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Land (Conventional Warfare)

April 26, 2023

M2A2-ODS Bradley & BMP-2 – A Comparison of Cold War IFV Design Principles

The United States transferred over 100 BAE Bradley M2 infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) to Ukraine to bolster its war efforts against the invading...

Daniel Urchick • RealClearDefense

China

October 2, 2020

Looking Forward to Peace Mission 2018

The August 2018 iteration of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s (SCO) Peace Mission anti-terrorism (read: military) exercise will provide...

Daniel Urchick • RealClearDefense

Military Strategy

October 2, 2020

Looking Forward to Zapad 2017

Every four years, Russia conducts joint war games with Belarus by carrying out a large-scale strategic exercise known as Zapad (meaning West). In...

Daniel Urchick • RealClearDefense
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Russo-Ukraine War

October 2, 2020

Applying Jomini to the Ukrainian Donbas Conflict

BY BEN WERMELING & DANIEL URCHICK The 2014 annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and involvement in the separatist rebellion in the Donbas region of...

Daniel Urchick • RealClearDefense

Military Strategy

October 2, 2020

Drafting NATO's Long-Needed Arctic Strategy to Defuse Russia

Since the end of the Cold War, the Arctic region has largely been ignored by NATO. It was not mentioned in NATO’s most recent strategic concept, nor...

Daniel Urchick • RealClearDefense
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Terrorism

October 3, 2020

Looking Towards The SCO Peace Mission 2016

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s (SCO) Peace Mission exercises have always invoked skepticism among Western observers due to their large scale...

Daniel Urchick • RealClearPolitics

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