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Russia and The Former Soviet Republics. History Unified Commands Current Events SCIS Video Politics Economics Society, Culture and the Environment Foreign Policy Issues US Interests. Russia in Transition Overview. History. Early Contact William Seward WW I Interwar years - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Russia and The Former Soviet Republics

Russia and The

Former Soviet

Republics

Russia and The

Former Soviet

Republics                                  

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Russia in TransitionOverview

Russia in TransitionOverview

• History• Unified Commands• Current Events

• SCIS Video• Politics• Economics• Society, Culture and the Environment• Foreign Policy Issues• US Interests

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HistoryHistory

• 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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• 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

•US European Command

(USEUCOM)

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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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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 are:

•USEUCOM

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ArmeniaAzerbaijanBelarusGeorgiaMoldovaUkraine

•USEUCOM AOR

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History Of USEUCOMHistory 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 US Air Forces Europe (USAFE)(USAFE)

• Mission: USAFE’s 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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• 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

•US Central Command (USCENTCOM)

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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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• The most recent additions are five Central Asian countries now considered part of CENTCOM’s AREA OF Responsibility

• The Central Asian nations of:• Kyrgyzstan• Kazakhstan • Turkmenistan • Uzbekistan• Tajikistan

•USCENTCOM

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History Of USCENTCOMHistory 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 TransitionSummary

Russia in TransitionSummary

• History• Unified Commands• Current Events

• SCIS Video• Politics• Economics• Society, Culture and the Environment• Foreign Policy Issues• US Interests

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•Questions