ISW

  • ISW: ‘Complicated and ineffective’ response to Kursk invasion shows Russia failed to plan

    The Kremlin and Vladimir Putin’s top military brass have created a “complicated” and “ineffective” structure for Russia’s response to the Ukrainian offensive in Kursk, military analysts have said. Russian defence minister Andrei Belousov yesterday announced the creation of a “coordination council” for military and security issues in affected regions bordering Ukraine. He said the council…

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  • Iran ‘increasingly discussing’ expanding presence around Red Sea

    Iran’s military and security leaders have been “increasingly discussing” the need to expand their presence around the Red Sea, a leading US thinktank has said.  In its latest update on the situation in the Middle East, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said Iran would probably use an expanding military presence to threaten…

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