Dmitry Gorenburg
Security, Eurasia
For one week in September, the media will breathlessly tout the might of the Russian military—only to disregard analysis of the exercise soon after.
The Zapad-2017 military exercise that will take place in September in Russia and Belarus has already begun to draw attention in the Western press. In recent days, media outlets have published somewhat panicked accounts about the unprecedented numbers of Russian troops conducting drills on the borders of vulnerable eastern European countries like Poland and Lithuania. Others are arguing that once Russian troops enter Belarus to participate in the exercise, they are likely to stay …read more
Source: The National Interest
