... important as NATO expansion simply seemed far-fetched.
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Michael Kofman:
Six Key Trends in Russian Foreign Policy,
as Seen by the West
Just as Russia’s past attempts to describe its Chechnya campaign as a fight ... ... tarnish all Chechens with a terrorist brush, it equally does not buy into Russia’s conflation of moderate with extremist Syrian opposition forces today. Instead, it has
reiterated its commitment
to support what it considers “moderate” ...
Response to Ivan Timofeev's "7 Trends for Russian Foreign Policy You Need to Know"
After October’s Valdai Discussion in Sochi, Ivan Timofeev
wrote a succinct assessment of the latest trends in Russian foreign policy
. Indeed, after the annexation of Crimea, the conflict in Ukraine, a downward spiral of sanctions, and Russia's latest intervention in Syria, it is no simple task to identify clear patterns of behavior.
One challenge is separating the old from the truly new, and the signal from the noise. That is,
Russia's foreign policy today comes with an assortment of information packaging, symbolism,...
... foreign policy.
After the Ukraine crisis and military intervention in Syria, the key principles and ideas underpinning Russian foreign policy are becoming easier to understand.
Against the backdrop of the Ukraine crisis and the military airstrikes in Syria, Russian foreign policy is often seen as unpredictable. Not only was Russian action in both cases swift and unexpected, the scope of the response appeared to be disproportionate to the risk posed to Russia’s national interests.
Syria and especially ...
