Russia [What Think Tanks are thinking]

In September 2018, Russia held its largest military exercise since 1981, the height of the Cold War, deploying 300,000 troops and also inviting Chinese forces to participate. The event highlighted Russia’s growing assertiveness in security and foreign policy, following its annexation of Crimea and military intervention in Syria.

The policies of President Vladimir Putin, who was re-elected earlier in 2018, posed a dilemma for the European Union and the United States, with some observers accusing him of trying to sabotage Western liberal democracy and others saying that he wanted to regain the position of global player that the Soviet Union once occupied.

This note offered links to commentaries and studies by major international think tanks, which discussed Russia's policies and how to respond to them.

More reports on the topic can be found in previous editions of 'What Think Tanks are Thinking':

+ March 2018
+ July 2017
+ October 2016
+ October 2015

Compiler: Marcin Grajewski