Defense Secretary William Cohen today described the political situations in Russia and China as long-term, major challenges the Defense Department will have to monitor as department officials decide how to structure U.S. forces in the future. "Western thought" has not swept through Russia and China like it has throughout much of the world, leaving a variety of uncertainties, Cohen said in Washington, DC, at a conference sponsored by the Economic Strategy Institute. The instability in Russia is well documented, and...
