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Kosovo's Wildest Wild Card: Moscow
By Patricia Kranz, http://www.businessweek.com
Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny M. Primakov made a
sharp U-turn on Mar. 23 when he heard NATO forces
would soon strike Kosovo. On his way to Washington
for a meeting with Vice- President Al Gore, Primakov
ordered the pilots of his Russian jet to head immediately
back to Moscow. Now, as the Kosovo conflict intensifies,
relations between the U.S. and Russia could be headed
for a sharp reversal as well.
Alexei G. Arbatov, The Transformation of Russian Military Doctrine:
Lessons Learned from Kosovo and Chechnya
The Marshall Center
Papers, No. 2
The George C. Marshall European Center for Security
Studies takes great pride in presenting this second
edition of the Marshall Center Papers. Dr. Alexei
G. Arbatov's paper, "The Transformation of Russian
Military Doctrine: Lessons Learned from Kosovo and
Chechnya," continues our tradition of publishing monographs
that are current and challenging, even when they may
prove controversial. This series has been specifically
created to disseminate scholarly monographs that explore
and influence the resolution of Atlantic-European-Eurasian
security issues. Dr. Arbatov's paper provides an authoritative
analysis of national security thinking in Moscow,
as well as some pointed suggestions on how to improve
relations between Russia and the West. To assist readers
who may want more details from official documents,
as opposed to the opinions of an individual scholar
and parliamentarian, we have also included extracts
from the
current Russian Military Doctrine and National
Security Concept.
A War for Three
By Alexey Arbatov,
Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Defence of the
State Duma of the Russian Federation
The decision of the Yugoslavian
parliament to join the union of Russia and Belarus
presented another puzzle to the international community.
What kind of move was this? - A political gamble for
internal use? A real prospect to create a "Slavic
Alliance"? Or the first step toward the beginning
of a Third World War? Here are the comments of Alexei
Arbatov, Deputy Chair of the Committee on Defence
of the State Duma.
Race to be first
By Alexey Arbatov,
Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Defence of the
State Duma of the Russian Federation, Obschaya Gazeta,
June 17-23, 1999
After the recent adoption
of the UN Security Council resolution on dispatching
peacemaking forces to Kosovo, NATO had to conduct
negotiations with the Russian Federation on the composition,
functions, sectors under control, co-operation and
financing of the contingents they send.
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