Russia's Peacetime Battlefield: Presidential versus General Staff Military Reform

Abstract

President Boris Yeltsin's restructuring concept (approved in July 1997) for the armed forces under the Ministry of Defense is unpopular in the military and serious obstacles have caused several revisions. The concept may be further revised or even discarded over the next two years. Yeltsin's indifference to the impact of military reform on readiness, and continual attempts by the General Staff to expand military and political control present serious problems for reform. Economic and political reformers, closely associated with Yeltsin, will continue attempts to weaken the military's potential political influence and reduce the military's economic burden on Russia. The General Staff is likely to publicly support "reform" even as it attempts to consolidate control over all of Russia's military forces.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA394254

Entities

People

  • James H. Brusstar

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Air Defense
  • Conversion
  • Defense Industry
  • Electronic Mail
  • General Officers
  • Governments
  • National Security
  • Officer Personnel
  • Peacetime
  • Security
  • Standards
  • Students
  • Technical Standards
  • Training
  • War Colleges
  • War Games

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Library and Information Science
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.
  • Strategic Security Studies