Russia and The Former Soviet Republics

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Russia and The Former Soviet Republics
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Russia in Transition Overview

• History
• Unified Commands
• Current Events
• SCIS Video
• Politics
• Economics
• Society, Culture and the Environment
• Foreign Policy Issues
• US Interests

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History

• Early Contact
• William Seward
• WW I
• Interwar years
• WW II
• Cold War
• US USSR Treaties
• US Assistance since the end of the cold war
• Former Soviet Republics

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US European Command (USEUCOM)

• MISSION
• Support and advance U.S. interest and policies
  throughout the assigned area of responsibility
  provide combat ready land, maritime, and air
  forces to Allied Command Europe or U.S. unified
  commands and conduct operations unilaterally or
  in concert with coalition partners.
• Headquarters Patch Barracks, in
  Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany

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USEUCOM

• AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY
• The area of responsibility (AOR) of the United
  States European Command covers more than 21
  million square miles and includes 93 countries
  and territories. This territory extends from the
  North Cape of Norway, through the waters of the
  Baltic and Mediterranean seas, most of Europe,
  parts of the Middle east, to the Cape of Good
  Hope in South Africa.

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USEUCOM

• Effective 1 Oct 1998, the AOR of USEUCOM expanded
  to include six Western Slavic and Caucasus states
  of the former Soviet Union. These six nations
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USEUCOM AOR

• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Belarus
• Georgia
• Moldova
• Ukraine

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History Of USEUCOM

• Trace Origin to the European Theater of
  Operations in WW II
• Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces
• European Command

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US Air Forces Europe (USAFE)

• Mission USAFEs mission is to provide the Joint
  Force Commander rapidly deployable expeditionary
  aerospace forces capable of conducting the full
  spectrum of military operations.
• Headquarters Ramstein Air Base, Germany
• AOR Same as USEUCOM

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US Central Command (USCENTCOM)

• MISSION
• "A flexible and versatile command into the
  twenty-first century . . . trained, positioned,
  and ready to defend the nation's vital interests,
  promote peace and stability, deter conflict in
  the central region and, if necessary, be
  prepared to wage unrelenting, simultaneous joint
  and combined operations to achieve victory in
  war."
• Headquarters MacDill AFB, Florida

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USCENTCOM

• AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (AOR)
• 27 culturally and economically diverse nations
  located throughout the Horn of Africa, South and
  Central Asia, and Northern Red Sea regions, as
  well as the Arabian Peninsula and Iraq.

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USCENTCOM

• The most recent additions are five Central Asian
  countries now considered part of CENTCOMs AREA
  OF Responsibility
• The Central Asian nations of
• Kyrgyzstan
• Kazakhstan
• Turkmenistan
• Uzbekistan
• Tajikistan

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History Of USCENTCOM

• USCENTCOM can trace its history to the
  establishment of the Rapid Deployment Joint Task
  Force (RDJTF) on March 1, 1980
• USCENTCOM activated as a Unified Combatant
  Command on Jan 1, 1983.

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Politics
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Economics

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Social, Culture and the Environment
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Foreign Policy Issues
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US Interests
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Russia in Transition Summary

• History
• Unified Commands
• Current Events
• SCIS Video
• Politics
• Economics
• Society, Culture and the Environment
• Foreign Policy Issues
• US Interests

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Questions