by Patricia H. Kushlis | Nov 25, 2014 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis In a talk in Washington, DC last April, Strobe Talbot, Russian expert, journalist and former Deputy Secretary of State, described Vladimir Putin as a consummate risk taker, an excellent tactician but a poor strategist. Putin’s dream of...
by Thomas Campbell | Jun 5, 2014 | Monitor
While the U.S. government maintains that Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the current situation in Ukraine clearly “violate the Ukrainian constitution and international law,” an extensive propaganda campaign facilitated by the Kremlin appears to be influencing a...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | May 28, 2014 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis Over the past several months, I’ve been trying to figure out what the Kremlin’s policy toward Ukraine is. Does Moscow have a long term objective or is it, in reality, winging it? Is the Putin regime foremost playing to nationalist grievances at...
by Nathan Daniels | Apr 3, 2014 | Monitor
Yesterday, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and six other Senators called on the Department of Defense to allow more competition within the U.S. Air Force’s Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program. “We write...
by Nathan Daniels | Apr 3, 2014 | Monitor
The last time that the mass media looked at national security and space, we were in a very different time. The United States was embroiled in the Cold War and the danger of nuclear annihilation was at the forefront of most people’s minds. Although we have advanced...
