By the Numbers: Where Do Russia’s Energy Exports Go?
Mar 25, 2022 · On March 8, the EU published a plan to cut Russian gas imports by two-thirds this year and to completely wean itself off Russian gas “well before 2030.”. But in 2021 almost one-fifth of Russia’s total gas exports (19%) went to Germany alone, making it the top individual recipient for the year. Next were Turkey at 11% and Italy at 10%.
Mearsheimer on Where the Ukraine War Is Headed - Russia Matters
Mar 14, 2024 · Interviewed on a recent episode of the “Daniel Davis Deep Dive” podcast, Mearsheimer has claimed that he considers “ridiculous” the idea that Ukraine will be able to take the offensive in 2024 or 2025. He also says he is skeptical that the West can deliver sufficient assistance in the form of weaponry and training to the Ukrainians to ...
What’s Missing from Mearsheimer’s Analysis of the Ukraine War
Jul 29, 2022 · His security equation is missing key variables. The three most important are the security imperatives of Russia’s neighbors, the increasing authoritarianism of the Russian state and the true horror of Russia’s brutal war and occupation. By not adequately weighing these factors, Mearsheimer can explain Putin’s invasion of a peaceful ...
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The Causes and Consequences of the Ukraine War - Russia Matters
Jun 23, 2022 · The Biden administration was unwilling to eliminate that threat through diplomacy and indeed in 2021 recommitted the United States to bringing Ukraine into NATO. Putin responded by invading Ukraine on Feb. 24 of this year. Second, the Biden administration has reacted to the outbreak of war by doubling down against Russia.
General David Petraeus on the Russia-Ukraine War
Dec 21, 2023 · General David Petraeus on the Russia-Ukraine War. Few of America’s living statesmen have as masterly a grasp of the drivers of contemporary warfare as Gen. David Petraeus. With over 37 years of service in the U.S. military, Petraeus was famously in command of the “Surge” during the Iraq War in 2007, leading U.S. and coalition forces.
The Russian Military is Facing a Looming Demography Crisis
A crude metric, the “militarization rate”—a ratio comparing the number of men aged 20-34 with the size of the military—allows Russia’s demographic challenges to be put into context. In 2020, Russia’s militarization rate was 6.31 percent, based on 14.25 million men aged 20-34 in the country and a standing military of 900,000 (as ...
Demographics - Russia Matters
In 2015, according to the World Health Organization, Russia ranked 110th out of 183 nations with an average life expectancy at birth of 70.5, compared to a global average of 71.4. (Other sources rank it considerably lower because they include more countries and territories: 154th in 2017 per the CIA, 166th in 2015 per the World Bank and 150th ...
Russia and Collective Security: Why CSTO Is No Match for Warsaw …
May 27, 2020 · This month 65 years ago, the Soviet Union announced the formation of the Warsaw Pact. For the next three and a half decades, the pact remained the security alliance of the Communist world, designed to counter NATO in Europe, before becoming defunct in 1991. Almost immediately, however, post-Soviet Russia laid out a new collective defense organization.
Russia’s Defense Industry and Its Influence on Policy: Stuck in a ...
Nov 3, 2021 · Russia’s defense sector, like its U.S. counterpart, forms a key aspect of the country’s national power.Unlike American defense companies, however, the Russian defense industry largely belongs to the state, de facto if not always de jure.