Roger McDermott: Putin Bluffs on Challenging NATO

"Following the Brexit, Putin can now rely on attempting to exploit a greatly weaker EU, but he is unsure about the future strength of NATO or transatlantic resolve. In addition, the ability of Russia’s defense industry to fully deliver on the high ambitions of military modernization remains somewhat open to question."

Jörgen Elfving: Russia’s June 2016 Snap Exercise

"The exercise seems to have been partly a command-post exercise (CPX), partly a mobilization drill. The latter part might not in reality have been all that comprehensive, but it still seemed to be an important test of the developing mobilization system as well as the basis for further development and another step toward building Russia’s military capability."