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Anatomy of Greed
Affair of the former Russia's defence minister Anatoly Serdyukov became the basis of this book. The ex-minister avoided criminal penalty only thanks to intervention of very influential officials. The author tried to understand in this case, using logic and imagination. All real surnames in the book are changed, however the reader, undoubtedly, will be able to draw the corresponding conclusions. The second part of the book speaks about events 2013 when there were rumors about resignation of the prime minister. The author assumed that initiators of this resignation managed to reach desirable result. The high-ranking officials and oligarchs became participants of this affair.
The Politics of Security in Modern Russia
The Putin era saw a striking 'securitization' of politics, something that he has bequeathed to his chosen successor, Dmitry Medvedev. The omens from the early days of the Medvedev presidency have been mixed, marked both by less confrontational rhetoric towards the West and by war with Georgia and continued re-armament. Has the Medvedev generation learned the lessons not just from the Soviet era but also from the Yeltsin and Putin presidencies, or will security remain the foundation of Russian foreign and domestic policy? Fully up-to-date to reflect the evolving Medvedev presidency, the 2008 Georgian war and the impact of the economic downturn, this volume is a much needed objective and balanced examination of the ways in which security has played and continues to play a central role in contemporary Russian politics. The combination of original scholarship with extensive empirical research makes this volume an invaluable resource for all students and researchers of Russian politics and security affairs.
Can Russia Reform?
These three papers represent the first panel of papers from SSI's annual Russia conference that took place in September 2011. They assess the nature of Russia's political system, economy, and armed forces and draw conclusions, even sharp and provocative ones, concerning the nature and trajectory of these institutions. The three papers presented here offer attempts to characterize first of all, the nature of the state; second, the prospects for economic reform within that state -- perhaps the most pressing domestic issue and one with considerable spillover into defense and security agendas as well -- in contemporary Russia; and third, the nature and lasting effects of the defense reform that ...
Russia's Armed Forces on Modernisation Course: Progress and Perspectives of Military Reform
Abstract: In 2008 Russia's Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov launched a mammoth project of comprehensive military reforms, whose objectives his successor Sergei Shoigu has also upheld since his November 2012 appointment. Despite deficits in recruitment, equipment and funding, Moscow's armed forces have already accomplished the organisational transition from mass mobilisation army to modern combat force. Although the reforms will not fundamentally change the balance of power with the United States, increased military muscle-flexing vis-à-vis Europe must be expected. Above all, however, the reforms expand Moscow's ability to project power in the post-Soviet space and militarily reinforce Putin's efforts to tie that region more closely to Russia. (author's abstract)
Russia's Revival
"Independent Russia is approaching the start of its third decade of post-Soviet existence. After the economic chaos of the Boris Yeltsin decade and the recovery and stabilization of the Vladimir Putin decade, Russia's leaders have high ambitions for a return to great power status in the years ahead. Their aspirations are tempered, however, by the realities of Russia's social, economic, and military shortcomings and vulnerabilities, laid painfully bare by the stress test of the recent global financial crisis. Looking ahead, some also calculate that Russia will be increasingly challenged in the Far East by a rising China and in the Middle East by an Iran that aspires to regional hegemony.... A...
Russian Businesspeople
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 143. Chapters: Sergei Diaghilev, Sergey Brin, Peter Carl Faberge, Boris Berezovsky, Dmitry Medvedev, Roman Abramovich, Viktor Bout, Oleg Deripaska, Badri Patarkatsishvili, Michael Cherney, Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor, Viktor Chernomyrdin, Alexander P. de Seversky, Nikolay Alekseyev, Samuel Polyakov, Alisher Usmanov, Vladislav Surkov, Vladimir Romanov, Mikhail Prokhorov, Alexander Lebedev, Vadim Brovtsev, Arcadi Gaydamak, Anatoly Chubais, Russian oligarchs, Anatoliy Serdyukov, Gennady Timchenko, Rene Schlegel, Suleyman Kerimov, Anya Verkhovskaya, Vasily Aleksanya...
Russian Foreign Policy
Introduction: the guns of August -- Contours of Russian foreign policy -- Bulldogs fighting under the rug: the making of Russian foreign policy -- Resetting expectations: Russia and the United States -- Europe: between integration and confrontation -- Rising China and Russia's Asian vector -- Playing with home field advantage? Russia and its post-Soviet neighbors -- Conclusion: dealing with Russia's foreign policy reawakening.
The Routledge Handbook of Civil-military Relations
The Routledge Handbook of Civil-Military Relations not only fills this important lacuna, but offers an up-to-date comparative analysis which identifies three essential components in civil-military relations: (1) democratic civilian control; (2) operational effectiveness; and (3) the efficiency of the security institutions. This Handbook will be essential reading for students and practitioners in the fields of civil-military relations.
