1. Russia and The Former Soviet Republics
                                 

2. Russia in Transition Overview
History
Unified Commands
Current Events
SCIS Video
Politics
Economics
Society, Culture and the Environment
Foreign Policy Issues
US Interests

3. History Early Contact WW I Interwar years WW II Cold War
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

4. 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

6. 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.

7. 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 are:

8. USEUCOM AOR
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Georgia
Moldova
Ukraine

9. History Of USEUCOM
Trace Origin to the European Theater of Operations in WW II
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces
European Command

10. US Air Forces Europe (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

11. 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

13. 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.

14. USCENTCOM
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

15. 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.

16. Politics

17. Economics

18. Social, Culture and the Environment
                                                
                                           

19. Foreign Policy Issues

20. US Interests

21. Russia in Transition Summary
History
Unified Commands
Current Events
SCIS Video
Politics
Economics
Society, Culture and the Environment
Foreign Policy Issues
US Interests

22. Questions