Does Russian Democracy Have a Future?

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Abstract:

In January of this year, several of this nations leading Russian area specialists and scholars met at the U.S. Army Center of Military History to discuss the future of Russian democracy. Although many Russians lost faith in Communism as a viable ideology sometime in the 1970s or 1980s, the expectations for democracy were, perhaps, overly optimistic. Whatever the future of democracy in Russia, one must remember that Russian national interests will remain fundamental to shaping Moscows attitudes toward its neighbors, Western Europe, and the United States. The essays in this volume summarize discussions and conclusions regarding this future.

Author(s):
Blank, Stephen J. ; Tilford, Jr, Earl H.
Author Organization(s):
ARMY WAR COLL STRATEGIC STUDIES INST CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
Descriptive Note:
Final rept.
Pagination:
0165

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
ACN-94019
Monitor Series:
AWC/SSI
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_5.5_Direct; JCA_5.5.1_Communicate Intent and Guidance; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_4.6_Engineering; JCA_4.6.1_General Engineering; JCA_1.3.1_Personnel and Family Support; JCA_5.3.2_Apply Situational Understanding; JCA_1.2.3_Educating; JCA_1.2.6_Concepts; JCA_1.2.4_Doctrine; JCA_5.2_Understand; JCA_5.1_Organize; JCA_5.1.1_Establish and Maintain Unity of Effort with Mission Partners; JCA_1.2.5_Lessons Learned; JCA_5.4_Decide; JCA_4.3_Maintain; JCA_4.5.4_Requirements Definition; JCA_4.5_Operational Contract Support; JCA_5.5.2_Task; JCA_4.1_Deployment and Distribution
Modernization Areas:
Space; Fully Networked C3; Autonomy
Communities of Interest:
Energy and Power Technologies
Descriptor(s):
*FORECASTING, *MILITARY PLANNING, *DEMOCRACY, *POLITICAL PARTIES, USSR, EUROPE, MILITARY HISTORY, UNITED STATES, INFLATION(ECONOMICS), ELECTIONS, WESTERN EUROPE, COMMUNISM, CIVIL AFFAIRS, ARMY, HISTORY, SYMPOSIA, ECONOMIC IMPACT, ECONOMICS
Field(s)/Group(s):
Information Science, Government and Political Science, Geography, Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics
Keyword(s):
NATIONAL INTERESTS, POST COLD WAR ERA, POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES, RUSSIA, SOVIET UNION, COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES, LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY, CIVIL MILITARY RELATIONS, YELTSIN BORIS, ZHIRINOVSKY VLADIMIR
Report Date:
1993 Jan 01