Crimea and Russia's Strategic Overhaul

Abstract

Russian operations in Crimea in 2014 demonstrated an enhanced ability for implementating strategy; Russia effectively combined military and state tools to reach its policy goals. That means new demands for Western defense planners. Confronting Russian military power in the future will require an expanded toolkit. chAllenges in russiA & AfghAnistAn Crimea and Russia' s Strategic Overhaul