The Russian Armed Forces in Transition：Economic, geopolitical and institutional uncertainties

This collection of eleven articles on the Russian armed forces provides an in-depth discussion of contemporary issues facing the military in the context of changing regional security requirements, national economic pressures, and world political trends. The volume is divided into five sections covering the transformation of Russia's conventional forces, Euro-Atlantic political contexts, defense economics, bureaucracy, the Russian military industrial complex, and internal civil-military relations. Individual chapters include illustrations, tables, and notes. Contributors are academics, policy researchers, and military and economic professionals from institutions around the world. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Roger N. McDermott is a Senior Fellow in Eurasian Military Studies, The Jamestown Foundation, Washington, DC; and Senior International Research Fellow for the Foreign Military Studies Office (FMSO), USA. His most recent book is The Reform of Russia’s Conventional Armed Forces: Problems, Challenges and Policy Implications. Bertil Nygren is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Swedish National Defence College and at the Department of Political Science, Stockholm University. Recent publications include The Rebuilding of Greater Russia: Putin’s Foreign Policy towards the CIS Countries, and, as co-editor, Russia and Europe: Building Bridges, Digging Trenches (both published by Routledge). Carolina Vendil Pallin heads the Russia Research Project at the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI). Her publications include Russian Military Reform: A Failed Exercise in Defence Decision Making (Routledge, 2009).