Reassessing Russia's Security Policy

ISBN-13: 9781032382968 / Twarda / 2023 / 296 str.

Nurlan Aliyev

Opis

The book discusses how Russia’s security policy has been and is being applied in specific cases, including the present war in Ukraine, the Russian anti-satellite program and Russia’s contemporary Afghan policy.

Spis treści

Acknowledgments viii

Introduction 1

1 The evolution of Russian security thought 7

2 Determinants of Russia’s security policy 41

3 The Soviet legacy of Russia’s security policy 81

4 Evolution of the Russian Federation’s security concept 116

5 Functions of Russia’s foreign security policy: New approaches 147

6 The implementation of Russia’s foreign policy and the role of its security policy 192

7 Russia’s security and foreign policy approaches: Ukraine, star wars, and Afghanistan 229

Why does Russia prefer strategic asymmetry? 280

Index 288

O autorze

Nurlan Aliyev is a lecturer in the University of Economics and Human Sciences in Warsaw, Poland.