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Record Nr.

UNINA9910220076603321

Autore

Larrabee F. Stephen

Titolo

The Ukrainian crisis and European security : implications for the United States and U.S. Army

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : Rand Corporation, 2015

ISBN

0-8330-9140-9

Disciplina

355/.03304

Soggetti

Russo-Ukrainian War, 2014- - Influence

National security

Russia & Former Soviet Republics

Regions & Countries - Europe

History & Archaeology

Ukraine History 1991-2014

Ukraine History 2014-

Ukraine Foreign relations Russia (Federation)

Russia (Federation) Foreign relations Ukraine

United States Foreign relations Ukraine

Ukraine Foreign relations United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Sommario/riassunto

Vladimir Putin's decision to annex Crimea and attempt to destabilize eastern Ukraine have sparked widespread concern among Western policymakers that Russia has embarked on a confrontational national security policy that could have far-reaching implications for Russia's relations with the United States and for European stability. The annexation of Crimea challenges two basic assumptions underlying U.S. policy toward Europe in the post-Cold War era: (1) that Europe is essentially stable and secure, thereby freeing the United States to focus greater attention on other areas, particularly Asia and the Middle East, and (2) that Russia had become more of a partner than an adversary. The annexation of Crimea and attempt to destabilize eastern Ukraine



suggests that both these assumptions need to be revisited because Russia can hardly be viewed as a partner. The requirement that NATO may now have to build a much more robust deterrence and defense posture in Eastern Europe would require the Army and the Air Force to revisit their planning assumptions that have minimized U.S. military commitments to the region since the end of the Cold War.