

This is a defense budget of confrontation giving preference to pressure instead of negotiations and diplomacy.

Nobody’s security will be enhanced but the damage may be irreparable. Sanctions may delay the development of new technologies in Russia or China but they can’t prevent their emergence.

When Russia warns that NATO’s expansion is risking horrible conflict that is a straightforward, reasonable observation which is borne out by history. Tragically, thousands of lives have been destroyed by not heeding this warning.