Russian Military Leadership

TOPIC SPONSOR: EUCOM - Russia Strategic Initiative

What is the decision-making process of senior Russian military leaders? What is the Russian system of command and control?

• Nesselhuf, Maj. F. Jon, "Up to Kalibr: Why Failure in Ukraine Will Not Change the Russian Aerospace Defense Force," ACSC paper (Russia Research Task Force), 2024, 20 pgs. 
• Wiswesser, Sean M., "The Failure of Russian Airpower in the Ukraine War: Potemkin on the Dnieper," AWC Kenny Airpower Seminar Paper (2023), subsequently published as Chapter 16 in John A. Nagl and Katie Crombie, ed. A Call to Action: Lessons from Ukraine for the Future Force (Carlisle: SSI, 2024).