That all ALREADY has happened. These Soviet-Russian departments were gutted decades ago. Few even learn Russian anymore. The sexy has been the Middle East and Asia.
Even US Army/Marine force structure has changed profoundly. The “heavy” divisions have been deemphasized, hence things like the “Stryker” brigades. The Marines lost their tanks and tube artillery and their role in supporting Norway, etc.
I think you are badly behind the times.
It would be nice to believe you but the evidence is that sovietology is dying a long slow death.