The central purpose of the paper is to evaluate the capabilities of the military forces in the Soviet successor states and to assess the viability, given the specific conditions of each state, of military plans which have already been advanced by national leaders.

Cover title. Adelphi Paper 280. "October 1993."

Introduction--I. The Inheritance: from Union to CIS to Regionalism--II. The Russian Federation--III. Ukraine, Belarus and the Baltic States--IV. Central Asia--V. The Transcaucasian States and Moldova--Conclusions.