Commentary
Faced with an increase in strategic maneuvering by Moscow and Pyongyang, Beijing will not sit idly by and allow Putin and Kim to shape the security environment on its behalf.
Tong Zhao
The Russian Military: Power and Policy
This book assesses today's Russian military and analyzes its possible future direction.
Published on Sep 9, 2004
Source: American Academy Studies in Global Security
For more than a decade, Russian leaders have struggled to formulate security and defense policies that protect Russia's borders and project Russia's influence. The contributors to The Russian Military find that the choices Russian leaders have made have been significantly influenced by the military reforms Russia has attempted to implement since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The protracted and intense debate over military reform has been--and will continue to be--decisive in shaping Russian military capacity.
Read selected chapters by Carnegie contributors, at right. Additional sections are available at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences web site. Copyright 2004 American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
About the Editors
Steven E. Miller is editor-in-chief of International Security and director of the International Security Program of BCSIA.
Dmitri V. Trenin is deputy director of the Carnegie Moscow Center, where he specializes in foreign and security policy. He is the author of Russia's Restless Frontier: The Chechnya Factor in Post-Soviet Russia, The End of Eurasia: Russia on the Border Between Geopolitics and Globalization and coeditor of Ambivalent Neighbors: The EU, NATO and the Price of Membership.
Reviews
"This first-rate set of essays is a timely and remarkably comprehensive assessment of the contemporary state of the Russian military. It deserves the attention not only of those interest in military affairs, but also those concerned with political and economic developments in Russia."
—Lieutenant General William Odom (U.S. Army, Ret.), Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
"This is the best collection of both contributors and contributions that I have seen on this subject."
—Brigadier General John C. Reppert (U.S. Army, Ret.), Dean of the College of International and Security Studies, Germany
"This book is a path-breaking contribution to our understanding of Russia."
—International Affairs
Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.
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