The Russian Army in a Time of Troubles

Pavel Baev is a Senior Researcher and Head of Section at the Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences. He has written this book while on sabbatical leave as a researcher at the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo. He was previously a Senior Researcher at the Scientific-Research Institute of the Soviet Ministry of Defence, 1979 to 1988. His publications include Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Europe: The Problem of Reduction and Elimination. He is co-editor of the quarterly journal Security Dialogue.

• PART ONE: GENERALLY SPEAKINGThe Russian Army and Politics in Historical PerspectiveRussia′s Security Interests and the ArmyPART TWO: BEING MORE SPECIFICThe Feasibility of Political Control of the ArmyEuropeanizing the Russian ArmyPART THREE: THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILSHandling Conflicts in the Post-Soviet SpaceThe Russian Army as Peace-KeeperRussian Peace-Keeping and European SecurityPART FOUR: OUTLOOKThrough the Fog of War

`Baev′s seminal work of military erudition is, therefore, a must read for the serious Russologist and the military student alike′ - USI Journal`Baev′s book is an incisive and comprehensive study of the challenges confronting the armed forces of the Russian Federation in the 1990s. It is also a devastating critique of the chaos and decay within the Russian military establishment after the collapse of communism′ - Europe-Asia Studies`An excellent, concise and well-written survey of the development of the Russian army, with a special view to civil-military relations′ - NOD & Conversion