Defence Committee - Tenth Report
Russia: a new confrontation?
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 30 June 2009.
Contents
Terms of Reference
Summary
1 Context
Russia's foreign policy
The influence of history on Russia's foreign policy
The effect of Russia's domestic context on its foreign policy
The effect of Russia's economic situation on its foreign policy
The implications of Russia's foreign policy for international engagement
2 Russia's military capability and posture
Russia's military capability
Naval Forces
Air Forces
Nuclear capabilities
Military Reform
Russia's military posture
Air tactics
Assessment of the military threat posed by Russia
3 The Georgia conflict
The causes of the conflict
The Russian responsibility
The Georgian responsibility
The international community's responsibility
The complex causes of the conflict: blame on all sides
The aftermath
The situation on the ground
The international community's response
The future status of South Ossetia and Abkhazia
The implications of the conflict for regional stability
4 Russia and NATO
NATO and Russian cooperation
NATO enlargement
The principles of membership
The Bucharest Summit
Further enlargement
NATO's role in defending its members
NATO cybersecurity and Russia
The response
5 European security and Russia
A new European security architecture
6 European energy security and Russia
The Russia-Ukraine gas dispute
Supply diversification
The energy security role of EU and NATO
7 Global security
Cooperation: Arms Control
Challenges for international cooperation
Ballistic Missile Defence
Iran
8 Conclusion
Conclusions and recommendations
Annex: Committee visits
Formal minutes
Witnesses
List of written evidence
List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament
Oral and Written Evidence
Tuesday 24 February 2009
Tuesday 17 March 2009
Tuesday 24 March 2009
Tuesday 21 April 2009
Written Evidence
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