Dan Goure
Russia, Eurasia
Here are five that should form the core of a U.S./NATO effort to enhance deterrence and stability in Europe.
As events in Crimea, Eastern Ukraine and Syria have unfolded, the world has had a chance to see the new Russian defense strategy and force posture in action. Russian President Putin has successfully finessed his country’s myriad of weaknesses – economic, political, demographic and military – in ways that permit him to use coercion and even naked military force against his neighbors with near impunity. Dealing with an aggressive, yet relatively weak Russia poses a far different problem for …read more
Source: The National Interest