Approach to the Assessment of the Military Potential of the State - an Example of the Russian Federation

Abstract

The aim of the text is to present the approach to assessing the military potential of the state as well as the will or possibilities to be used to achieve national strategic interests or power objectives. This approach is methodologically based on the sectoral analysis of the state's power potential and its possible projections in the construction and use of armed forces. The described and used approach in the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic is applied to the current Russian Federation and its military or power activities

Keywords

• Armed forces; Russian Federation; Strategic interests; Military potential