What Made Russia Indifferent to the Revolution in Armenia

Russia's reaction to the dramatic collapse of the firmly entrenched regime in Armenia, which is one of its few formal and real allies, was subtle and demonstratively neutral. Contact with the opposition was minimal, but the idiosyncratic counter-revolutionary stance was abandoned. This unusual self-restraint may be the result of Russia's entrapment in Syria, and it may also be due to a mistake caused by the overload of rigidly centralized leadership

Russia in 2015. Could the former super-power turn into a battle-ground?

Pavel K. Baev describes a Russia that appears as both politically stable and economicallydynamic, compared to a world in crisis and recession. Butwill it continue that way also in the future? Baev points out the weaknesses in the present situation and discusses several scenarios for the Russian future

The Stability Paradox in Central Asia

Baev responds to Cooley's essay on external powers and political stability in Central Asia

Russia’s Ambivalent Status-Quo/Revisionist Policies in the Arctic

Russia has been following an Arctic policy that is highly heterogeneous, combining efforts at preserving cooperation with Western neighbors with commitment to building up its own strength. Three distinct policy modes can be identified: realist/militaristic, institutional/cooperative, and diplomatic management. Each mode is based on a particular interpretation of Russia’s various interests in the High North/Arctic: nuclear/strategic, geopolitical, economic/energy-related, and symbolic. Examination of policy modes and interests shows that each combination contains some elements that focus on preserving the status quo in the Arctic, while other elements push for changes in Russia’s favor. This article finds that revisionist elements have been gaining in strength, but that current policy still attaches high value to sustaining traditional patterns, even if they demand more resources and provide fewer advantages and revenues

Russland rüstet seine Marinekräfte auf und streicht sie zusammen

Die russische Führung hegt Ansprüche auf den Status einer »maritimen Großmacht«, doch sieht das Staatliche Rüstungsprogramm bis 2027 beträchtliche Kürzungen bei der Finanzierung von Schiffsbauten vor. Oberste Priorität wird der Vollendung der Serie von acht strategischen U-Booten der »Borej«-Klasse gegeben. Dem neuen Plan zur Entwicklung atomgetriebener U-Boote wird viel politische Aufmerksamkeit gewidmet. U-Boote unterschiedlicher Typen werden die Hauptstreitmacht der russischen Kriegsmarine stellen, doch sind viele Fähigkeiten (amphibische Operationen, Kriegsführung gegen U-Boote) im Niedergang begriffen. Die konstanten strategischen Anforderungen, um den wahrgenommenen Bedrohungen auf den vier potentiellen Kriegsschauplätzen (Nordpolarmeer, Ostsee, Schwarzes Meer und Pazifik) zu begegnen, verlangen hohe Risikobereitschaft und erhöhen die Wahrscheinlichkeit von Unfällen

Supply Chain Management of Industrial Enterprise Based on the Participation in Network Architecture Holdings (Case Study: SPV)

Abstract— The modern industry of the Russian Federation is experiencing an acute shortage of long-term investment resources for technological re-equipment programs aimed at import substitution. The purpose of the study is to identify topical issues of the supply chain management at an industrial enterprise that has become an SPV in a business network. The study is mainly based on the methodology for modeling supply chain management of the recipient enterprise and the method of discounting its cash flows generated with the participation of the industrial enterprise in the leasing process. The proposed concept of systematic management of the leasing process based on business networks allows investors to focalize investment resources on the basis of a set of management methods in order to accelerate the launch of industrial production and increase capitalization. The proposed systematic supply chain management concept is of practical value for a wide range of organizations considering the possibility of using tools for technological re-equipment of industrial production in the context of platform-based business networks. Implementation of the supply chain in SPV is showed at creation of a continuous innovations flow, reduction of technological development costs and unfirming system for development

Zwischen alter und neuer Weltordnung: die Logik der Russischen Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik

Politische Entscheidungen im System von Präsident Wladimir Putin folgen einer militärisch-technischen Logik und militärische Stärke ist ein Hauptinstrument russischer Außenpolitik. Die Modernisierung des nuklearen Potentials wird als Faustpfand in der Abschreckung vor allem gegenüber den USA gesehen, das Russland zugleich auf Augenhöhe mit dem Gegner bringt. Ebenso legitim ist für den Kreml die hybride Kriegsführung mit Desinformation, Cyber-Angriffen, Fake-News und von Russland gesteuerten Auslandsmedien