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This illuminating book explains how and why Russia’s relations
with the west have deteriorated to the point of initiating a new
era of ‘great power competition’. An updated version of the
bestselling 2016 edition, it explores the decline in relations
since the early 2000s, taking in the war in Syria and the 2022
escalation in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Beyond geopolitical
considerations, the book delves into the nature of power in Russia
itself, providing an in-depth examination of the networks of
influence that define the country's political landscape. In doing
so it moves beyond the simplistic, Putin-centric narratives often
found in western accounts, offering readers a fresh perspective on
Russian politics. Understanding Russia is crucial for western
leaders seeking to establish stable and constructive relations in
the future. The new politics of Russia serves as a key resource,
challenging conventional wisdom and unpicking the complex dynamics
at play in the relationship between Russia and the west. -- .
For the majority of the post-Cold War era, Russian maritime power
has hardly featured in the Euro-Atlantic community’s thinking.
But in the mid-2010s, the idea that the Russian navy poses a threat
to NATO began to gain ground. It took very real form in February
2022, when Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine. This book
presents the first sustained examination of Russian maritime power
in the period since the Cold War. It brings together leading
specialists from public policy and academia to reflect on
historical and contemporary aspects of Russia's naval strategy and
capacities. At a time of mounting tensions, which some observers
have named the ‘Fourth Battle of the Atlantic’, the book offers
an informed and nuanced discussion, taking into account the view
from Moscow and how this differs from western perspectives. It
sketches a trajectory of Russia’s power at sea and reflects on
current capabilities and problems, as well as Moscow’s strategic
planning for the future. -- .
From the conflict in Syria to the crisis in Ukraine, Russia
continues to dominate the headlines. Yet the political realities of
contemporary Russia are poorly understood by Western observers and
policy-makers. In this highly engaging book, Andrew Monaghan
explains why we tend to misunderstand Russia - and the importance
of 'getting Russia right'. Exploring in detail the relationship
between the West and Russia, he charts the development of relations
and investigates the causes of the increasingly obvious sense of
strategic dissonance. He also considers the evolution in Russian
domestic politics, introducing influential current figures and
those who are forming the leadership and opposition of the future.
By delving into the depths of difficult questions such as the
causes of the Ukraine crisis or the political protests surrounding
the 2011-12 elections, the book offers a dynamic model for
understanding this most fascinating and elusive of countries. -- .
This book offers a nuanced and detailed examination of two of the
most important current debates about contemporary Russia's
international activity: is Moscow acting strategically or
opportunistically, and should this be understood in regional or
global terms? The book addresses core themes of Russian activity -
military, energy and economic - but it offers an unusual
multi-disciplinary analysis to these themes. Monaghan incorporates
both regional and thematic specialist expertise to give a fresh
perspective to each of these core themes. Underpinned by detailed
analyses of the revolution in Russian geospatial capabilities and
the establishment of a strategic planning foundation, the book
includes chapters on military and maritime strategies, energy
security and economic diversification and influence. This serves to
highlight the connections between military and economic interests
that shape and drive Russian strategy. -- .
This book offers a nuanced and detailed examination of two of the
most important current debates about contemporary Russia's
international activity: is Moscow acting strategically or
opportunistically, and should this be understood in regional or
global terms? The book addresses core themes of Russian activity -
military, energy and economic - but it offers an unusual
multi-disciplinary analysis to these themes. Monaghan incorporates
both regional and thematic specialist expertise to give a fresh
perspective to each of these core themes. Underpinned by detailed
analyses of the revolution in Russian geospatial capabilities and
the establishment of a strategic planning foundation, the book
includes chapters on military and maritime strategies, energy
security and economic diversification and influence. This serves to
highlight the connections between military and economic interests
that shape and drive Russian strategy. -- .
From the conflict in Syria to the crisis in Ukraine, Russia
continues to dominate the headlines. Yet the political realities of
contemporary Russia are poorly understood by Western observers and
policy-makers. In this highly engaging book, Andrew Monaghan
explains why we tend to misunderstand Russia - and the importance
of 'getting Russia right'. Exploring in detail the relationship
between the West and Russia, he charts the development of relations
and investigates the causes of the increasingly obvious sense of
strategic dissonance. He also considers the evolution in Russian
domestic politics, introducing influential current figures and
those who are forming the leadership and opposition of the future.
By delving into the depths of difficult questions such as the
causes of the Ukraine crisis or the political protests surrounding
the 2011-12 elections, the book offers a dynamic model for
understanding this most fascinating and elusive of countries. -- .
Russia is once again at the front and center of the security agenda
of the United States. With many now seeing Russia as one of the
most important threats, if not the number one threat to the United
States and its allies, there is much debate about how to counter
possible threats, where Russia might strike next, and how to deter
Russian aggression. The war in Ukraine and Russia s intervention in
Syria, combined with its extensive program of exercising for war,
lends policy urgency to this debate. In this Letort Paper, Dr.
Andrew Monaghan, a British academic and long-term scholar of Russia
based at Chatham House in London, reflects on the view from Moscow.
In so doing, he illustrates the increasingly obvious gulf in how
security is perceived in Western capitals and in Moscow.
Importantly, he emphasizes that the Russian leadership faces
numerous doubts and difficulties to include doubting that, in
Clausewitzian terms, Russia is able to withstand the test of war.
The book explores the Russian leadership's strategic agenda and
illuminates the range of problems it faces in implementing it.
Given these difficulties and the Russian leadership's concerns
about an unstable and increasingly competitive world, the Russian
official and expert community often use the term 'mobilisation' to
describe the measures that Moscow is increasingly resorting to in
order to implement its agenda. The book explores what this means,
and concludes that many of the terms used in the Western debate
about Russia both misdiagnose the nature of the challenge and
misrepresent the situation in Russia. At a time when many of the
books about Russia are focused specifically on the war in Ukraine
and the deterioration in relations between the Euro-Atlantic
community and Russia, or are biographies of Vladimir Putin, it
offers a new and unique lens through which to understand how Russia
works and how Russian domestic and foreign politics are intimately
linked. -- .
The role of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in regional
politics, and the significance of the organization for U.S.
interests, is widely misunderstood. The organization is
emphatically not a military bloc, and yet engages in joint
activities which resemble military cooperation to U.S. eyes. It is,
in theory, open to new members; but at present is highly unlikely
to accept any. Its rhetoric firmly opposes U.S. presence and
activity on the territory of member states, and yet individual
member states leverage basing agreements with the United States to
their advantage. This monograph by Mr. Henry Plater-Zyberk seeks to
explain the SCO through reviewing its history and stated
aspirations, and measuring these against actual achievements. It
concludes that with the notable exception of the Regional
Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS), the great majority of SCO
accomplishments are of little significance other than to provide an
additional multinational vehicle through which China, and in
particular Russia...
The recent history of the conversation with Russia over plans for
European missile defense has been one of repeated and unsuccessful
attempts to allay strongly worded Russian concerns. None of these
attempts has mitigated Russia's trenchant opposition to U.S. plans.
At times, this opposition can appear based on grounds which are
spurious or incomprehensible. In this monograph, Mr. Keir Giles, a
British academic and long-term scholar of Russia, examines the
history of missile defense, and the current dialogue, from a
Russian perspective in order to explain the root causes of Russian
alarm. He presents specific recommendations for managing the Russia
relationship in the context of missile defense. Important
conclusions are also drawn for the purpose of managing the dialogue
over missile defense plans not only with Russia as an opponent, but
also with European North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies as
partners and hosts.
While conflict in cyberspace is not a new phenomenon, the legality
of hostile cyber activity at a state level remains imperfectly
defined. While there is broad agreement among the United States and
its allies that cyber warfare would be governed by existing law of
armed conflict, with no need for additional treaties or conventions
to regulate hostilities online, this view is not shared by many
nations that the United States could potentially face as
adversaries. A range of foreign states use definitions for cyber
conflict that are entirely different from our own, extending to
different concepts of what constitutes online hostilities and even
a state of war. This leads to a potentially dangerous situation
where an adversary could be operating according to an entirely
different understanding of international law to that followed by
the United States. In this Letort Paper, Mr. Keir Giles uses
Russian-language sources and interviews to illustrate the very
distinct set of views on the nature of conflict...
The questionable performance of the Russian armed forces in the
conflict in Georgia in 2008 provided the impetus for a program of
far-reaching reform in the Russian military. The progress of this
reform has been the subject of intensive study, including in a
number of monographs issued by the Strategic Studies Institute. But
as Mr. Keir Giles and Dr. Andrew Monaghan describe in this Paper,
the most recent phase of military transformation in Russia allows
conclusions to be drawn about the final shape of the Russian
military once the process is complete-and about the range of
threats, some of them unrecognizable to us, that is guiding that
process. In this monograph, the authors use a wide range of Russian
language sources and interviews to illustrate not only the Russian
threat assessments highlighting the United States as a potential
aggressor, but also the many unique challenges facing Russia in
renewing and rearming its military.
For the majority of the post-Cold War era, Russian maritime power
has hardly featured in the Euro-Atlantic community's thinking. But
in the mid-2010s, the idea that the Russian navy poses a threat to
NATO began to gain ground. It took very real form in February 2022,
when Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine. This book presents
the first sustained examination of Russian maritime power in the
period since the Cold War. It brings together leading specialists
from public policy and academia to reflect on historical and
contemporary aspects of Russia's naval strategy and capacities. At
a time of mounting tensions, which some observers have named the
'Fourth Battle of the Atlantic', the book offers an informed and
nuanced discussion, taking into account the view from Moscow and
how this differs from western perspectives. It sketches a
trajectory of Russia's power at sea and reflects on current
capabilities and problems, as well as Moscow's strategic planning
for the future. -- .
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