This issue of the RAD contains four articles focusing on regime security in Russia and the Kremlin’s foreign policy. More specifically, the articles discuss 1) why Russia’s more assertive foreign policy on Ukraine and Syria should be interpreted in light of questions of Russian domestic security and the Putin regime’s wider political project for Russia; 2) how the confrontation between Russia and the West over the crisis in Ukraine is indicative of the deep-seated and long-term incompatibility of each side’s strategic priorities; 3) how the central role and impunity enjoyed by Russia’s intelligence and security community represent both an advantage …read more
Russian Analytical Digest No 173: Russia and Regime Security
