Moscow Defense Briefwas an English-language defense magazine published byCentre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies(CAST), an independent defense think-tank in Moscow, Russia.[1]The magazine was in circulation between 2004 and 2018 and published a special edition in 2019.
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| Discipline | Defense industry |
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| Language | English |
| Publication details | |
| History | 2004–2018 |
| Publisher | Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies(Russian Federation) |
| Frequency | Irregular |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Mosc. Def. Br. |
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Overview
editThe purpose ofMoscow Defense Briefwas to provide analysis of developments and trends in Russia's defense policy and industry, tailored to the demands of defense and security professionals in the English-speaking world.[2]The articles inMoscow Defense Briefwere written by both full-time analysts at CAST and a number of independent experts. External experts who wrote forMoscow Defense Briefincluded:Fyodor Lukyanov,editor-in-chief ofRussia in Global Affairs;Aleksey Nikolsky, Defense and politics reporter for Vedomosti; Alexandr Stukalin deputy editor-in-chief ofKommersant;Andrei Kortunov,director general of theRussian International Affairs Council;and Roger McDermott, senior fellow at theJamestown Foundation.
The magazine was launched in 2004, and its reports were regularly cited by news sources such asThe Moscow Times,The Wall Street Journal,[3]Reuters,and theBBC News.[4][5][6]The magazine's last regular issue was published in December 2018, since thenMDBis published on ad-hoc basis.[7]
The magazine had its headquarters in Moscow.[8]As of 2015 the editor-in-chief ofMoscow Defense Briefwas Mikhail Barabanov and the project director was Andrey Frolov.[9]
Moscow Defense Brieffolded in 2018 and issued a special volume in 2019.[8]Subscribers received not only a print edition of each new issue, but they were also given online access to every previously publishedMoscow Defense Briefthrough theCentre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologieswebsite since 2004.[10]
Format
editMoscow Defense Briefissues were typically separated into sections on international relations, Russian defense industry topics, the arms trade, the Russian Armed Forces, interviews with prominent defense industry or government officials, and quantitative data.Moscow Defense Briefpublished the yearly figures for Russia's arms sales, which were the most comprehensive source of Russian foreign military-technical cooperation data.[10]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^New Defense Journalthe Moscow Times22 November 2004
- ^Moscow Defense Brief[dead link]
- ^Moscow Will Boost Defense Spending to $50 BillionThe Wall Street Journal28 November 2008
- ^Russia "shot down its own planes"BBC News 9 July 2009
- ^Russia's strategic bomber fleet on global intimidation driveThe Moscow Times[dead link]
- ^Solovyov, Dmitry (8 July 2009)."Friendly fire downed Russia jets in Georgia-report".Reuters.
- ^"Moscow Defense Brief".mdb.cast.ru.Retrieved15 January2019.
- ^ab"Moscow Defense Brief Digital Archive".East View.15 April 2019.Retrieved1 September2023.
- ^"Moscow Defense Brief".
- ^abMoscow Defense Brief website[dead link]