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China And Russia: Locked In Reluctant Embrace

Things are slowing down a bit now in the wake of the Paris atrocity, though unfortunately am sad to say the story is likely to not go away. Still some interest around the topic though, and spoke to the Sunday Times about the noisy Sally Jones, to the Huffington Post...

What We Are Reading

Key Reads   Missing Russian Jet Pilot ‘Alive and Well’ in Syria BBC A Russian pilot who went missing after his jet was shot down by Turkey while taking part in air strikes over Syria was rescued in a 12-hour operation involving special forces, Russia says.  ...

What We Are Reading

Key Reads   Paris Attacks: Two Die in Hunt for ‘Mastermind’ BBC A woman has blown herself up and a suspect was shot dead during a police raid on a flat in a Paris suburb, while seven arrests were made.   Russia Allies with France Against ISIS, Saying Jet...

BGen. Cheney Featured in National Defense Magazine

ASP CEO, BGen. Stephen A. Cheney was featured in National Defense Magazine. In it, he gave his thoughts regarding Russia’s military expansion in the Arctic, arguing that the actions serve more as defensive measures rather than offensive: Putin has revitalized...

Putin’s Birthday Presents

By Patricia H Kushlis Didn’t Vladimir Putin turn 63 on October 7?  And didn’t the Russian military provide him with a spectacular birthday present – the launch of 26 cruise missiles from the country’s flotilla in the landlocked Caspian Sea that very same day?  It was...