Recent events in Russia and Ukraine have resulted in a local conflict with far-reaching global consequences. The majority of media coverage on these events has focused on the Soviet and post-Soviet periods of the Russian-Ukrainian relationship. However, current regional geopolitics have also been influenced by Russian and Ukrainian narratives of their shared history. To better…
Category: Russia
New National Security Strategy of the Russian Federation
On the 2nd of July 2021, Vladimir Putin signed a new National Security Strategy of the Russian Federation, a foundational document of Russia’s foreign policy. These are some notes from Part 2. Russia in the modern world: opportunities and trends. The West’s hegemony is in decline, leading to the erosion of global institutions and a…