Russia and The Former Soviet Republics

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Russia and The Former Soviet Republics
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Russia in Transition Overview

• History
• Unified Commands
• Current Events
• SCIS Video
• Politics
• Economics
• Society, Culture and the Environment
• Foreign Policy Issues
• US Interests

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History

• Early Contact
• William Seward
• WW I
• Interwar years
• WW II
• Cold War
• US USSR Treaties
• US Assistance since the end of the cold war
• Former Soviet Republics

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US European Command (USEUCOM)

• MISSION
• Support and advance U.S. interest and policies
  throughout the assigned area of responsibility
  provide combat ready land, maritime, and air
  forces to Allied Command Europe or U.S. unified
  commands and conduct operations unilaterally or
  in concert with coalition partners.
• Headquarters Patch Barracks, in
  Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany

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USEUCOM

• AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY
• The area of responsibility (AOR) of the United
  States European Command covers more than 13
  million square miles and includes 91 countries
  and territories. This territory extends from the
  North Cape of Norway, through the waters of the
  Baltic and Mediterranean seas, most of Europe,
  parts of the Middle east, to the Cape of Good
  Hope in South Africa. Several other countries and
  territories are considered to be part of EUCOMs
  area of interest (AOI).

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USEUCOM

• Effective 1 Oct 1998, the AOR of USEUCOM expanded
  to include six Western Slavic and Caucasus states
  of the former Soviet Union. These six nations
  are

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USEUCOM AOR

• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Belarus
• Georgia
• Moldova
• Ukraine

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USEUCOM

• AREA OF INTEREST (AOI)
• Another six European countries and territories
  are considered to be within EUCOMs AOI. This is
  an area of concern to the Commander because of
  the possibility of current or planned operations.
  This could also include areas occupied by forces
  that could jeopardize the accomplishment of the
  mission. The six countries are

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USEUCOM

• AREA OF INTEREST (cont)
• Kazakhstan
• Kyrgyz Stan
• Russia
• Tajikistan  
• Turkmenistan
• Uzbekistan

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History Of USEUCOM

• Trace Origin to the European Theater of
  Operations in WW II
  
• Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces
• European Command

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US Air Forces Europe (USAFE)

• Mission USAFEs mission is to provide the Joint
  Force Commander rapidly deployable expeditionary
  aerospace forces capable of conducting the full
  spectrum of military operations.
• Headquarters Ramstein Air Base, Germany
• AOR Same as USEUCOM

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US Central Command (USCENTCOM)

• MISSION
• "A flexible and versatile command into the
  twenty-first century . . . trained, positioned,
  and ready to defend the nation's vital interests,
  promote peace and stability, deter conflict in
  the central region and, if necessary, be
  prepared to wage unrelenting, simultaneous joint
  and combined operations to achieve victory in
  war."
• Headquarters MacDill AFB, Florida

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USCENTCOM

• AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (AOR)
• CENTCOMs (AOR) is a culturally diverse and
  volatile region composed of twenty-five nations
  from Kazakhstan through the Arabian Gulf and Red
  Sea littoral states to the Horn of Africa.
  Additionally, the area of interest (AOI) is made
  up of countries in close proximity to the AOR
  that have significant influence on events there.

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USCENTCOM

• Another five Central Asian countries are
  considered part of CENTCOMs AREA OF INTEREST
  (AOI)
  
• The Central Asian nations of
• Kyrgyzstan
• Kazakhstan
• Turkmenistan
• Uzbekistan
• Tajikistan

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History Of USCENTCOM

• USCENTCOM can trace its history to the
  establishment of the Rapid Deployment Joint Task
  Force (RDJTF) on March 1, 1980
  
• USCENTCOM activated as a Unified Combatant
  Command on Jan 1, 1983.
  

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Politics
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Economics

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Social, Culture and the Environment
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Foreign Policy Issues
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US Interests
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Russia in Transition Summary

• History
• Unified Commands
• Current Events
• SCIS Video
• Politics
• Economics
• Society, Culture and the Environment
• Foreign Policy Issues
• US Interests

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Questions