First successes, many hurdles. Russia's military reform

After the war with Georgia, Russia started a new military reform project. It represented a serious effort to transform the obsolete mass mobilization army into a modern deployable army. The first successes are to be detected, but there are still many hurdles to overcome. Financial resources are lack...

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Published in:Osteuropa (Stuttgart) 2010-06, Vol.60 (6), p.83-98
Main Author: Klein, Margarete
Format: Article
Language:ger
Subjects:
Armaments industry
Armed Forces
Armies
Army
Defence policy
Leadership
Medvedev, Dmitry Anatolyevich
Military and politics
Military operations
Presidents
Recruitment
Reform
Russia
Russian Federation
Warfare
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Summary:After the war with Georgia, Russia started a new military reform project. It represented a serious effort to transform the obsolete mass mobilization army into a modern deployable army. The first successes are to be detected, but there are still many hurdles to overcome. Financial resources are lacking, the arms industry suffers from a standstill in innovation, & the demographic crisis is reinforcing the recruitment problem. In addition, there is resistance to the reform within the military. Unlike the situation under Russian President Dmitri Medvedev's predecessors, the country's political & top military leadership this time has the will to lead the reform to a successful end. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:0030-6428