REGIONAL ASPECTS OF GEOSTRATEGIC MODALITY IN 21ST CENTURY: RUSSIA’S MILITARY STRATEGY REVIEW

• Authors: Maisaia Vakhtang
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Russia’s incumbent government is seeking to prepare the country for permanent warfare conditions and aim at making its Armed Forces at constant readiness level against any foes (for instance, NATO, ISIS, etc.). Transformation of Russian military institutions and structures into level of permanent combat readiness level – creation of National Defence Centre, setting up Special Destination Forces, adoption of new Military Doctrine (December 2014), preparation military planning documents for peaceful time, etc. Russia recently created an Operational-Strategic Command HQs as independent Army Group HQs and its usage as independent Army HQ entities in autonomous regime that make possible to use nuclear strike attack even in convenient warfare operations.

Keywords

EN

Arab Spring; Military Doctrine; Military Strategy; NATO; CSTO

• Publisher: Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu i Przedsiębiorczości w Ostrowcu Świętokrzyskim
• Journal: Ante Portas – Studia nad Bezpieczeństwem
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 1(6) Kryzys ukraiński i jego znaczenie dla bezpieczeństwa międzynarodowego: aspekty militarno-polityczne
• Pages: 119-129

Dates

published

2016-05-30

Contributors

author

Maisaia Vakhtang

• International Black Sea University

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