The Transformation of Russia's Armed Forces: Twenty Lost Years

ISBN-13: 9780367739300 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 245 str.

Roger N. McDermott

Opis

This collection addresses precisely the nature of the challenges facing Russian policymakers as they struggle to rebuild combat capable military to protect Russian interests in the twenty first century.

It was based on a special issue of the Journal of Slavic Military Studies.

Spis treści

1. Preface: Russia’s Armed Forces’ Transformation: 20 Lost Years  Russia’s Armed Forces and Future Warfare  2. Lt. Kizhe Rides Again: Magical Realism and Russian National Security Perspectives  3. The Brain of the Russian Army: Futuristic Visions Tethered by the Past  4. ‘Smart’ Defense From New Threats: Future War From a Russian Perspective: Back to the Future After the War on Terror  5. Moscow’s Visions of Future War: So Many Conflict Scenarios So Little Time, Money and Forces  6. Russia’s Information Warfare Strategy: Can the Nation Cope in Future Conflicts?  The Armed Forces in Transition  7. Reform: The End of the First Phase—Will There Be a Second?  8. A New Phase in Russian Military Transformation  9. If War Comes Tomorrow: Russian Thinking About ‘Regional Nuclear Deterrence’

O autorze

Roger McDermott is Affiliated Senior Analyst, Danish Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen. He is also Senior International Fellow, FMSO, Fort Leavenworth; Advisory Scholar: Military Affairs, Center for Research on Canadian-Russian Relations (CRCR) Georgian College Ontario, Canada; Senior Fellow in Eurasian Military Studies, Jamestown Foundation, Washington, DC.