Abstract

BOTAFOGO DE OLIVEIRA, Fernando. The Georgian War of 2008 and the Russian Army Transformation Process. rev.relac.int.estrateg.segur. [online]. 2022, vol.17, n.1, pp.135-154.  Epub June 30, 2022. ISSN 1909-3063.  https://doi.org/10.18359/ries.5824.

The campaign carried out in 2008 by the Russian Army in the regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, in Georgia, aimed to annex these two regions with the strategic aim of forming a containment zone for the involvement of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in issues from the Middle East. The assessment that Russian authorities made after the conflict pointed to a possibility of transforming the military capabilities of the Russian Army. Three key issues were identified: weapons technology, information and communication technologies, and the force structure employed in the Georgia campaign. Thus, this article focuses on an analysis of these key issues as well as the background that made the Russian authorities realize their army's transformation needs. Therefore, we make use of a qualitative research grounded in a literature review between 2008 and 2014, and consultation of primary documents related to Russian defense and security during these years.

Keywords : Russia; Armed forces; strategy; geopolitics.

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