Prospects for the Russian Federation: Center-Regional Relations

Abstract

A combination of political, economic, and military-security factors will help determine the territorial configuration and political orientation of the Russian Federation. This paper examines these three sets of factors, and suggests that Russia could evolve in one of at least several ways: an authoritarian, recentralized country; disintegration into several new states; or continued accommodation with regional interests, allowing a relatively controlled devolution of power from Moscow. The way in which Russia evolves will have important military-security and economic implications for the United States and the West more generally. One important way to better prepare ourselves for any future Russian developments is to expand our contacts across the political spectrum and throughout the country.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA285770

Entities

People

  • David R. Graham
  • Susan L. Clark

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Commerce
  • Economic Systems
  • Far East
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • International Trade
  • Investments
  • Local Governments
  • National Governments
  • National Politics
  • Natural Resources
  • Political Systems
  • Recreation
  • Security
  • United States
  • Ussr

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Strategic Security Studies