^Notes

^{1.  At the conference at the National Defense University (September 16-17, 1998), Dr. Sergei Kortunov pointed to the widely spread phenomenon in Russian political mentality—the feeling that Russia's major concessions to the West at the end of the Cold War (like re-unification of Germany and military withdrawal from the territories of former Warsaw Pact allies) have not been adequately "paid off." Indeed, considerably more significant assistance was expected from the world community.}

^{2.  Strategiya Rossii v XXI veke (Strategiya-3), Theses of the Council on foreign and defense policy, third draft.}

^{3.  In an interesting parallel, Dr. Richard Kugler pointed to the fact that most of NATO forces are currently located in the southern area. This might mean that Russia's shift of threat perceptions southwards is inscribed into a more general trend.}

^{4.  Literaturnaya gazeta, August 27, 1997, 9.}

^{5. For the text, see Diplomaticheskiy Vestnik, no. 10 (October 1995): 3-6.}

^{6.  Nezavisimaya gazeta, February 26, 1995, 3; Segodnya, July 20, 1995, 5; Segodnya, September 30, 1995, 6; Krasnaya Zvezda, October 7, 1995, 3.}

^{7.  James Brusstar is absolutely right when pointing to the fact that straight-forward appeals of some Russian military to turn the CIS into a military alliance only make other member-states of this structure distrust Russia.}

^{8.  See Alexei Arbatov and Vladimir Baranovsky," 'Russia's Security Interests And Concerns In The Euro—Atlantic Region," in Russia and the West: The 21st century Security Environment, eds. Alexei Arbatov, Karl Kaiser, and Robert Legvold (New York: M.E. Sharpe, 1999). Forthcoming series by the East West Institute: Eurasia in the 21st century: The Total Security Environment, eds. Dag Hartelius and Alexei Arbatov.}

^{9.  This might be interpreted as an attempt to overcome Russia's prevailing emphasis on continental defense (which was rightly mentioned by Dr. Kugler as one of differences in the U.S. and Russian military postures).}

^{10.  By and large, there are good prospects for Russian-American cooperation in the arms control areaCat least as long as the latter continues to be one of the main priorities for the United States. Noteworthy, the American participants in the conference at the National Defense University stressed the centrality of the arms control in the U.S. foreign policy.}

^{11. SIPRI Yearbook 1994 (London: Oxford University Press, 1994), 484; "Armaments, Disarmament and International Security," SIPRI Yearbook 1998 (London: Oxford University Press, 1998), 295.}

^{12.  Vadim Kozhukhov, Pavel Kravchuk, "Vnov' vperedi planety vsey," Nezavisimoye Voyennoye Obozreniye, no. 31 (August 21-27, 1998): 6.}

^{13.  Vadim Soloviev,   "Rossiya demonstriruyet agressivniy stil," Nezavisimaya gazeta, August 26, 1998, 6.}

^{14.  Valeriy Aleksin, "Zharkaya strada manevrov," Nezavisimoye Voyennoye Obozreniye, no. 31 (August 21-27, 1998): 2.}

^{15.  See Yuriy Fedorov, Voyennaya reforma i grazhdanskiy kontrol' nad vooruzhennymi silami v Rossii (Moskva: PIR, Nauchniye zapiski, no. 7, 1998).}

^{16.  Aleksei Arbatov, "Voyennaya reforma v Rossiyskoy federatsii," in God planety: Politika. Ekonomika. Biznes. Banki. Obrazovanie. Vyp. 1998, IMEMO (Moscow: Respublika, 1998), 199-206.}

^{17.  "Armaments, Disarmament and International Security," SIPRI Yearbook 1997 (London: Oxford University Press, 1997), 255.}

^{18.  In this context, the appeal of Dr. Kugler to think about the issue of U.S. and Russian combined intervention deserves the most serious attention.}