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Sep 19, 2022 · The U.S. Department of Defense tries to predict how the geopolitical situation might evolve so that it can make decisions on acquisitions, operational concepts, and force structure. Russia has a similar approach that is mandated by a law (PDF) concerning strategic planning. But what is useful about such state forecasts is not their accuracy.
Feb 2, 2024 · Putin’s unprovoked invasion is, in many ways, the greatest unforced geopolitical error Moscow has seen in decades—and potentially ever. And yet, years after Russia first invaded Ukraine, the status quo in the Kremlin prevails. A cowed Russian populace refuses to march for anything other than local concerns.
Dec 20, 2021 · President Putin once described that as "the greatest geopolitical tragedy of the 20th Century." He remains deeply resentful of how the Cold War ended: with Moscow losing territory, influence and...
May 10, 2023 · The 2023 document is Russia’s first comprehensive foreign policy statement since its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, revealing how Moscow sees the war a year later and its vision for an emergent multipolar world.
Apr 13, 2023 · Russia’s new foreign-policy concept: the airing of grievances and a new vision of world order. The milestone policy statement envisions Russia as ‘a vast Eurasian and Euro-Pacific power’ at the centre of a new global order defined by its opposition to the West.
May 4, 2022 · As Europe and the United States appear headed toward period of prolonged confrontation with Russia, a new status quo is forming. The CSIS Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program hopes that these scenarios will illuminate potential policy responses to a changing geopolitical landscape.
Mar 2, 2022 · 2 March 2022 8 Minute Read. Putin has been seen as rational and realist in his foreign and security policy, calculating and often opportunistic. His decision to mount a full-scale military assault on Ukraine, however, highlights a shift by Russia’s president to embrace ethno-nationalist motivations, driven by a sense of a historic mission to ...
