Side-by-side comparison showcasing the relative conventional fighting strengths of United States and Russia for the year 2025. The selected countries for comparison, United States and Russia, are displayed below in side-by-side format.

Russia is the world's second largest exporter of military hardware and has the world's largest stockpile of nuclear weapons. If you want to check the comparison in terms of economic ratios check out USA - Russia. The first country to develop and to …

On February 22, 2022, US President Joe Biden criticized Russia's recognition of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic as "the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine" and announced sanctions against on banks VEB and Promsvyazbank and comprehensive sanctions on Russia's sovereign debt in response.

2024年7月4日 · As of 2024, NATO had approximately 3.39 million active military personnel, compared with 1.32 million active military personnel in the Russian military. The collective military capabilities of...

2024年9月9日 · Among the many international issues confronting the candidates for U.S. president and the American electorate in this fall's election is the U.S. strategic posture with regard to Russia, its aggression against Ukraine, and the policies of its leader, Vladimir Putin.

Since the start of the Russian invasion in 2022, US President Joe Biden has articulated a cautious US strategy towards the war. The goals were to mitigate the risk of escalation into a direct US-Russia confrontation while hindering Russia's military success.

2024年10月1日 · Russia must prepare for a long confrontation with the United States and has sent repeated warnings to Washington over the crisis in relations, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted as...

4 天之前 · Mr. Trump on Wednesday threatened “high levels of Taxes, Tariffs, and Sanctions” on Russian goods if Mr. Putin didn’t make a deal to “STOP this ridiculous war” in Ukraine. (To be sure, U ...

2024年7月1日 · A key question now being debated within Russia’s foreign policy elite is how to restore America’s fear of nuclear escalation while avoiding a direct military clash that might spin out of...

In this Perspective, we illuminate the implications of the United States and its NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) allies participating in a conventional military confrontation with Russia in Europe and the associated risk of nuclear escalation.