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DTIC ADA546683: Russia's Revival: Ambitions, Limitations, and Oppor...
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Independent Russia is approaching the start of its third
decade of post-Soviet existence. After the economic chaos
of the Boris Yeltsin decade and the recovery and
stabilization of the Vladimir Putin decade, Russia's
leaders have high ambitions for a return to great power
status in the years ahead. Their aspirations are
tempered, however, by the realities of Russia's social,
economic, and military shortcomings and vulnerabilities,
laid painfully bare by the stress test of the recent
global financial crisis. Looking ahead, some also
calculate that Russia will be increasingly challenged in
the Far East by a rising China and in the Middle East by
an Iran that aspires to regional hegemony. With energy
riches abundant enough to compensate for a multitude of
governance and managerial shortcomings, the Russian
economy will likely continue to grow in absolute terms in
the years ahead. Indeed, if Russia wants to remain a
mediocre power, it can do so without effort by not
changing its current behavior patterns. But with growing
corruption, business-stifling political controls, and
dependency on raw materials exports retarding the full
potential of Russia's growth, the country is facing the
prospect of decades of decline relative to other more
dynamic regional and world powers. Russia will retain its
nuclear weapons and permanent veto-empowered seat in the
United Nations Security Council. But Russia will likely
slip on many of the measures commonly used to assess
great power status: size and vitality of its population,
growth and vibrancy of its economy, and the ability of
its armed forces to project conventional military power
beyond its own borders. Russia will continue to be the
preponderant influence across a large swath of former
Soviet territory, but not beyond it. As a result, Moscow
is already seeking to strengthen Russia's ties with
Europe and the United States. The West is seen as crucial
to Russia's modernization and survival.
Date Published: 2018-08-19 23:53:27
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