Security and defense

The importance of maintaining continuity in state policy in the field of national security

20 february 2023
BELTA
Maintaining continuity in state policy in all major areas is a distinctive feature of the public administration system in the Republic of Belarus. This opinion was expressed to BelTA by Andrei Chernobay, military analyst at the Belarusian Institute of Strategic Research, as he commented on the Security Council meeting headed by the President of Belarus. ...

About militarization on the Belarusian borders

05 january 2023
Belarus today
Frowning "Leopards" and "Krabs" Militarization of neighbors near the Belarusian borders continues, but Belarus is ready to defend its sovereignty ...

The road to the infernal unknown is paved with good intentions

25 august 2022
Center for Statistical Estimates and Forecasts
"...The innovation of sanctions was to rely on economic total war to intimidate peoples into restraining their princes..." from the book "The Economic Weapon: The Rise of Sanctions as a Tool of Modern War" ...

Chernobay: containment of China, as well as Russia, is a top priority in NATOʹs activities

14 june 2022
Belarus today
Belarus is opposed to the aggressive policy of the North Atlantic Alliance on our western borders. Also, we now have to pay great attention to ensuring security in the southern direction – arms supplies from the United States, EU, and England are in full swing to Ukraine, thus increasing, among others, terrorist risks in the region. At the same time, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stolte...

Belarusian military reinforces defense in the Ukrainian direction

06 june 2022
Belarus today
The South requires special attention Modernizing Belarusian army is a continuous process. Its course was discussed in the Ministry of Defense. There, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko declared the idea of creating a Southern Operational Command. The goal is to stop threats from a direction that we have always considered friendly, but recently...

Why Turkey canceled NATO drills in Black Sea. BISR Analystʹs comment

01 june 2022
BELTA
By canceling NATO military exercises in the Black Sea during Russia's special military operation in Ukraine, Turkey once again confirmed its principled commitment and readiness to defend national interests. This was said to BelTA by Andrei Chernobay, Military Analyst at the Belarusian Institute of Strategic Research. ...

Analyst: NATO tries to legitimize an expanded presence in Eastern Europe

30 may 2022
BELTA
The NATO Deputy Secretary General's statement on the right of the North Atlantic Alliance to be deployed in Eastern Europe, which he made on May 29 in Vilnius, is primarily intended to legitimize the NATO's troops enhancement in the Eastern European region being the case in recent months. ...

BISR analyst: NATO is targeting the Eastern European theater of combat operations

27 may 2022
BELTA
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Not only Finns and Swedes: how NATO expands on the quiet

20 may 2022
Sputnik
While Russia is into a special operation in Ukraine, NATO will try to incorporate not only Finland and Sweden in its ranks, BISR analyst Andrei Chernobay says. Will the CSTO expand in the future in response to NATO's expansion, – the issue was analyzed by the guest of Sputnik Belarus radio Andrei Chernobay, Military Analyst at the Belarusian Institute of Strategic Research. ...

The military analyst told what is behind the deployment of Lithuanian troops at the Belarusian borde...

12 may 2022
BELTA
The involvement of army units to strengthen the state border security in crisis situations is a generally accepted world practice. However, the decision of the Ministers of Internal Affairs and National Defense of Lithuania to deploy troops on certain sections of the Lithuanian-Belarusian border cannot be regarded in this context. This was said to BelTA by Andrei Chernobay, Military A...

BISR analyst: armaments development and production require a balanced approach

10 may 2022
BELTA
Drawing lessons and interim conclusions from the ongoing armed conflict in Ukraine is extremely important to improve the effectiveness of the military organization of our state. This opinion was expressed to BelTA correspondent by Andrei Chernobay, military analyst at the Belarusian Institute for Strategic Research as he commented on the meeting held by the President on the state defe...

Andrey Chernobay: the situation in Ukraine has triggered rapid increase of military spending...

24 march 2022
Belarus today
Not surprisingly, a new turn of the arms race and expanding the armed forces have triggered rapid increase of military spending. This was said to sb.by by Andrei Chernobay, Military Analyst at the Belarusian Institute of Strategic Research (BISR): ...