Russia: Implications for UK defence and security Contents

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary

1 Introduction

The importance of Russia

The demise of UK–Russia relations

Our inquiry

2 The Russian military today

Introduction

The Russian mind-set

Mobilisation of the Russian state

Russian military expansion

Russian conventional military capability

Nuclear weapons: Russia’s strategy

Treaty obligations

Russian unconventional capability

Disinformation

Cyber

3 Russian military actions

Introduction

Ukraine

Crimean Peninsula

Eastern Ukraine

Implications of Crimea and Ukraine

Syria

The Baltics

The Arctic

Central Asia

The United Kingdom and Europe

4 UK/NATO policy and strategy towards Russia

The UK’s strategy towards Russia

UK and EU Sanctions

Dialogue and understanding

Defence Attachés

The NATO-Russia Council

NATO’s defence posture

NATO’s response to disinformation and propaganda

77 Brigade

5 NATO and the 2016 Warsaw Summit

The Very High Readiness Task Force

Possible NATO enlargement

NATO Article 5

Military cooperation with Russia

6 Conclusion

Conclusions and recommendations

Appendix: Comparison between Russian, UK and US military hardware

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

Published written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament





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