Lacking the superpower status, Russia is striving to play an important role in the new international system. While the Medvedev Doctrine represents an important development in terms of redefining the threat posed by NATO and that from terrorism and smaller-scale conflicts, significant issues impacting Russian military reform and modernization still need to be dealt with, especially the disconnect between the force structure implied by the document's threat analysis and the actual force structure is outlines for the Russian Armed Forces. The Russian Army is searching for a force structure...