Unlike the situation with China in the 2000s, there was no sound baseline understanding in 2004-2015 of current Russian military capabilities and how those capabilities informed Russian thinking about potential conflict with NATO, necessitating the RAND scorecard study to establish that foundation.

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Scott Boston

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Unlike the situation with China...there was as sound of an understanding of the current capabilities and how those informed how Russia thought about a conflict with a near peer

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The Russian Way of WarfareCenter for Strategic & International Studies
Created: 8/10/2026, 10:47:39 PM

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