Title
Four Myths about Russian Grand Strategy
Contributing USMA Research Unit(s)
Social Sciences
Publication Date
9-2020
Publication Title
The Diversity of Russia's Military Power - CSIS Report
Document Type
Article
Abstract
After spending most of the 1990s and early 2000s rebuilding their state, regime, economy, and military after the traumatic Soviet collapse, Russia’s return to a central—and often disruptive—place in world politics has laid bare the folly of many scholars and policymakers who ignored Russia during those years or dismissively argued that the country was irrelevant in a post-9/11 world focused on counterterrorism and sectarian violence in the Middle East. Perhaps owing to this neglect, Russia’s resurgence in the twenty-first century has resulted in a large number of misconceptions about its objectives in international politics. This paper seeks to clear up some of those misconceptions by identifying and dispelling four common myths about Russian grand strategy.
First Page
3
Recommended Citation
Person, Robert, "Four Myths about Russian Grand Strategy" (2020). West Point Research Papers. 472.
https://digitalcommons.usmalibrary.org/usma_research_papers/472