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.
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PART ONE: GENERALLY SPEAKING The Russian Army and Politics in Historical Perspective Russia's Security Interests and the Army PART TWO: BEING MORE SPECIFIC The Feasibility of Political Control of the Army Europeanizing the Russian Army PART THREE: THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS Handling Conflicts in the Post-Soviet Space The Russian Army as Peace-Keeper Russian Peace-Keeping and European Security PART FOUR: OUTLOOK Through 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