Jamestown Foundation Issues Commentary: Ogarkov to the Baltics - Russian Military Thought Evolved From Zapad-77 to Ukraine and Beyond
November 12, 2026
November 12, 2026
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on Nov. 11, 2026, in the foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor:
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Ogarkov to the Baltics: Russian Military Thought Evolved From Zapad-77 to Ukraine and Beyond
Hlib Parfonov
Executive summary:
* Russian military thinking has evolved since Zapad-77, a 1977 Soviet exercise rehearsing war with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). A continuou . . .
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Ogarkov to the Baltics: Russian Military Thought Evolved From Zapad-77 to Ukraine and Beyond
Hlib Parfonov
Executive summary:
* Russian military thinking has evolved since Zapad-77, a 1977 Soviet exercise rehearsing war with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). A continuou . . .