Mark Galeotti

Mark Galeotti is Clinical Professor of Global Affairs and Academic Chair of New York Universityâ€™s SCPS Center for Global Affairs

Russia’s shiny new weapons

‘Drones are not toys,’ says Vladimir Putin, and ‘we are not going to operate them as other countries do. It is not a video game.’ Maybe so, but military men the world over love their hardware…

By Mark Galeotti

/ 10 Jan 2014

On your marks, get set… intercept!

Russia is devoting considerable effort to trying to ensure that the Sochi Winter Olympics are safe and secure. Mark Galeotti wonders whether the real concern is not an attack on the Games but the consolidation of the security state.

By Mark Galeotti

/ 29 Oct 2013

A case for community policing in Russia

Russian police reform has so far been about centralisation and modernisation. Mark Galeotti suggests that the time is now right for a focus on localisation and humanisation, too.

By Mark Galeotti

/ 27 Apr 2012