STRATEGIKON

John Bruni  and SIA Associate, David Olney, discuss Vladimir Putin & Russia. What does Russian President Vladimir Putin want? Is Russia a power that knows its limits? Also on this Episode is discussion of:
– The significance of Russian military deployments to Crimea, eastern Ukraine and Syria.
– The state of Russia’s military modernisation.
– The possible emergence of an autocratic alliance between Russia, Turkey and Iran, (akin to the 1815 Holy Alliance between Prussia, Austria and Russia).
– Putin’s indispensability to Russia’s contemporary body politic. The West’s reactions to Russia and Sino-Russian military cooperation.