Open AccessNeorealism and Contemporary US–Russian Military Competition in the Post-Soviet Space
Author(s) -
Jan Eichler
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
vojenské rozhledy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2336-2995
pISSN - 1210-3292
DOI - 10.3849/2336-2995.26.2017.02.089-105
Subject(s) - annexation , neorealism (international relations) , political science , geopolitics , space (punctuation) , power (physics) , competition (biology) , great power , economic history , political economy , law , china , international relations , history , politics , sociology , physics , philosophy , ecology , linguistics , biology , quantum mechanics
In the light of neorealist theory, the Eastern enlargement of NATO satisfies basic feature of expansion: 9 former countries of the Warsaw Pact become members of NATO. USA as a Sea power reinforced its superiority at the detriment of the RF as a continental power. The annexation of Crimea, as a Russian answer, had intensified security fears of post - Soviet countries and of Poland and enlarged the space for external balancing of the USA. Author warns that a confrontational structure had become typical for the area or the Western part of the Post - Soviet space. It increases the number of military incidents, and, even, the threat of a direct military confrontation including a Russian use of tactical nuclear arms, being inspired by the Rogers plan from 1980´s.