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- Title
Russian politics, policy-making and American missile defence.
- Authors
TSYPKIN, MIKHAIL
- Abstract
The American decision to deploy missile defence in Poland endangered the central myth of Putin's regime (Russia's rebirth as a Great Power), challenged the status of Putin as Russia's strongman, and introduced an additional uncertainty into the carefully scripted campaign for succession to Putin. It also hit the raw nerve of Russia's reliance on nuclear weapons. The character of Russian policy-making has guaranteed the worst-case scenario evaluation of the American programme. The Russian elite's world view has magnified the problems resulting from the deployment into fears of a window of vulnerability.
- Subjects
UNITED States; RUSSIA; NATIONAL missile defense; RUSSIA-United States relations, 1991-; PUTIN, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952-; MILITARY policy
- Publication
International Affairs, 2009, Vol 85, Issue 4, p781
- ISSN
0020-5850
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1468-2346.2009.00827.x