Celeste Wallander | US Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs visits HCSS
HCSS was honoured to welcome Dr. Celeste Wallander yesterday, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs in the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Policy at the U.S. Department of Defense.
Newsweek | NATO Has a Russian Submarine Problem
Playing catch up: Moscow has invested heavily in its submarine fleet, while NATO has largely ignored the underwater realm. Newsweek talked to HCSS strategic analysts Paul van Hooft and Frederik Mertens about the Alliance's vulnerability to seabed warfare.
Newsweek | How Russia Is Squandering Its Big Naval Advantage
Although the Russian submarine fleet is impressive on paper, just how well the Soviet-era submarines are preserved and continue to function is largely unknown, say HCSS strategic analysts Paul van Hooft and Frederik Mertens in Newsweek. “There is an air of "recklessness" and a willingness to take risks in Russia's attitudes to both its land forces and submarines, which NATO countries would not take.”
