SIMULEX Duquesne 2025

Russia

1. Political

• The Putin Problem – The Jerusalem Strategic Tribune (jstribune.com)
• Two sworn enemies unite against Putin
• The Fall of Putin: The West's Great Russia Regime Change Dream - National Security Journal
• Putin's Dilemma - Geopolitical Futures

2. Economic

• Russia’s Use of the Instruments of Statecraft in the Indo-Pacific | RealClearDefense
• Russia's Finances Beyond War – Supporting the Occupied Regions | Royal United Services Institute
• How the West Funds Russia’s War | RealClearWorld
• Russia's high military recruitment bonuses are straining its economy

3. Military

3a. Military- - Land

• Zelensky: Ukraine captured Chinese nationals fighting for Russia - Washington Examiner
• Four Signs Russia Could Be Preparing for War With NATO (msn.com)

3b. Military - Navy

• Russia, China and Iranian Warships Drilling Together in Gulf of Oman - USNI News
• Russia Won't Sit Out a U.S.-China Asia-Padcific War | RealClearDefense
• The state of naval autonomy - Defense One

3c. Military - Air

• NATO jets intercept Russian military aircraft flying near alliance territory in Arctic | Stars and Stripes
• Supremacy in the skies | Peter Caddick–Adams | The Critic Magazine
• Nato forced to scramble warplanes for 13th time in weeks after latest Putin attack | News World | Metro News

• US Navy's F-35, F-18 intercept Russian spy plane near nuclear carrier (interestingengineering.com)

3d. Military - Technology

• Chinese Laser Weapon Is Claimed To Be In Russian Service
• Partners in Deterrence: China and Russia’s Deepening Military-Technical Ties – The Diplomat
• Russia Warns of Nuclear Armageddon | RealClearDefense
• Unnatural Disasters: The Next Front in Russia’s Hybrid War | Royal United Services Institute
• Russian nuclear weapons, 2025 - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

4. Diplomatic

• China and Nonplayable Russia - Russia-China Defense Cooperation (2023)
• Concessions From the West Will Only Strengthen the Beijing-Moscow Axis | RealClearWorld.
• PRC and Russia Operationalize Strategic Partnership | RealClearDefense
• Chinese Laser Weapon Is Claimed To Be In Russian Service
• China and Russia’s Economic Ties are Deeper Than You Think - CEPA
• Axis of Opportunists: The cracks in the Sino-Russian Partnership | Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University
• Partners in Deterrence: China and Russia’s Deepening Military-Technical Ties – The Diplomat
• Two sworn enemies unite against Putin
• Russia’s disruptive actions show that European and Asian security cannot be decoupled | Brookings
• China-Russia—the “No Limits Friendship” | Hudson Institute
• Russia — The Unreliable Ally - CEPA
• China may not want Russia to lose – or to win – in Ukraine - Asia Times
• The Russia-China-India 'Troika' is Here - National Security Journal
• Nato forced to scramble warplanes for 13th time in weeks after latest Putin attack | News World | Metro News

5. Strategy

• Four Signs Russia Could Be Preparing for War With NATO (msn.com)
• Concessions From the West Will Only Strengthen the Beijing-Moscow Axis | RealClearWorld
• Russia’s Use of the Instruments of Statecraft in the Indo-Pacific | RealClearDefense
• Russia Won't Sit Out a U.S.-China Asia-Padcific War | RealClearDefense
• China Is Watching as Russia’s Strategic Deterrence Burns | RealClearWorld
• How the US Attack on Iran Hurts Russia and China | Hudson Institute
• Russian Envoy Warns of Military Response if Greenland Conflict Erupts - The Moscow Times
• China may not want Russia to lose – or to win – in Ukraine - Asia Times
• Putin's Dilemma - Geopolitical Futures

6. Grand Strategy

• Zelensky: Ukraine captured Chinese nationals fighting for Russia - Washington Examiner
• What Is Europe's Strategy for Success Against Russia? | RAND