“A Thousand Threads” Policy: Russia’s “Soft Power” in the Post-Soviet Space

... trusting dialogue at the level of experts and non-governmental groups takes on added importance against the background of growing international instability, when the alternative to growing mutual understanding is growing misunderstanding. The” soft power” policy based on the “thousand threads” principle can only be effective if it is a two-way street. This would offer real hope that “soft power” in the post-Soviet space would be associated less and less with “orange revolutions”, giving way to ...