Russian Military Reform

Author(s): Rod Thornton
Editor(s): Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 17
Pages: 10-12
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen
Publication Year: 2007

Until recently, the Russia military has focused on the threat of terrorism and the drug trade, emphasizing plans to reduce the number of troops to build a smaller, more professional army. In the last few months, however, the generals have come to see their main threat as being NATO and the US. The result has been a shift in priorities to concentrate on building a more powerful military to deal with states, rather than non-state actors.

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