Daily Memo: Russia’s Partial Mobilization

Overall, the latest move is not particularly escalatory.

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Partial mobilization. In an address, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization effective immediately. The mobilization will affect only 300,000 reservists ā€“veterans and those with specialized training ā€“ apparently just 1 percent of the pool of Russian men with military experience. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said the reinforcements will be sent to control the […]

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Geopolitical Futures (GPF) was founded in 2015 by George Friedman, international strategist and author of The Storm Before the Calm and The Next 100 Years. GPF is non-ideological, analyzes the world and forecasts the future using geopolitics: political, economic, military and geographic dimensions at the foundation of a nation.

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