title: Crimea and Russia's Strategic Overhaul
abstract: Russian operations in Crimea in 2014 demonstrated an enhanced ability for implementating strategy; Russia effectively combined military and state tools to reach its policy goals. That means new demands for Western defense planners. Confronting Russian military power in the future will require an expanded toolkit. chAllenges in russiA & AfghAnistAn Crimea and Russia' s Strategic Overhaul
journal: The US Army War College Quarterly Parameters