India halts Ka-31 helicopter deal with Russia

  India has halted negotiations with Russia for the former to acquire 10 Kamov Ka-31 airborne early warning helicopters for $520 million, following uncertainties in arms supplies amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.The Indian government indefin…

May 18, 2022
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Why China Is Paranoid About the Quad

  India may be nowhere near turning its partnership with the United States into any sort of formal or informal military alliance, but their growing strategic engagement dominates China’s discourse on India. Next week’s Tokyo summit of the Qua…

May 18, 2022
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Fire on the Right

Right-wing criticism of Putin’s conduct of the war (unlike anti-war protests) is not being blocked. This op-ed blames oligarchs for Russia’s failures. But it stops just short of the obvious conclusion: Putin himself is the top oligarch. Continue reading

April 19, 2022
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Army of Marauders

A Telegram post about Bucha from London-based political scientist and scholar Vladimir Pastukhov. The marauding of the Russian Army in Ukraine is shifting from the periphery of public attention to the center. This was powerfully facilitated by pictures of Bucha … Continue reading

April 4, 2022
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