This book assesses today's Russian military and analyzes its possible future direction.
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
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For Putin, upgrading Russia’s nuclear forces was a secondary goal. The main aim was to gain an advantage over the West, including by strengthening the nuclear threat on all fronts. That made growth in missile arsenals and a new arms race inevitable.
Maxim Starchak
The Kremlin will only be prepared to negotiate strategic arms limitations if it is confident it can secure significant concessions from the United States. Otherwise, meaningful dialogue is unlikely, and the international system of strategic stability will continue to teeter on the brink of total collapse.
Maxim Starchak
The collapse of the Budapest summit is an inevitable result of the Russian system of artificially creating foreign policy crises in order to achieve a desired outcome.
Alexander Baunov
Russia could compensate for “nuclear losses” to its aviation by strengthening other elements of its nuclear triad. At a time when control mechanisms are not functioning, there is a risk of strategic uncertainty emerging over the development trajectory of Russia’s nuclear forces.
Maxim Starchak
Moscow isn’t exactly thrilled by the prospect of sanctions against Iran being lifted, but if a new Iranian nuclear deal is inevitable, then the Kremlin is prepared to play an active role in it.
Nikita Smagin
