Open AccessThe War Between Georgia and the Russian Federation as an Important Milestone
Author(s) -
Jan Eichler
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
vojenské rozhledy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2336-2995
pISSN - 1210-3292
DOI - 10.3849/2336-2995.28.2019.02.003-019
Subject(s) - milestone , russian federation , geopolitics , political science , cold war , balance (ability) , economic history , spanish civil war , period (music) , law , history , geography , politics , regional science , cartography , medicine , physics , acoustics , physical medicine and rehabilitation
In 2018, it has been already ten years since one of the major wars of the post-Cold War period, namely, the war between Georgia and the Russian Federation. This war lasted only for five days, but it also became an important milestone in the development of the international security relations as well as the military science at the beginning of the 21st century. The article evaluates its geopolitical framework on the basis of the neorealist theory of the balance of security threats and it also deals with its impact on the development of the Russian military.