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Moscow Threatens to Retaliate for Lithuania's 'Blockade of Kaliningrad'

Nikolai Patrushev, the secretary of the Russian Security Council, was in Kaliningrad on June 20, where he declared that Moscow was preparing a serious response to what he called Lithuania’s (already three-day-long) “transportation blockade” of that Russian exclave (Ren.tv, June 21). Hours earlier, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs called in the head of the Lithuanian embassy in Moscow to …

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Eastern Approaches - One Year After the Galwan Clashes: An Update on the Sino-Indian Borderlands

July 14, 2021 05:18 PM Age: 6 hours (source: indiatoday.in) In the latest episode of Eastern Approaches, Jamestown President Glen Howard is joined by noted Indian defense analyst and strategic thinker, Col. (ret.) Ajai Shukla to discuss the state of the ongoing confrontation on the Sino-Indian border, more than one year after fighting in the Galwan Valley killed 20 Indian and at least 4 Chinese soldiers. Despite achieving some progress in disengaging from a single area of the border, the confrontation is locked in a stalemate and tensions remain tense. Mr. Howard and Col. Shukla assess the geography behind the conflict, and evaluate developments in the broader South Asian neighborhood, including in Afghanistan and Myanmar.

The Jamestown Foundation: The maritime dimension of the Russia-Ukraine confrontation | KyivPost

By Published May 1. Updated May 1 at 4:28 am This handout picture released by the Russian Defence Ministry on April 22, 2021, shows Russian frigates moving to land troops and equipment a shore during a military drill along the Opuk training ground not far from the town of Kerch, on the Kerch Peninsula in the east of the Crimea. Photo by AFP In the latest episode of Eastern Approaches, Jamestown President Glen Howard and retired Ukrainian Admiral Ihor Kabanenko discuss ongoing tensions between Ukraine and Russia. Capturing headlines around the world, in the past two weeks the Russian military built up its forces in occupied Crimea and near the Russian-Ukrainian border, prompting major fears of a new invasion by Russian forces.