Russian / Soviet Doctrine

Overview

Documents

Capstone policies are articulated in three inter-related documents. According to the Russian Security Council's plan, "Concept of National Security" is the fundamental document, and the "Concept of Foreign Policy" and the "Military Doctrine" develop the corresponding parts for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense.

The National Security Concept of the Russian Federation- Approved by Presidential Decree No. 1300 of 17 December 1999 (given in the wording of Presidential Decree No. 24 of 10 January 2000 "... in the attempt to create a structure of international relations based on the domination of developed Western countries, led by the USA, in the international community and providing for unilateral solution of the key problems of global politics, above all with the use of military force, in violation of the fundamental norms of international law. "
Russian Federation National Security Blueprint approved by Russian Federation presidential edict No. 1300 dated 17 December 1997
THE FOREIGN POLICY CONCEPT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION - Approved by the President of the Russian Federation V.Putin - June 28, 2000
Russian Military Doctrine [Final] February 2000
Russian Military Doctrine [ Draft ] 09 October 1999 -- The draft military doctrine document updates the 1993 doctrine. It outlines the role of the country's authorities in ensuring defence and, if necessary, preparing for and waging war. It states support for a multipolar world, in preference to a unipolar world dominated by a single superpower that is quick to resort to military force and bypasses the UN and other international security bodies when it feels like it.
The Basic Provisions of the Military Doctrine of the Russian Federation [aka "Principle Guidance on the Military Doctrine of the Russian Federation" (PGMD)] Presidential decree No. 1833 - 02 November 1993
"Concept of Development of Nuclear Forces Until 2010" Security Council - July 1998
"Concept of State Policy of the Russian Federation in the Area of Defense Development Until 2005" Security Council - August 1998
THE WORLD OCEAN - CONCEPT of the Purpose-Oriented Federal Program APPROVED by Decree # 11 dated January 11, 1997 of the President of the Russian Federation -- The principal task of the first phase, 1997-2002, "is to stop the uncontrolled decline, and stabilize the main parameters characterizing activity of Russia in the World Ocean".
Treaty between Republic of Kazakhstan and Russian Federation on Military Cooperation 28 March 1994
First-Priority Projects to Develop and Introduce a State System for Records-Keeping and Control of Nuclear Materials for 1995 Decree of the RF Government, 13 January 1995, No. 34
Special Federal Program to Render Medical and Social Assistance to the Population and Normalize the Sanitary and Hygienic State of Population Centers of the Republic of Altay Exposed to Radiation as a Result of Nuclear Testing at the Semipalatinsk Range, for 1996-1997 and for thePeriod to the Year 2000 13 February 1996
On the Russian Federation Ministry of Atomic Energy Russian Federation Government Statute - 05 April 1997
Rules of Notifying Bodies of Executive Government on Launching a Spacecraft With A Nuclear Power Source Decree No 1039, 15 August 1997
Approving Regulations on Organizing the System of State Accounting and Control of Radioactive Substances and Radioactive Wastes Decree No. 1298 of the Government of the Russian Federation, 11 October 1997
On Controls Over the Export to Iraq of Dual-Use Commodities and Technologies and Other Facilities Subject to the International Mechanism for Permanent Oversight and Controls Decree no. 1403 -- 07 November 1997

Intelligence & Security Documents

Space Policy Documents

Analysis - Strategic Forces

RUSSIAN MILITARY DOCTRINE AND STRATEGIC NUCLEAR FORCES TO THE YEAR 2000 AND BEYOND. Alexei Arbatov (Conference on Russian Defense Policy Towards the Year 2000, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, March 26-27, 1997.)
The Empire Strikes Back: Russia's Strategy is Still a Threat to Canada's Security by Major D.G. Cook Ex New Horizons · 1997-98 Department of National Defence (Canada)
Standing on One Leg: The Future of the Russian Nuclear Triad David A. Foy; Charles E. Costanzo (Faculty Advisor) Air Command and Staff College 1999 -- In light of severe financial problems, the Russian Federation must confront serious questions regarding the vitality of one or more legs of its strategic nuclear triad.

Analysis - General Purpose Forces

THREATS TO RUSSIAN SECURITY: THE VIEW FROM MOSCOW Stephen J. Blank Strategic Studies Institute, United States Army War College, Carlisle Barracks July 2000
Russia's Military Doctrine Dr Steven Main Conflict Studies Research Centre, Sandhurst UK (OB77) April 2000
The Strategic Context Of Russo-Chinese Relations (F68) Dr Stephen Blank Conflict Studies Research Centre, Sandhurst UK January 2000
RUSSIA’S 1999 DRAFT MILITARY DOCTRINE C J Dick Conflict Studies Research Centre, Sandhurst UK (OB72) November 1999
Military Threats To Russia And Development Problems In Her Armed Forces Col-Gen B M BARYN'KIN (Dr Mil Sci) Conflict Studies Research Centre, Sandhurst UK (UKT 593) Jan-Feb 1999
RUSSIA'S ARMED FORCES ON THE BRINK OF REFORM Stephen J. Blank Strategic Studies Institute, United States Army War College, Carlisle Barracks March 16, 1998
The Red Army and the Future War in Europe, 1925-1940 Dr S J Main Conflict Studies Research Centre, Sandhurst UK 10th International Colloquium, "Russia in the Age of Wars, 1914-1945", Cortona, 24-25th October 1997.
THE RUSSIAN MILITARY IN THE 21st CENTURY Alexei G. Arbatov Strategic Studies Institute, United States Army War College, Carlisle Barracks June 3, 1997
RUSSIAN DEFENSE LEGISLATION AND RUSSIAN DEMOCRACY Stephen J. Blank Strategic Studies Institute, United States Army War College, Carlisle Barracks August 17, 1995
REFORM AND THE REVOLUTION IN RUSSIAN DEFENSE ECONOMICS Stephen J. Blank Strategic Studies Institute, United States Army War College, Carlisle Barracks May 19, 1995
RUSSIA'S NEW DOCTRINE: TWO VIEWS James F. Holcomb & Michael M. Boll Strategic Studies Institute, United States Army War College, Carlisle Barracks July 20, 1994