The Plight of the Russian Military
Shallow Identity and Self-defeating Culture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11102774 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pavel K Baev ((Foreign and Security Policy Program at the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo prior)), Pavel Baev (0000-0003-1947-5009, Peace Research Institute Oslo, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 129-146 |
| Publication date | 2002-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Armed Forces & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0095-327X • E-ISSN: 1556-0848 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0095327x0202900107 |
| OpenAlex | W2080782818 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
With the arrival of President Putin, the Russian military appeared to overcome the deep structural crisis that had lasted for most of the 1990s. Their identity of a "presidential" institution was reinforced and the contradictory traits in the new military culture were harmonized. That harmony, however, had an unstable foundation of inflated expectations and postponed choices. Putin has produced new blueprints for military reform but the military's bureaucratic self-preservation instinct that had determined the failure of previous efforts is again driving the resistance. The price of failure may be unacceptably high, but Chechnya continues to be a factor that works against downsizing and modernizing the army
Blueprint · Bureaucracy · Harmony (color · Identity (music · Instinct · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Presidential system · Resistance (ecology · Sociology · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies · Engineering · European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies · Law · Public Administration · Russia and Soviet political economy
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2008 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |