... Huasheng, Andrey Kortunov:
Prepare for the Worst and Strive for the Best. Russia’s and China’s Perceptions of Developments in International Security
No doubt, national leaders find many compelling reasons for their decisions to raise the stakes in global ... ... times before, they are actively engaged in an endless blame game with a clear intention to impose all the responsibility for the arms race on their geopolitical opponents. However, cold hard data leaves little room for ambiguities—the US remains an indisputable ...
... Earth’s orbit.
In light of the above, the emergence of hypersonic weapons will introduce a number of destabilizing factors for international security. First, countries possessing such weapons will have an asymmetric advantage over other developing countries.... ... trigger the deployment of the space-based laser component of the missile defense system. Third, it will provoke a new global arms race, including with regard to laser weapons, hypersonic anti-missile systems, cyber-weapons, railguns and unmanned delivery ...
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The tone of Putin’s address is decisive. His critics would say he tries to earn respect and equality in the West through heavy expenses on the country’s military industry, but instead his policy leads to the boomerang effect while provoking a new arms race. Putin’s supporters would question this statement and say that President Trump
increases the Pentagon’s budget
and modernizes America’s nuclear arsenal
to counter
“Russian aggression in the region”; the military expenses in the U....
