Current Russian Views on US-Russian Security Relations and Military Reform

I recently returned from a research trip to Moscow and wanted to pass on some impressions. While there, I conducted interviews on two different issues: military reform and political party development. My focus in this report is on military reform. My comments draw on interviews with, among others, General Valery Manilov, First Deputy Chief of the General Staff; retired General Lev Rokhlin, chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee; General Alexander Vladimirov, military consultant to the Defense Council; and Peter Romashkin, staffer for the State Duma Defense Committee. […]

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