The State of Play in Russia's Near Abroad
Right now, Russia is engaged in a grand face-saving gesture: having lost the Cold War in so dramatic a fashion, it is swapping dreams of global domination for dreams of Eurasian suzerainty. Key to this aspiration is rigorous control over the activities, alliances, internal affairs, and attitudes of...
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ftdtic:ADA515965 2023-05-15T15:00:40+02:00 The State of Play in Russia's Near Abroad Humphrey, Peter B. NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV WASHINGTON DC INST FOR NATIONAL STRATEGIC STUDIES 2009 text/html http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA515965 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA515965 en eng http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA515965 Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. DTIC Government and Political Science Defense Systems Military Operations Strategy and Tactics *INTERNATIONAL POLITICS *DOCTRINE *MILITARY PLANNING *WARSAW PACT COUNTRIES *RUSSIA COLD WAR CZECH REPUBLIC BALANCE OF POWER ARCTIC OCEAN USSR POLITICAL ALLIANCES ATTITUDES(PSYCHOLOGY) ANTIMISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS MONGOLIA POLAND *POLITICAL CONTROL FORMER SOVIET STATES GLOBAL DOMINATION EURASIAN SUZERAINTY INTERNAL AFFAIRS POLITICAL CAPITAL Text 2009 ftdtic 2016-02-23T00:51:42Z Right now, Russia is engaged in a grand face-saving gesture: having lost the Cold War in so dramatic a fashion, it is swapping dreams of global domination for dreams of Eurasian suzerainty. Key to this aspiration is rigorous control over the activities, alliances, internal affairs, and attitudes of the (generally former Soviet) states on its periphery, and a new entrant: the Arctic Ocean. With World War II now woven into their being, Russians want to be able to defeat an invader on foreign (rather than Russian) territory, in buffer states such as Mongolia and the Muslim/Slavic "near abroad"-thus, their overwhelming desire to coopt these lands and create a sort of peripheral suzerainty where all others must fear to tread. Attempts to control the next ring of former Warsaw Pact allies have been abysmal, but that has not stopped Russia from trying; witness, for instance, the political capital expended to prevent Kosovo's independence or to torpedo the proposed U.S. antiballistic missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic. Highly reminiscent of America's own Monroe Doctrine, Moscow is asserting a privileged sphere of influence and expecting the world to concur without objection. It is increasingly laying down markers and drawing red lines in the sand so border states are constantly aware they can only go so far before displeasing their neighbor. Pub. in Joint Force Quarterly (JFQ), n55 p41-46, 4th quarter 2009. Text Arctic Arctic Ocean Defense Technical Information Center: DTIC Technical Reports database Arctic Arctic Ocean Monroe ENVELOPE(-46.050,-46.050,-60.600,-60.600) |
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Government and Political Science Defense Systems Military Operations Strategy and Tactics *INTERNATIONAL POLITICS *DOCTRINE *MILITARY PLANNING *WARSAW PACT COUNTRIES *RUSSIA COLD WAR CZECH REPUBLIC BALANCE OF POWER ARCTIC OCEAN USSR POLITICAL ALLIANCES ATTITUDES(PSYCHOLOGY) ANTIMISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS MONGOLIA POLAND *POLITICAL CONTROL FORMER SOVIET STATES GLOBAL DOMINATION EURASIAN SUZERAINTY INTERNAL AFFAIRS POLITICAL CAPITAL Humphrey, Peter B. The State of Play in Russia's Near Abroad |
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Government and Political Science Defense Systems Military Operations Strategy and Tactics *INTERNATIONAL POLITICS *DOCTRINE *MILITARY PLANNING *WARSAW PACT COUNTRIES *RUSSIA COLD WAR CZECH REPUBLIC BALANCE OF POWER ARCTIC OCEAN USSR POLITICAL ALLIANCES ATTITUDES(PSYCHOLOGY) ANTIMISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS MONGOLIA POLAND *POLITICAL CONTROL FORMER SOVIET STATES GLOBAL DOMINATION EURASIAN SUZERAINTY INTERNAL AFFAIRS POLITICAL CAPITAL |
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Right now, Russia is engaged in a grand face-saving gesture: having lost the Cold War in so dramatic a fashion, it is swapping dreams of global domination for dreams of Eurasian suzerainty. Key to this aspiration is rigorous control over the activities, alliances, internal affairs, and attitudes of the (generally former Soviet) states on its periphery, and a new entrant: the Arctic Ocean. With World War II now woven into their being, Russians want to be able to defeat an invader on foreign (rather than Russian) territory, in buffer states such as Mongolia and the Muslim/Slavic "near abroad"-thus, their overwhelming desire to coopt these lands and create a sort of peripheral suzerainty where all others must fear to tread. Attempts to control the next ring of former Warsaw Pact allies have been abysmal, but that has not stopped Russia from trying; witness, for instance, the political capital expended to prevent Kosovo's independence or to torpedo the proposed U.S. antiballistic missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic. Highly reminiscent of America's own Monroe Doctrine, Moscow is asserting a privileged sphere of influence and expecting the world to concur without objection. It is increasingly laying down markers and drawing red lines in the sand so border states are constantly aware they can only go so far before displeasing their neighbor. Pub. in Joint Force Quarterly (JFQ), n55 p41-46, 4th quarter 2009. |
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