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• Operational Environment Enterprise (OEE) Red Diamond, The Red Diamond is a quarterly publication featuring articles on threat actions, actors, OE conditions, and observations of current and emerging real-world threat techniques. The intent of the Red Diamond is to move lessons learned from real events to the training community in a timely and concise manner. Articles for the Red Diamond are accepted from analysts within the TRADOC G2 as well as analysts and subject matter experts from other organizations.

  1. OEE Red Diamond OCT-DEC 2019, Russian Arctic Army issue
     
     • Russian Arctic Army
     • Russia in Africa
     • Maneuver Defense Battalion (BTIG)
      
  2. OEE Red Diamond AUG 2017
     • Russia
     • Snow Dome Part 2
     • Integrated Attack in Threat/OPFOR Ops
      
  3. OEE Red Diamond MAY 2017
     • Russia in the Arctic
     • Tactical Vignette (delay, linkup)
     • Attacks in NW India
     • ATGM Raid
     • Sarab APS
     • ACE-TI POCs
      

• Operational Environment (OE) Watch, OE Watch provides translated selections with background from a diverse range of foreign media that our analysts and expert contributors believe will give security professionals an added dimension to their critical thinking about the Operational Environment.

  Oct 2021

  1. Details of Russia's Palantin Electronic Warfare System
  2. Experts Question Whether Robots and Mercenaries Can Fill Russian Military's Manpower Needs
  3. Recent Russian Conscript Shares His Largely Negative Experience
  4. Russia Digitizing the Military Commissariat
  5. Russia's Lessons Learned from Syria: Reinforced Companies

  Sep 2021

  6. Evidence of Staffing Troubles for Russian Military-Political Officers
  7. Georgian Defense Minister Offers Modernization Plan in Face of Russia Threat
  8. Russia Expanding Footprint in Africa
  9. Russia Facing Problems Developing Arctic Military Communications System
  10. Russia Practices Area Denial in Gulf of Finland
  11. Russia Pushing to Classify Reporting on the Military
  12. Russia Warns Turkey to Remain Neutral in the Black Sea
  13. Russian Military Studying Putin's History of Ukraine
  14. The Russian Ground Forces Improve Army-Level Communications

  Aug 2021

  15. Algeria Seeks More Active Regional Military Role, with Russian Assistance
  16. New Russian Radar Deployed in Arctic To Detect UAVs
  17. Russia and Turkey Competing for Dominance of Black Sea
  18. Russia Harasses Dutch Ship in the Black Sea To Send Message to NATO
  19. Russian Military Publication Argues NATO No Longer a Threat
  20. Russian Northern Fleet Vessels Move into Area of NATO Baltic Sea Exercise
  21. The Russian General Staff's “Foreseeable Future”: Destructive Fires to Destructive Influence
  22. The Russian Ground Forces’ New Command-and-Control Vehicles

  Jul 2021

  23. Russia Employing Little Known Aviation Mines
  24. Russia Deploying Anti-NATO Air Assets in Belarus under Guise of Training
  25. Russia's Arctic Population Falling
  26. Russian Engagement of British Naval Vessel in Black Sea Preceded by Mysterious Incident
  27. Russian Ice-Class Ship Gets Stuck in the Ice
  28. Russian UAVs Envisioned to Replace Manned Reconnaissance Aviation

  Jun 2021

  29. Amphibious Landing Force Upgraded in Arctic
  30. Rare Glimpse into Russian Armed Forces’ View of Multi-Domain Operations
  31. Russia Extending Coastal Defense Capability in Arctic
  32. Russia Stands Up Another Motorized Rifle Division in the Southern Military District
  33. Russia's Use of, and Defense Against, Loitering Munitions
  34. Russian Analysts Reevaluating UAV Successes in Regional Conflict
  35. Russian Generals Poised to Play Larger Political Role
  36. Turkish-Russian Relations Possibly Diverging

  May 2021

  37. France Teaming with Russia to Deport Purported Chechen Extremists
  38. More Chechen Spetsnaz Training in the Arctic
  39. Purpose Posited for Russia's Poseidon Torpedo and Other “Superweapons”
  40. Russia to Field First Experimental Unit of Combat Robots
  41. Russian Defense Official Articulates Kremlin's “Mental War” Ideology
  42. Russian National Guard Roles Still Evolving as of Fifth Anniversary
  43. The Status of Russian-Uzbek Security Cooperation
  44. Three Russian Submarines Surface Simultaneously Near North Pole
  45. Turkey's Role in Russia-Ukraine Tensions

  Apr 2021

  46. Capabilities and Organizational Aspects of Russia's 1B75 'Penitsillian' Acoustic-Thermal Reconnaissance System
  47. Less Hazing, More Corruption in the Russian Ranks
  48. ‘Penitsillin’ Acoustic-Thermal Reconnaissance System
  49. Slow Expansion of Russian Forces in Kyrgyzstan
  50. Russia Bolstering Arctic Air Umbrella
  51. Russia Formed 18th Motorized Rifle Division in Kaliningrad
  52. Russian Military Newspapers on the Decline
  53. Russian Military History: Victim and Weapon of Information Operations
  54. Russian Military Rations Improving, Including in the Arctic

  Mar 2021

  55. Azerbaijan's Post-War Exercise with Turkey
  56. Few Elite in the Russian Military
  57. Innovation in the Russian Military
  58. Quadcopter UAVs to Be Used by Russian Ground Forces
  59. Russia Strengthens Ties with Loyalist Christian Militias in Syria's Hama Province
  60. Russia's “Pole-21” Electronic Warfare System's Role in Defeating UAVs
  61. Russian Coastal Defense Division Forming to Protect Chukotka Peninsula and Northeast Entry to North Sea Route
  62. Russian Peacekeeping Operation in Nagorno-Karabakh
  63. Russian UAV Organization and Developments

  Feb 2021

  64. Armenian Assessments of the 2020 Nagorno Karabakh War
  65. Descriptions of Russian Military Modernization in 2021
  66. Powerful Russian UAV Images
  67. Role of the Russian Aerospace Forces 15th Special Purpose Army
  68. Russia's Hypersonic missiles in the Arctic
  69. Russian Pacific Fleet rearming Naval Infantry with BMP-3F
  70. The Russian Armed Forces' Patriot Park for all Believers

  Jan 2021

  71. A Deal Between Kurds, Russians, and the Syrian Regime in Ain Issa
  72. Airmobile Brigades Getting Helicopter Augmentation
  73. Deployment of Russian Anti-Drone System to Syria and Implications for Turkey
  74. Hovercraft continue to support Russian Naval Infantry
  75. Karabakh War Might Spur Russian Attack UAV Development
  76. Possible Reasoning for Russian Extraterritorial Naval Bases
  77. Terminator-2 Tank Support Combat Vehicles Vigorously Field Tested
  78. The Future of Peacekeeping in the Collective Security Treaty Organization
  79. Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations Joins Peacekeeping Force in Nagorno-Karabakh
  80. Russian Armed Forces Conduct First ‘NCO of the Year’ Competition

  Dec 2020

  81. Contract Soldiers and AWOL
  82. Dodging the Draft
  83. Early Lessons-Learned from Nagorno Karabakh
  84. GLONASS Ground Crew Operations
  85. GLONASS General Designer on Improving Navigational Precision
  86. Improving the Officer Promotion System
  87. “Red Berets” University Chosen to Train Russian Military Police
  88. Russia Launches New GLONASS-K Satellite
  89. Russia-Pakistan Security Cooperation
  90. Russian Military Presence in Armenia and the Region
  91. Russian Media: Ukraine Considering Legislation Enabling Forced Relocation of Russians
  92. Russian Media: US Sanctions Hinder GLONASS Modernization
  93. Russian Concerns over Chinese Espionage
  94. Sweden Increases Sub-Arctic Defense
  95. Turkey's Security Cooperation in Central Asia

  Nov 2020

  96. 9K51M Tornado-G MLRS Gets New Two-Stage Munition
  97. Autumn Conscription Campaign Begins in Russia
  98. Capabilities of the 2S35 Koalitsiya-SV Self-Propelled Howitzer
  99. Catalonian Separatism Examined Anew
  100. Corvette Missile Firings in the Arctic
  101. Crazy Russian Military Propaganda?
  102. Fresh Water Woes for Crimea
  103. Georgian Deputy Minister Says No Military Cargo to Nagorno Karabakh via Georgia
  104. Kazakh Peacekeeping Exercise
  105. Potential Equipping of Russian Naval Infantry with the BMP-3F
  106. Russia Fields First S-300V4 Brigade in the Far East to Deter US
  107. Russia Going “Green” for Kavkaz 2020
  108. Russia's Young Army Journalists
  109. Russian Aerospace Forces, Ground Forces, and Navy Air Defense Systems Under Single C2 System
  110. Russian Exoskeleton Development
  111. Strengthening Political Loyalty of the Russian National Guard
  112. The Function of the Russian-Armenian United Group of Forces
  113. The Russian BMPT Terminator is Going Into Limited Production to Test “Brigades of the Future”

  Oct 2020

  114. Army Games and Russian Soft Power
  115. Back to School at the Russian General Staff
  116. Brigade Field Training in Russia's Eastern Military District
  117. Details of Russia's Auxiliary Fleet
  118. Economic Warfare: UAE Reportedly Seeking to Target Turkish Investments in Egypt
  119. Elimination of Dedovshchina (Hazing in the Russian Military)?
  120. Forming a Militia in Armenia
  121. More Restrictions on Defense Information in Russia
  122. New Jihadist Group Targets Joint Turkish-Russian Patrols in Idlib, Syria
  123. Rolling Out Russia's New BMP-2M
  124. Russia Conducts Fourth Arctic Riverine Exercise
  125. Russia: Technologies of Weapons Based Upon ‘New Physical Principles’
  126. Russia Increasing Northern Fleet Year-Around Capabilities
  127. Russia Supports the Inclusion of Syrian Kurds in Talks to Resolve Syria Conflict
  128. Russian Capabilities in Tajikistan
  129. Russian Aerospace Forces Reinstitutes Provisional Airfield Capability
  130. Russian Plans to Lay Undersea Cable in the Arctic
  131. Russian-Military Historical Film Festival Cultivates Patriotism
  132. The Russian Airborne Troops (VDV) Turn 90
  133. The Russian BMP-3 Is Not Ready for the Scrap Yard
  134. The Evolving Russian-Syrian Pressure Campaign in Northeast Syria
  135. Turkey Inaugurates Space Technology Center
  136. Uniform Changes in Russia's Military
  137. Wet Gap Crossing as a High Priority for Russian Engineers

  Sep 2020

  138. Computer Games Seen as Threat to Russia's Global and Domestic Support
  139. Chechnya's Kadyrov Gets Promoted in Russian National Guard
  140. Fraud in Russian Military Sanitoria
  141. Modernized ‘Krasukha’ Electronic Warfare System Entering the Ranks
  142. Northern Fleet Anti-Submarine Warfare Upgrade
  143. Pantsir Air Defense System aboard new Russian Corvettes
  144. Patron Saint of the Russian Navy?
  145. Return of the Russian Horse Cavalry
  146. Revising Russian Historical Memory
  147. Russia Lays Keels for Two Universal Landing Ships
  148. Russian Naval Aviation Upgrade in Precision Fire and Interoperability
  149. Russian Navy Adopting Modular ‘Shipping Container-Based’ Weapons
  150. The Iskander Missile Will Engage Naval Surface Vessels
  151. Tightening Security in Russia's Info Space

  Aug 2020

  152. A Russian Military Look at the Personnel Factor in Chinese Information Warfare Development
  153. Bond Between Russian Religion and Military
  154. Debating the Pros and Cons of Russia's Syria Campaign
  155. Let the Army Expo and Games Go On
  156. MLRS is Becoming a Precision Weapon
  157. Pacific Fleet to Conduct Arctic Amphibious Assault Exercise
  158. Russia Forms Mobile Air Defense Reserve of Pantsir-S
  159. Russian Allies: Examining Russia's Relations with CSTO Members
  160. Russian Army Starts Receiving Kamaz Trucks with Armored Compartments
  161. Russian Patriotism and Values
  162. Russia's Balance Between India and China
  163. Russia's Development of Robotic Combat Vehicles
  164. Russia's Energy Strategy 2035: A Breakthrough or Another Impasse?
  165. Russia's Increasing Military Presence in Kyrgyzstan
  166. Russia's Nuclear Projects in Africa: Profits and Political Gain
  167. Second Borei Class Strategic Nuclear Submarine Joins Northern Fleet
  168. Soviet Era Frigate Update Includes Pantsir Air Defense System
  169. The Kremlin's Critique of Western Values
  170. Updated Ka-29 Helicopters to Make Arctic Debut

  Jul 2020

  171. Azerbaijan's Large-Scale Exercise Amid Coronavirus
  172. Chinese Security Assistance to Tajikistan
  173. Expanding Russia's Military Presence in Syria
  174. Going Blue by 2030: Upgrading and Refitting the Pacific Fleet
  175. Looking Beyond China: Asian Actors in the Russian Arctic (Part Two)
  176. Russia's A-50U Long-Range Radar Detection Aircraft
  177. Russia's Mi-28NM ‘Night Superhunter’ Attack Helicopter
  178. Russian Armed Forces Purchasing New Airframes
  179. Russian Arms Sales to Iran?
  180. Russian Aviation Increases Training
  181. Russian Ministry of Defense: Battening Down the Information Hatches
  182. Russian Religious Patriotism
  183. Six Years On: The MH-17 Tragedy and Girkin's Damning Interview
  184. The Northern Fleet's Combat Training with an Arctic Focus
  185. Training the Airborne for Mountain Combat
  186. Ukrainian Capabilities Challenge Russian Superiority in the Black Sea

  Jun 2020

  187. Alternate Medical Service for Russian Draftees
  188. Chinese Help to Restore the Kuznetsov
  189. Conscription in the Caucasus during Coronavirus
  190. Faith and Russian Military Victory
  191. Inside Russia: Spreading Virus Disinformation Narratives
  192. Kazakhstan's Substitute Draft to Combat Coronavirus
  193. Looking Beyond China: Asian Actors in the Russian Arctic (Part One)
  194. No Hunter at the Victory Day Parade
  195. Northern Fleet Expands Intelligence Support Vessels
  196. ‘Penitsillin’ Artillery Reconnaissance System Enters Service
  197. Russia's Baltic Fleet Forces Conduct Extensive Exercise in Kaliningrad
  198. Russian Airborne Troops Conduct High Altitude Arctic Parachute Drop
  199. Russian Electronic Warfare Leverages Artificial Intelligence
  200. Russian-Ukrainian Antagonism Spreads to History
  201. The Changing Character of War and the Growing Role of Electronic Warfare
  202. Toward a “System of Regional Security in the Arctic”: A Russian Perspective

  May 2020

  201. COVID-19 and the Russian Spring Draft
  202. New Arctic T-80BVM Tanks Get Workout
  203. Russia Continues to Upgrade its Northern Fleet
  204. Russia's Presence in the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean
  205. Russian Topographic Maps and Cloud-Based Technology
  206. Russian View of Foreign Dependence on Space Capabilities
  207. Strengthening Russian Influence in Crimea
  208. The Russian Army's Domestic Support for Civil Authorities
  209. The Russian Army's Smoke Screen Production and Training
  210. The Utility of Russian-Serbian Relations to Moscow

  Apr 2020

  211. Kazakhstan's Armored Vehicles to Get New Combat Modules
  212. Russian Army to Receive New Tentage: From the Arctic to the Desert

  Mar 2020

  213. Russia's Bridging Capabilities: Military and Civil Motives
  214. Russia's Spetsnaz to Get New “Flying Tank”
  215. The 3BM44 “Lekalo” Fin-Stabilized Subcaliber Projectile
  216. The Role of the S-350 Vityaz in Russian Air Defense

  Apr 2019

  217. Anti-Bribery Training
  218. Armenia's “Offensive” Strategy?
  219. Big Ship for a Big Job
  220. Bilingual School Highlights Estonian Language Politics
  221. China's View of Hypersonic Weapons: Changing the Dynamics of Warfare
  222. Complexities and Challenges of Russia's Avangard Hypersonic Glide Reentry Vehicle
  223. Freedom of Navigation to be Tested in Arctic?
  224. Former Donbas Hero
  225. Improved Officer Selection/Tracking System
  226. Is Russia Getting Entangled in Southwest Syria?
  227. Mandatory Patriotic Training?
  228. Military-Industrial Journalistic Countermeasures
  229. New Chinese Two-Seat Carrier-based Fighter Enters Next Phase of Testing
  230. Perceptions of Russian Strength in Middle East
  231. Russia Hedges Bets on Satellite Navigation
  232. Russia's Mobile and Cost-Efficient Satellite Launch Service
  233. Sino-Soviet Conflict Remembered with Concern
  234. ‘Special Outsider’: Russia Joins the Race for Global Leadership in Artificial Intelligence
  235. States Continue to Invest in Russian Energy

  Mar 2019

  236. A New Turn in Armenian-Russian Relations?
  237. Bolstering the Russian Ground Forces, the Cossack Way
  238. Campaign Sparks Division Between Ethnic Russians
  239. Controlling the Kremlin's Narrative
  240. Have Power, Will Travel
  241. Importance of Space-Based Intelligence, Reconnaissance, and Surveillance
  242. Iran's Strategic Shift to China and Russia
  243. Military District Reform Rumored
  244. Moscow Disapproves of Erdogan's Plans in Syria
  245. Revelations of a Russian Mercenary in Syria
  246. Russia Makes Strategic Inroads into Africa
  247. Russia May Begin Purchase of Chinese-made Drones, Engines
  248. Russian Anti-Satellite Technologies as a Response to the US Ballistic Missile Defense System
  249. Ukraine to Buy Combat Drones from Turkey
  250. With Russian Help, A Fragile Peace Agreement in the Central African Republic

  Feb 2019

  251. Central Asia's Security Cooperation Initiatives
  252. Chinese Weapons in Rwanda
  253. Flawed ‘Strategic Partnership’: Putin's Optimism on China Faces Harsh Reality
  254. Is Pakistan Acquiring Russian Tanks?
  255. New Brazilian President Declares Reset with Indigenous People and Lands
  256. Northern Fleet Will Receive Automated C&C System Integrating Air, Land and Sea
  257. Preparation for the 2019 Army International Games
  258. Radios in the Russian Ground Forces
  259. Russia Provides Financial, Military and Political Support to Venezuela
  260. Russia to Deploy Additional Anti-Ship Missile Batteries Near Japan by 2020
  261. Russia-Belarus Open Disagreement Reflects Complexities in Moscow-Minsk Relations
  262. The Arctic Will Have Prominent Role in 2019 Operational-Strategic Exercise "Center"
  263. The Inflatable Sentry
  264. The Power Struggle for Control of Russia's Arctic
  265. The S-350 Vityaz Air Defense System
  266. Who's Who at Maduro’s Inauguration

  Jan 2019

  267. A Chinese Perspective on U.S. Force Reductions
  268. Arctic Icebreaking Tanker Launched
  269. Bolivaria's Allies
  270. Bolivarian Sabre Rattling?
  271. China, Russia and Iran Seek to Revive Syrian Railways
  272. China to Modify Y-20 Transport Aircraft for Aerial Refueling
  273. China Reports Development of Maneuvering Glide Ballistic Missile
  274. Fallout from the Syrian Victory
  275. Iran's Basij in Cyberspace
  276. Is India's Nuclear Triad Complete?
  277. Kremlin Support for European Army
  278. Russia, China and the INF Treaty
  279. Russia's “Avangard” Hypersonic Glide Vehicle Enters Serial Production
  280. Russia's “Penitsillin” Artillery Reconnaissance System
  281. Russia's “Peresvet”: Strategic Defense Initiative Redux?
  282. Russian Artillery Chief Describes the Reconnaissance-Fire System
  283. Russian Defense against Infectious Disease
  284. Moscow's Continuing Leverage over Europe, vis-à-vis Energy Dependence
  285. TurkStream and Turkish-Russian Cooperation
  286. Ukraine Increases Trade With China at Russia's Expense
  287. Uzbekistan's Readiness Exercise

  Dec 2018

  288. Changes for the Collective Security Treaty Organization
  289. Closer Russian-Cuban Relations
  290. Cold Weather Tor-M2DT Air Defense System Training for Artic Duty
  291. Crimean Army Corps Conducts Amphibious Landing and Defense Exercise
  292. CSTO Peacekeeping in Ukraine
  293. Equipping the IRGC with New Ballistic Missiles
  294. Estonian Analysis of Russian Threat
  295. Moving Forward on Turkish Acquisition of Russian S-400s
  296. Russia Adopts 57mm Caliber as Standard for Future Armored Vehicles
  297. Russia Conducts Brigade-Division Force-On-Force Exercises
  298. Russia Cultivates Libyan Ties
  299. Russian Railroad Troop Developments
  300. Russian–Ukrainian Regional Conflict Seemingly Pervades Spiritual Plane
  301. The Impact of Pakistan-Russia Security Cooperation on India

  Nov 2018

  302. Bulgarian Fighter Aircraft Acquisition
  303. Increased Economic Strains for Russian Military Personnel
  304. Increasing Russia's "Brown-Water" Navy
  305. India and the Arctic?
  306. India Upgrades Its MiG-29s
  307. Military Benefits of the Caspian Sea Convention for Russia's Power
  308. More Muscle for the Northern Fleet
  309. Moscow Pushes Own Approaches to Cyber Security on Rest of CSTO
  310. NATO Arctic Exercise Draws Russian Response
  311. Polish Perspective on Russian Disinformation Campaigns
  312. Russia and China Help Egypt's Space Industry Move Forward
  313. Russian Combined Arms Armies Plan Electronic Warfare Battalions
  314. Russian MoD Considers a "Pocket" Iskander
  315. Social Media Restrictions for Russian Security
  316. The S-500 "Prometheus" Air and Missile Defense System Is Coming!
  317. The Turkish-Russian Alliance in the Middle East
  318. Why Russians Fight in Syria

  Oct 2018

  319. Connecting Slavic Brotherhood and the Russian Army
  320. Consolidating Naval Training at Kronshtadt?
  321. Constructing Military Ideology... and a Military Church
  322. Current Lessons-Learned From the Battle of Kursk
  323. Defense or Domination? Building Algerian Power With Russian Arms
  324. Deepening Russian Cultural Influence in Syria
  325. EU Holds 3rd Annual “Three Seas Initiative” Summit in Bucharest
  326. Georgia Seeks to Build a Reserve—Again
  327. Increasing Multi-Domain Capabilities: The Iskander Engages the Sea
  328. India's Appointment of the 14th Corps Commander
  329. No Pirates in the Arctic
  330. Reasoning for the Vostok-2018 Strategic Exercise
  331. Revisiting Russia's Seizure of Kosovo Airport
  332. Rising Russian-Ukrainian Tensions in the Sea of Azov
  333. Russian Influence Operations Target Swedish Elections
  334. Russian Pipeline Troops: Sustaining the Fight Across the Land and From the Sea
  335. Time Management and Re-Enlistment
  336. The Automation of Forward Air Control
  337. The CSTO Factor in Armenian-Russian Relations
  338. Vostok-2018 in the Arctic

  Sep 2018

  339. An Overabundance of Airborne
  340. Changing Attitudes toward War
  341. Closing Conscript Loopholes
  342. Developing a “Digital Potemkin Village”
  343. DOSAAF Reinstituting Pilot Training
  344. Hiding Little Green Men
  345. If You Build It, Will They Come?
  346. Interview with Armenia's Minister of Defense
  347. Moldovan Government Moves to Reduce Reliance on Russian Power
  348. New Amphibious Warfare Ships…Someday
  349. “New Type” PLA Units Emphasize Mobility, Joint Operations
  350. Patriotism as Defense against Color Revolutions
  351. Requisitioning Private Vehicles for the Russian Army Under Martial Law
  352. Russia and Iran Hamper Turkey's Aspirations to Become Energy Hub
  353. Russia Flexes Its Muscles in Abkhazia While Citizens Recall Anniversary of War with Georgia
  354. Russian-Druze Relations and the ISIS Attack on Suwayda
  355. Russian Heavy Artillery: Leaving Depots and Returning to Service
  356. Small Boat Cruisin' for a Bruisin'
  357. Will Iran Pivot to the East

  Aug 2018

  358. Anchors Away in the Arctic
  359. Another Russian Base in Kyrgyzstan?
  360. Assessing Russia's Ten-Year Military Spending Plan
  361. Central Asia: Next Stop for Syria's Foreign Jihadists?
  362. Chechnya's Special Forces University to Offer Mountain Tourism
  363. China Adding Nuclear-powered Icebreakers in the Arctic
  364. CIS Members Reject Russian Request for Assistance in Syria
  365. Improving Medical Care in the Russian Military
  366. International Political Pressure Mounts against Russian Troop Presence in Moldova
  367. Military Support for Pension Reform?
  368. New Russian Armor Tactics from the Syrian Experience
  369. Putting Science Companies to Work
  370. Russia is Shortening Officer Training and Adjusting Conscription Standards
  371. Russian Combined Arms Armies Are Implementing Automated C2 System
  372. Slavic Brotherhood 2018: Applying the Syrian and Donbas Experience to the Balkans?
  373. Successful Russian IO Campaign
  374. Syria and the Russian General Staff Academy
  375. The Lessons China Taught Itself: Why the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Matters
  376. The Russian Perspective of “Friction” and “Wear” in Hybrid War
  377. Turkish Foreign Security Policy Under an Executive Presidency
  378. Visit of Chinese Military Delegation to Iran

  Jul 2018

  379. Azerbaijan's Latest Weapons Acquisition
  380. Chinese Advancement in Hypersonic Aircraft
  381. Chinese Universities Begin Recruiting Undergraduates for Al Programs
  382. Interview with “Discredited” Defense Minister
  383. Iran to Attend Russian Military Trade Show
  384. Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal on Kamchatka Peninsula
  385. More Effective Military Training for College Students
  386. Moscow's Role in the Karabakh Conflict After the 'Velvet Revolution' in Armenia
  387. New Russian Push to Strengthen Syrian Army, Dissolve Loyalist Militias
  388. Proposal to Restore Veterans' Benefits
  389. Ramzan Kadyrov: Putin's Bridge to Muslims in Syria and Beyond
  390. Russian Response to Polish “Threat”
  391. Sky-watching in the Cold
  392. Tactical Air Defense Readiness in Russian Far East
  393. The Kremlin's Conference Bully Pulpit
  394. The Russian PX System Turns 100
  395. Tracking Down Jihadists in the Arctic
  396. Turkey's Military Observation Posts in Idlib
  397. Ukraine and Moldova Increase Border Control Measures
  398. Upgrading Arctic Armor
  399. Upgrading the Arctic Air Fleet

  Jun 2018

  400. Defending the New Kerch Strait Bridge
  401. India Looks at China's Expansion in the Indian Ocean
  402. Investments in Kazakhstan's Space Agency
  403. Iran, Russia to Jointly Manufacture Helicopter
  404. Is China Changing the Game in Trans-Polar Shipping
  405. "How I Spent My Summer Vacation"
  406. No End in Sight for Donbas Conflict
  407. Russia and Iran Compete for Syria's Phosphates
  408. Russia Wants SCO Help in Syria
  409. Russian Operational Reserve Developments
  410. Russian Praise of Syrian Air Defense
  411. Russian Robots on Parade
  412. Tensions Between Anti-ISIS Allies in the Euphrates Valley
  413. The Naval Infantry's New Ride?
  414. The Russian Navy: Distributed Lethality Through Modularity
  415. UAV Use in the Russian Armed Forces

  May 2018

  416. Armenia Gears Up for ‘Future Wars’
  417. Chechen Special Troops Retake Nuclear-Powered Icebreaker in Exercise
  418. China's Carrier Aviation Unit Improves Training
  419. Cleaning Up the Professional Ranks
  420. Considering No-Fly Zones in Russian Military Science
  421. Cuban Media Praises Putin's Victory
  422. Gerasimov on Future War and Modernization Priorities
  423. Iran and Russia Compete for Influence in Syria
  424. Keeping Russian Troops Informed and Inspired
  425. New Fuel Bladders for Improved Mobility
  426. Online “Suicide Challenge” Draws Attention in Egypt and Beyond
  427. Reasons for Caspian Flotilla Headquarters Relocation
  428. Russia On The Rise
  429. Russian Military Police Deploy to Armenia
  430. Russian Robot Ships in the Arctic
  431. The Douhet Doctrine, Russian Style
  432. The Future of Indian-Russian Security Cooperation
  433. The Goals of the Tashkent Security Conference
  434. The Kremlin's Media Strategy
  435. The Price of Chinese Investment in Latin America
  436. The Tunnels of Ghouta
  437. “Turkey-Russia Rapprochement” Continues

  Apr 2018

  438. 13 Interview with Russian Navy Commander Admiral Korolev
  439. A Chinese Perspective on Pakistan-Russian Cooperation in Afghanistan
  440. A Militarized Silicon Valley in Russia?
  441. A Russian Approach to Interagency Cooperation
  442. A Turkish View of the Wagner Group in Syria **
  443. Concern in Kazakhstan over Returning Foreign Fighters from Syria
  444. Covert Supply Lines
  445. Escalation in Syria?
  446. Interview with Russian Navy Commander Admiral Korolev **
  447. Iran: Supreme Leader Advisor Lauds Russian Strategic Ties
  448. New Russian Officer Code of Conduct
  449. Reopened Chinese-Built Railways Link Coastal Angola with the Interior of Africa
  450. Russia Forms Two New Divisions in the Southern Military Divisions in the Southern Military District
  451. Russia Looks to Expand Its Influence in Africa
  452. Russian Influence in the Levant Basin
  453. Russian Operational Reserve Will Enhance Active Component Readiness
  454. Stock up on Baking Soda Before the Acid Fog Descends
  455. Syria: Who are the Loyalist Forces on the Eastern Banks of the Eastern Banks of the Euphrates?
  456. The Drel Gliding Gravity Bomb with Independently Targetable Submunitions
  457. The Growth of Russia-Thailand Relations: What's Next?
  458. The Kinzhal Air Launched Missile is a Modified Iskander SRBM
  459. The New Chinese Silk Road May Run Through the Arctic
  460. The Tiger Forces in Damascus
  461. Turkey and Power Play in Syria

  Mar 2018

  462. Arctic S-400 reaches operational status
  463. Birthrate Soars Among Service Families in the Arctic
  464. Career Appeal of KGB
  465. China's Evolving Nuclear Strategy: "Will China Drop No First Use?"
  466. Chinese Aviation Academies Introduce Free Air Combat Training
  467. Chinese Su-35s Fly Patrols in the South China Sea for the First Time
  468. Considering Information War
  469. Engineer Troops Organizational Reforms
  470. Foreign Forces in Africa
  471. General Gerasimov on the Syrian Campaign
  472. His Holiness Patriarch Cyril Tells Parliament What Keeps Him Up at Night
  473. Iran: Telegram Giving Data to US and Israel
  474. Is China's Afghanistan Strategy Modeled on Russia in Syria?
  475. Promised Pay Raise for Military
  476. Pros and Cons of Legalizing Private Military Companies
  477. Raqqa's Minefields
  478. Russia Developing Top-Attack Tank Mine
  479. "Russia's Patriot Act": New Law Empowers FSB
  480. Russian Expeditionary Capabilities, a Relatively Low
  481. Russian Speculation about the Cryptoyuan
  482. Sacrificing Beans for Bullets
  483. Specialist Training for Russian UAV Pilots
  484. Strengthening Civil Defense
  485. The Development of the Forpost UAV
  486. The Eastern Military District and Pacific Fleet Control the Eastern Entrance to the Russian Arctic
  487. The "Electronic Concentration Camp" of National Cryptocurrencies
  488. The Russian Narrative of US Biological Weapons Research in the CIS
  489. The Russian-South Ossetian Armed Forces Agreement Takes Shape **
  490. Turkey Eyes Police-Military Cooperation with Azerbaijan
  491. Turkey Eyes Police/Military Cooperation with Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan **
  492. Venezuela's PDVSA on the Verge of Collapse, Deepening the Country's Economic Crisis

  Feb 2018

  493. A Review of Kazakhstan's Armed Forces in 2017
  494. Afghanistan's Cooperation with the SCO
  495. Altering Lunar History
  496. "Borderization'' of Occupied Georgian Territory
  497. Commercial ATV Headed to Arctic Forces
  498. Crypto-Detour around Anti-Russian Sanctions
  499. Cryptoruble Rejected in Favor of a Supranational Cryptocurrency
  500. Egypt-Russia Strategic Cooperation Goes Nuclear
  501. Electronic Tokens to Track Soldiers
  502. Heavy MLRS Being Added to Russian Division and Brigades
  503. Legitimizing Aina Gamzatova
  504. Multiple Drones Attack Russian Airbase in Syria
  505. New Naval System Will Be Capable of Launching Air, Shipping, and Ground Attack Missiles
  506. Russia Increasing Military Capabilities in the Far East
  507. Russia Tests New ICBM Component in Arctic
  508. Russia to Focus on Munitions, Instead of Platform Development
  509. Russia's New 'Dragonfly' UAV
  510. Russian Anti-Satellite Weapons Systems
  511. Russian Digital Sovereignty Effort Led by FSB
  512. Russian General Staff's Military Thought on "Color Revolutions" and the Changing Nature of War
  513. Russian Ground Forces Divisions Upgrading Air Defense Capabilities
  514. Russian UAV Regiment Stationed in the Arctic
  515. Shoygu's Fifth Year Report Card
  516. Spetsnaz Minelaying Detachments
  517. "The Cold War Will Look like Child's Play Compared to New US Sanctions"
  518. Thinning the Ranks
  519. Turkey to Establish S-400 Missile Defense Regiment Command
  520. Understanding Turkey's Air and Missile Defense Deals
  521. Why the Russian Government Needs the Cryptoruble

  Jan 2018

  522. Brazil Hosts First Ever Humanitarian-Logistics Exercise in South America
  523. Can Russia Mobilize Military Medical Care?
  524. China in the “Post-American” Middle East
  525. Debating the Impeachment of Former Argentinean President
  526. Deciphering Russian Weapon Developments
  527. Georgia: A Counterterrorism Operation Raises Questions
  528. In the Rucksacks of the Sofrino Brigade: Snickers and Pork Fat
  529. India's Reaction to Russian Security Cooperation with Pakistan
  530. Iran's Amphibious Aircraft from Russia
  531. Kazakhstan's New Military Doctrine
  532. New Artillery Rounds Will Extend Russian Artillery Range
  533. Permanent Iskanders in Kaliningrad
  534. Russia Ponders the Creation of a Russian STRATCOM
  535. Russia's “Victory Lap” in the Middle East
  536. Russian Military Vehicle Winterization Challenge
  537. Russian NBC Arctic Training in 2017
  538. Schemes to Skirt Sanctions
  539. Strengthening Military and Historical Claims to Crimea
  540. Testing Crypto in Separatist Regions
  541. The Cryptoruble: Not Exactly a Hard Currency, Not Exactly the Russian Bitcoin
  542. The Kremlin's Cryptocurrency Sanctions Bypass
  543. The Wagner Private Military Company
  544. Will Russia Establish a Military Base in the Red Sea?

• Monographs, Papers and Special Essays

  2019

  1. Compendium of Central Asian Military and Security Activity
  2. Foreign Perspective on the Russian Role in the Conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan
  3. Russian Artillery Fire Control for Large-Scale Combat Operations
  4. Russian Deliberate River Crossings: Choreographing a Water Ballet
  5. Russian Private Military Companies: An Evolving Set of Tools in Russian Military Strategy
  6. Soviet Shapers of the Russian Approach to Large-Scale Combat Operations
  7. Ukraine and Moldova: A Qualitative Comparison of Perspectives on Russian Influence

  2018

  8. A Russian Approach to a Battalion Hasty River-Crossing Assault
  9. Color Revolutions in Russia: Possibility and Reality
  10. Factors Influencing Russian Force Modernization
  11. Reconnaissance-in-Force Russian Style
  12. Russian Aviation in Support of the Maneuver Defense
  13. Russian Perspectives on Network-Centric Warfare: The Key Aim of Serdyukov's Reform
  14. Russian Force Modernization
  15. Russia's View of Mission Command of Battalion Tactical Groups in the Era of “Hybrid War”
  16. The Georgian View of Military Reforms and Modernization Efforts since 2008
  17. The History of Central Asian Peacekeepers: The Development of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan’s Peacekeeping Units by Fits and Starts 
  18. The Russian Naval Infantry: Increasing Amphibious Warfare Capabilities
  19. The Russian Reconnaissance Fire Complex Comes of Age

  2017

  20. Contemporary Warfare and Current Issues for the Defense of the Country
  21. Defending Moscow: A Screenshot of Patriotism in Russia Today
  22. Islamic State Teleoperated 73mm SPG-9 Recoilless Guns: Twin Mount
  23. Russia's Man in New Type War - Igor Girkin
  24. The Evolving Nature of Russia's Way of War
  25. Ukraine's Hidden Battlefield
  26. Turkey - Imperial Legacies and Neo-Otomanism

  2016

  27. A Small Box That's a Big Deal: How Latin American Countries Are Using CubeSATs and Why it Matters
  28. China Central Asian Republics
  29. Integration of Unmanned Aerial Systems within Russian Artillery
  30. Manpower Gaps in the Syrian Army
  31. Populism Spreads East: The Effects of Nationalism in Post-Euromaidan Ukraine
  32. River Flotillas in Support of Defensive Ground Operations: The Soviet Experience
  33. Russia's 21st Century Information War: Working to Undermine and Destabilize Populations
  34. Suheil al-Hassan and the Syrian Army's Tiger
  35. Thinking Like A Russian Officer
  36. Transition in the Armed Forces of Kazakhstan - From Conscripts to Contract Soldiers

  2015

  37. A New System Preserves Armor Dominance of the Future Battlefield: BMPT Terminator-2
  38. Brothers Disunited: Russia's Use of Military Power in Ukraine
  39. Foreign Area Observations from Maidan
  40. Getting Gerasimov Right
  41. Growing Military Relations between Nicaragua and Russia
  42. Keeping NBC Relevant: Flame Weapons in the Russian Armed Forces
  43. Rebel Drones: UAV Overmatch in the Ukrainian Conflict
  44. Russia's Military Strategy and Ukraine: Indirect, Asymmetric -- and Putin-led
  45. Vladimir Putin and the Russian Military
  46. When a River Runs Through It: Riverine Operations in Contemporary Conflict

  2014

  47. Restructuring the Tactical Russian Army for Unconventional Warfare
  48. Russian Conscription Demographics
  49. Russia's Information Warfare Strategy: Can the Nation Cope in Future Conflicts?
  50. The Afghan Guerrilla's Dilemma: Tying Up Loose Ends After the Soviets Left
  51. The Enforcements of Russia's "Foreign Agents Law"

  2013

  52. Russia's Skolkovo Innovation Center
  53. Sergey Shoygu Russia's Emergency Defense Minister A Bio-Sketch
  54. The Kazakhstan-Russia Axis: Shaping CSTO Transformation
  55. The Brain of the Russian Army: Futuristic Visions Tethered by the Past
  56. The Tactics of Insurgent Groups in the Republic of Chechnya

  2012

  57. Biographical Sketch: Dmitry Rogozin and Russian Nationalism
  58. It's Not Just Soldiering in a Hotter Environment: Less Discussed Issues of Global Warming Relevant to Military Operations in Africa
  59. Kazakhstan's 2011 Military Doctrine: Reassessing Regional and International Security
  60. Public Perception of the Sea Breeze Exercises and Ukraine's Prospects in the Black Sea Region
  61. Understanding Security Cooperation: A Comparison of the US and Russian Systems of Security Cooperation

  2011

  62. Belarus: Is There Any Way Out of The "Kremlin Trap"?
  63. Central Asian Energy: A Point of Contention or collaboration in Russia-China Relations
  64. Dagestan: Moscow's Risk Versus Gain
  65. European Attitudes toward Iran
  66. From Arab Spring to the Russian Evolution: Technological Impacts on Protest and Censorship
  67. Homeland vs Our Land - Conflicting Identities in Crimea
  68. One Face of the Modern Russian Army: General Vladimir Shamanov
  69. Russia's Conventional Military Weakness and Substrategic Nuclear Policy
  70. Snapshot of a War Crime: The Case of Russian Colonel, Yuri Budanov
  71. The Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Lessons to Frame Success and Avoid Failures

  2010

  72. The Militarization of Gazprom
  73. Understanding Security Cooperation: A Comparison of the US and Russian System's of Security Cooperation

  2009

  74. Russia: Tipping the Balance in the Middle East
  75. The Bear Went Through the Mountain: Russia Appraises its Five-Day War in South Ossetia
  76. The Iranian Space Program and Russian Assistance

  2008

  77. China's Global Energy Quest for Energy Reaches Russia and Creates New Oil Bloc
  78. IO Sphere Special Edition 2008

  2007

  79. Breaking Contact Without Leaving Chaos: the Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan
  80. China's Global Quest for Energy
  81. Investment Risky in Russia as Politics Affects Profits
  82. Russia's Information Policy in Lithuania - The Spread of Soft Power or Information Geopolitics?
  83. Why Proliferate? Russia and the Non-Nuclear Weapon Regime

  2006

  84. Preserving Shock Action: A New Approach to Armored Maneuver Warfare

  2005

  85. Desert Storm: The Soviet View
  86. Night Sniper
  87. North Korea: Government-Sponsored Drug Trafficking
  88. Russian Tactical Lessons Learned Fighting Chechen Separatists

  2004

  89. The Bear Facts: Russians Appraise the Stryker Brigade Concept
  90. The Old Yugoslavia: Continuing to Crumble

  2003

  91. Kyrgyzstan's Security Tightrope: Balancing its Relations with Moscow and Washington
  92. The War Scare over Pankisi Gorge: Threat Perceptions in the Age of the War on Terrorism

  2002

  93. Information Warfare in the Second (1999-Present) Chechen War: Motivator for Military Reform?
  94. Revolutions of Kyrgyzstan Timeline: An Open Source Look at Key Events
  95. Russian Snipers: In the Mountains and Cities of Chechnya
  96. Tectonic Shifts and Putin's Russia in the New Security Environment

  2001

  97. Information Security Thinking: A Comparison of U.S., Russian, and Chinese Concepts
  98. Hydrocarbons and a New Strategic Region: The Caspian Sea and Central Asia
  99. Problems of Maintaining Defense Security in the Today's World

  2000

  100. A 'Crushing' Victory: Fuel-Air Explosives and Grozny 2000
  101. A New Russian Presidential Decree on the FSB Organs Operating Inside the Russian Militaries: Analysis and Abstract
  102. A Tale of Two Theaters: Russian Actions in Chechnya in 1994 and 1999
  103. Chechen Nationalism and the Tragedy of the Struggle for Independence
  104. Combat Stress in Chechnya: "The Equal Opportunity Disorder"
  105. Grozny 2000: Urban Combat Lessons Learned
  106. Lessons and Conclusions on the Execution of IFOR Operations and Prospects for a Future Combined Security System: The Peace and Stability of Europe after IFOR
  107. Manipulating the Mass Consciousness: Russian And Chechen "Information War" Tactics In The 2nd Chechen-Russian Conflict
  108. Russian Lessons Learned from the Battles for Grozny
  109. Technology and the Second Chechen Campaign: Not all new and not that much
  110. The Second Chechen War: The Information Component

  1999

  111. Human Network Attacks
  112. Information Technology: US/Russian Perspectives and Potential for Military-Political Cooperation
  113. Mine Warfare and Counterinsurgency: The Russian View
  114. Russian National Interests and the Caspian Sea
  115. "Soft Log" and Concrete Canyons: Russian Urban Combat Logistics in Grozny
  116. Trouble in the North Caucasus

  1998

  117. A Weapon For All Seasons: The Old But Effective RPG-7 Promises to Haunt the Battlefields of Tomorrow
  118. Anatoliy Sergeevich Kulikov: Policeman, Power Minister, Deputy Prime Minister...Politician?
  119. Dialectical Versus Empirical Thinking: Ten Key Elements of the Russian Understanding of Information Operations
  120. Fall 1997 Russian Military Draft
  121. Russian Military Reform: Status and Prospects (Views of a Western Military Historian)
  122. Underground Combat: Stereophonic Blasting, Tunnel Rats and the Soviet-Afghan War

  1997

  123. A Face of Future Battle: Chechen Fighter Shamil Basayev
  124. Bashing The Laser Range Finder With a Rock
  125. Nuclear Terrorism: Published Literature Since 1992
  126. Selected Papers from the Conference "International Terrorism: New Assessments"
  127. Russian Information-Psychological Actions: Implications for U.S. PSYOP
  128. Russian-Manufactured Armored Vehicle Vulnerability in Urban Combat: The Chechnya Experience
  129. Viral Hepatitis and the Russian War in Chechnya

  1996

  130. A Military Biography: Russian Minister of Defense General Igor Rodionov: In with the Old, In with the New
  131. Instant Obstacles: Russian Remotely Delivered Mines
  132. The Strange Case of Russian Peacekeeping Operations in the Near Abroad 1992-1994
  133. Russian "Lessons Learned" in Bosnia
  134. Russian Minister of Defense Plans for a Smaller, Highly-trained, Modern Army Within a Decade
  135. Russian Views on Information-based Warfare
  136. Urban Warfare Communications: A Contemporary Russian View
  137. Using Armed Forces in International Relations and Russia's Point of View: International-Legal Aspects
  138. Why the Russian Military Failed in Chechnya
  139. Wounded Bear: The Ongoing Russian Military Operation in Chechnya

  1995

  140. Changing Russian Urban Tactics: The Aftermath of the Battle for Grozny
  141. Desert Defense and Surviving PGMs: the New Russian View
  142. International Conflict Controllers: Manipulators or Manipulated?
  143. Mafia In Uniform: The Criminalization of the Russian Armed Forces
  144. Poland-Nato Report
  145. The Russian Military and the Revolution in Military Affairs: A Case of the Oracle of Delphi or Cassandra?
  146. The Caucasus Conflict and Russian Security: the Russian Armed Forces Confront Chechnya Part One, Section One: From Intervention to the Outskirts of Grozny (Military-Political Events from 11-31 December)
  147. The Caucasus Conflict and Russian Security: The Russian Armed Forces Confront Chechnya Part One, Section Two: Military Activities of the Conflict During 11-31 December 1994
  148. The Caucasus Conflict and Russian Security: The Russian Armed Forces Confront Chechnya III. The Battle for Grozny, 1-26 January 1995
  149. The Russian Military and the 1995 Parliamentary Elections: A Primer
  150. The Soviet War in Afghanistan: History and Harbinger of Future War?
  151. Using Force of Arms to Provide Domestic Security

  1994

  152. Mountain Warfare: The Russian Perspective
  153. Peacekeeping: Translated Texts of Three Oral Presentations Given by Members of the Russian Federation Armed Forces
  154. Russian Internal Troops and Security Challenges in the 1990s
  155. Russian Military Strategy in Historical Perspective
  156. The Political Situation in Conflict Zones
  157. The Ukrainian and Belarussian Presidential Elections: Assessment and Implications
  158. The United States and the Soviet Union in the Middle East
  159. Ukrainian and Belarus Presidential Elections: Prelude to a Crisis in the Western Borderlands of Russia

  1993

  160. The Cossack Brotherhood Reborn: A Political-military Force in a Realm of Chaos
  161. The Empire Strikes Back, An Interview With Grzegorz Kostrzewa-Zorbas

  1992

  162. The Yugoslav Conflict: A Chronology of Events 1990-1993

  1988

  163. Mass, Mobility, and The Red Army's Road To Operational Art 1918-1936
   

• Books

  1. Featured Books by FMSO Partners
  2. 2019 - Russian Military Thought: Concepts and Elements
  3. 2017 - Kremlin Kontrol: Russia's Political-Military Reality
  4. 2017 - The Russian Way of War: Force Structure, Tactics and Modernization of the Russian Ground Forces
  5. 2017 - Cultural Perspectives, Geopolitics & Energy Security of Eurasia: Is the Next Global Conflict Imminent?
  6. 2016 - Russia Military Strategy: Impacting 21st Century Reform and Geopolitics
  7. 2012 - Fangs of the Lone Wolf: Chechen Tactics in the Russian-Chechen Wars 1994-2009
  8. 2011 - Recasting the Red Star: Russia Forges Tradition and Technology through Toughness
  9. 2006 - The New Great Game: Chinese Views on Central Asia
  10. 2005 - Cyber Silhouettes: Shadows Over Information Operations
  11. 1998 - The Other Side of the Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet-Afghan War
  12. 1996 - The Bear Went Over the Mountain: Soviet Combat Tactics in Afghanistan