Russian Grand Strategy in the era of global power competition (Russian Strategy and Power) by Andrew Monaghan

Author:Andrew Monaghan [Monaghan, Andrew]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781526164636
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 2022-04-25T16:00:00+00:00

Further reading

Russian thinking on the nature of future wars and the revolution in military affairs extends to early in the Soviet period, but the genesis of current thinking about sixth-generation warfare can be traced to Marshal of the Soviet Union Nikolai Ogarkov, the Chief of the General Staff of the USSR (1977–84). Michael Kofman provides a brief overview of technology and the revolution in military affairs in “The Ogarkov Reforms: The Soviet Inheritance behind Russia's Military Transformation” (Changing Character of War Centre Russia Brief No. 5, June 2019). A more detailed account of this history can be found in “Nikolay Ogarkov and the Scientific-Technical Revolution in Soviet Military Affairs” (Comparative Strategy, Vol. 6, No. 1, 1987, pp. 29–59) by Dale R. Herspring; “The Origins of the RMA” by Lawrence Freedman (The Adelphi Papers, Vol. 38, Issue 318, 1998, pp. 19–32); and “The Methodology of Foresight and Forecasting in Soviet Military Affairs” by Jacob W. Kipp (Foreign Military Studies Office, 1998).

Any serious study of future war and sixth-generation warfare should include extensive reading of the late Major General Vladimir Slipchenko. Perhaps one of the best works available is Future War (Fort Leavenworth, KS: Foreign Military Studies Office, 2007), an English translation of Budushchaya voyna (Moscow: Polit.ru, 2005), authored by Slipchenko and Makhmut Gareev, a World War Two veteran and president of the Russian Academy of Military Sciences until his death in 2019. Future War is not a book in the traditional sense but is instead a collection of lectures by Slipchenko and Gareev in 2004 and 2005, with questions and answers from those in attendance. The book generally explains the “non-contact, long-range, precision warfare” nature of future wars in a historical context. Slipchenko's “Information Assets and Information Confrontation: Their Evolution, Role, and Place in Future Warfare”, published in Army Digest in 2013, well after his death, explains not only the informational aspects of war, but also lays out Slipchenko's thoughts on seventh-generation warfare. Although Slipchenko's ideas evolved throughout his writing, Beskontaktnyye voyny (Non-contact wars) (Moscow: Izdatel'skiy dom Gran-Press, 2001) provides the foundation for his understanding of the evolution of warfare.

Slipchenko's work appears to have been continued by S. G. Chekinov and S. A. Bogdanov, who often co-author. A few of their more notable works include: “Initial Periods of Wars and Their Impact on a Country's Preparations for a Future War” (Military Thought, October 2012); “The Nature and Content of a New-Generation War” (Military Thought, October 2013); “The Features of Military Security in 21st Century Russia in Conditions of Globalization” (Military Thought, April 2016); and “The Essence and Content of the Evolving Notion of War in the 21st Century” (Military Thought, January 2017).

Perhaps the best exegesis of Russian views on future war and sixth-generation warfare is provided by Tim Thomas. He is adept at capturing the thoughts of past and contemporary Russian military theorists and placing them in the appropriate context. Thomas's work is particularly valuable for non-Russian speakers, as many of his sources can only be found in Russian or are difficult to find in English.

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