Military
Russian military reform faces manning crisis
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July 30, 2010By Pavel Felgenhauer Russia’s attempts to build a modern military have run into a roadblock: there are not enough conscripts to fill the ranks. In the fall of 2008, the Russian military was a reservist/mobilization force. According to the Chief...
Blowback from Wikileaks disclosures continues
July 28, 2010By Katherine Tiedemann U.S. officials are reportedly in damage control mode as they seek to limit the impact of the Wikileaks disclosures on the U.S.'s relationship with Pakistan, after Pakistani officials hotly objected to reports that the Pakistani...
US military investigates leaked Afghan war documents
July 27, 2010While enroute from Afghanistan to Iraq Tuesday, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen said he is "appalled" about the release of tens of thousands of Afghan war documents that have been posted on the Internet on the Wikileaks...
Rearmament declared the main issue in Russian military reform
June 24, 2010by Pavel Felgenhauer A reshuffle of top military personnel was announced this week in Moscow. Deputy Defense Minister and Chief of Armaments, Colonel-General (retired) Vladimir Popovkin (52), was promoted to First Deputy Defense Minister. Russian Defense...
June 24, 2010Top U.S. commander in Afghanistan Gen. Stanley McChrystal was relieved of his post yesterday less than 40 hours after a Rolling Stone profile reported his critical comments about senior Obama administration officials (BBC, Pajhwok, AJE, Guardian, The...
Makarov announces “New Look” operational-strategic commands
June 16, 2010The momentum of change denoting Russian military reform continues to attract widespread attention among both the critics and advocates of the “new look,” while leaving deeper issues unresolved. By December 2010, the existing six military districts...
Will Russia be Cast as “Peacekeeper” in Kyrgyzstan?
June 16, 2010by Vladimir Socor Kyrgyzstan’s interim leader, Roza Otunbayeva, has taken the desperate step of requesting Russian military intervention to quell the violent civil conflict in southern Kyrgyzstan. She presented that request to Russian President...
Defense ministry plan to shut down most military towns compounds Russia’s company town problem
June 16, 2010by Paul Goble Staunton, June 13 –Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov has called for reducing the number of military towns in the Russian Federation from approximately 8,000 to 184, a measure that if implemented will hit some parts of the country...
Shall the US start fighting terrorism in 'Brainistan'?
June 10, 2010by Tawfik Hamid The war on terror and the US military confrontation with Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan is considered to be one of the longest wars in our modern history. It has actually surpassed WWII in duration. The jihadist-related terrorism...
Five NATO Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan
June 07, 2010Military officials say five NATO soldiers died Sunday in separate incidents in Afghanistan. According to a statement, a vehicle accident killed three NATO soldiers in southern Afghanistan. NATO said a makeshift bomb killed another service member in southern...
