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The full extent of Moscow’s intentions behind this massive buildup remains unclear. As tensions continue to simmer over the ongoing Donbass conflict, Russia’s Armed Forces are staging the largest military build-up on Ukraine’s borders since 2014. Russia has amassed over 150,000 troops on Ukraine’s border and in occupied Crimea, according to the European Union’s (EU) top diplomat Josep Borrell. "It is more than 150,000 Russian troops massing on the Ukrainian borders and in Crimea. The ...

What is behind the surge in hostility between Moscow and Kyiv? Tensions are rising ominously in eastern Ukraine. Fighting has surged along the line of contact between Ukrainian government forces and Russian-backed separatists. Kyiv has cracked down internally on perceived Russian sympathizers. Russia has moved thousands of troops near the border with Ukraine, prompting Kyiv to turn to NATO with calls for support. Many are painting the situation as an early test of the Biden administration’s m...

Russias Navy is making a big bet on new, smaller warships loaded with missiles insider@insider.com (Benjamin Brimelow) © Peter Kovalev\TASS via Getty Images Russian Navy diesel-electric attack submarine Magadan during a launch ceremony at Admiralty Shipyard in St. Petersburg, Russia, March 26, 2021. Peter Kovalev\TASS via Getty Images The fleet Russia inherited from the Soviet Union quickly fell into disrepair after the Cold War. But Moscow has invested heavily in its Navy ov...

Peter Kovalev\TASS via Getty Images The fleet Russia inherited from the Soviet Union quickly fell into disrepair after the Cold War. But Moscow has invested heavily in its Navy over the past two decades. The result is a growing and modern force that poses unique challenges to NATO militaries. The Russian Navy has been busy. Its also making progress on a number of high-profile shipbuilding projects. It plans to commission or receive six new submarines — three of t...

Toggle open close The Issue On December 9, 2020, the U.S. Navy released its Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Vessels, focusing on great-power competition, for fiscal year (FY) 2022 to FY 2051. By itself, this plan is inadequate; it details neither fleet employment nor needed industrial base expansion. Moreover, the plan does not inform the FY 2021 National Defense Authorization Act. The Naval plan promises a manned fleet of 355 ships three years earlier than the current plan, wh...

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Call for Participation: USNA Fellowship Study on Wargame Design Education – Delphi Survey 1 16 December, 2020 - 02:40 Sawyer Judge is an Associate Research Analyst at the Center for Naval Analysis (CNA), a recent graduate of the Georgetown University Security Studies Program, and a fellow for the United States Naval Academy’s Naval History Wargaming Lab. As part of her fellowship for the United States Naval Academy’s Naval History Wargaming Lab, she is running a series of Delphi Surveys ...