Russian Military Capabilities after 20 Years of Reform

Renz, Bettina

doi:10.1080/00396338.2014.920145

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“…It can be seen that by 2014 the share had reached 4.5% of GDP, very high by international standards, and almost 5.5% in 2015. This puts Russia in a limited 2 On the Serdyukov reforms, see Klein (2012) and Renz (2014). Note: The fall in GDP with the global financial-economic crisis accounts for the spike in 2009.…”

Section: The Rapid Growth Of Military Spendingmentioning

confidence: 99%

The military dimension of a more Militant Russia

Cooper¹

2016

Russian Journal of Economics

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The article analyses the development of the military dimension of Russia's economy over the past decade or more, including the significant growth of military expenditure and its principal driver, spending on the ambitious state armament programme to 2020. For the first time for almost twenty-five years Russia once again possesses capable armed forces. With greater economic and military strength Russia's leadership now feels able to be more assertive, even militant, on the world stage. These developments threaten to be constrained by the poor performance of the economy, facing the government with a policy challenge. However, for Russia and the main Western powers there can be no going back to the status quo ante.

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Section: The Rapid Growth Of Military Spendingmentioning

confidence: 99%

The military dimension of a more Militant Russia

Cooper¹

2016

Russian Journal of Economics

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“…Regarding the first event, the restoration of Russia's credibility as a global great power has been a major focus for the Kremlin since its unconvincing intervention in Georgia in 2008 (bryce-Rogers, 2013;Renz, 2014). Although the war lasted a mere five days and resulted in a clear Russian victory, a glaring deficiency (even compared to the Georgians) in "information technology, unmanned aerial vehicles and precision-guided munitions" was exposed (Renz, 2014, p. 65).…”

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“…Vendil Pallin andWesterlund (2009, p. 401) argue that the Georgia conflict demonstrated that Russia's "precision weapons cannot compete with Western versions and its C4ISR capabilities (command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) are in need of upgrading. " Shortly after the conflict, Russia's then minister of defense, Anatoly Serdyukov, began an ambitious modernization of its military power with the aim of being 70 percent modernized by 2020, relative to the 10-15 percent level of modernization during the Georgian conflict (Renz, 2014). In addition to the modernization of its capabilities, Russia's post-Georgia strategy has also emphasized smaller, more efficient armed forces as well as improved training and education (bryce-Rogers, 2013).…”

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confidence: 99%

Could Russia Utilize Cryptocurrencies in Its Foreign Policy Grand Strategizing?

Smith¹

2019

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Russia, under the stewardship of Vladimir Putin, has arguably taken a number of steps to try and secure a position as a pole in an emerging multipolar world. One step has been to modernize its military and reassert itself globally (evident in its Syria action), while another step has been to try and hasten the decline of the United States (evident in its BRICS cheerleading). It is argued that the latter step is particularly difficult to achieve because the United States still has a significant power advantage over the rest. Additionally, the United States' hegemonic position is further insulated by having the U.S. dollar as the global

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“…(But it should also be noted that many weaknesses remain. It is therefore important not to exaggerate the impact of Russia's military modernization program [Renz 2014]. )…”

Section: The Return Of the Military-industrial Complexmentioning

confidence: 99%