Bettina Renz
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1471933 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Bettina Renz |
| PRENOMES | Bettina |
| SOBRENOME | Renz |
| ASSINATURA | RENZ B |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Nottingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5122-4990 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 19 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 100 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2006 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
‘Repairing an aircraft mid-flight’
This study evaluates progress made in establishing Democratic Civilian Control (DCC) in Ukraine under President Zelensky using key criteria drawn from the comparative literature: a civilian-led Ministry of Defence; clear lines of accountability; legislative oversight and a supportive civil society. War had a catalysing effect on military reforms, but this did not extend to DCC where the high external threat generated fears about Russian agents in…
Was the Russian Invasion of Ukraine a Failure of Western Deterrence
In February 2022, many observers initially evaluated the Russian invasion of Ukraine as a failure of Western deterrence. That assessment was and is flawed inasmuch as the West never articulated a clear strategy to deter such an invasion. Engaging with relevant conceptual debates about how deterrence works and relating this information to what the West did and did not do in the run-up to the invasion, this article shows that deterrence efforts wer…
Western Estimates of Russian Military Capabilities and the Invasion of Ukraine
The poor performance of the Russian military during the invasion of Ukraine came as a surprise to many in the West. This prompted a debate about why Russian capabilities had been overestimated. Fingers were pointed at the work of Western military analysts who, in the eyes of some critics, had based their estimates almost entirely on numbers and technology, resulting in mistaken predictions of a quick and decisive Russian victory. It has since bee…
Russian responses to the changing character of war
For much of the post-Soviet era there was a widespread belief that improving capabilities required for dealing with local small wars and insurgencies was the central focus of Russian military reforms. As a result, Moscow's military assertiveness and return to geopolitical rivalries since 2014 came as a surprise to many in the West. The article argues that small wars were never the major focus of Russian military transformation and reforms. Tracin…
Russia's military revival
Russian annexation of Crimea and the subsequent air campaign over Syria took the world by surprise. The capabilities and efficiency of Moscow's armed forces during both operations signalled to the world that Russia was back in business as a significant military actor on the international stage. In this cutting-edge study, Bettina Renz provides an in-depth and comprehensive analysis of Russia's military revival under Putin's leadership. Whilst the…
Securitising Russia
This book shows the impact of twenty-first-century security concerns on the way Russia is ruled. It demonstrates how President Vladimir Putin has wrestled with terrorism, immigration, media freedom, religious pluralism, and economic globalism, and argues that fears of a return to old-style authoritarianism oversimplify the complex context of contemporary Russia. Since the early 1990s, Russia has been repeatedly analysed in terms of whether it is …
Why Russia is Reviving Its Conventional Military Power
The revival of Russian military power poses certain challenges to NATO and to the West. However, the exact nature of these challenges is not straightforward. This article discusses why Russia is reviving its conventional military power and argues these \ndevelopments are not limited to the intention of preparing for offensive action. NATO’s and the West’s policy responses to recent changes in Russian defense policy need to be based on a realistic…
Russia and ‘hybrid warfare
© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. In the aftermath of the Crimea annexation in March 2014, the idea of ‘hybrid warfare’ quickly gained prominence as a concept that could help to explain the success of Russian military operations in this conflict. Although the concept continues to enjoy widespread popularity in both scholarly and policy circles, its utility as an analytical tool is also heavily contested. This article a…
Russian Military Capabilities after 20 Years of Reform
Despite widespread perceptions, Russia is close to having the military it needs
Electronic Resources and the Study of Political Elites in Russia
Developments in the information society in Russia have led to the creation of an abundance of online primary texts by political actors and institutions. This article surveys a large selection of official electronic texts with the aim of encouraging more extensive use of online sources and easing researchers' navigation of Russian politicians' use of the internet. While the authors do not claim that online data can replace the insights gained from…
Making a connection in the provinces? Russia's tweeting governors
This article seeks to examine how Russian regional governors are using the social media platform Twitter and the potential implications this has for government–society relations. Analysing a large sample of tweets generated by regional governors, the article provides an empirical assessment of the content, purpose and uses of Twitter by these officials, which vary significantly across different governors. While some uses suggest potential for inc…
Representing China in the South Pacific
Discrimination in Aerial Bombing
The role airpower can and should play in current and future armed conflicts is contested. The 1990s saw overwhelming optimism about the ability of airpower to win wars by itself and to facilitate c
Russian Military Modernization
At a time when most Western militaries are contracting and making room for budgetary cuts, the Russian military is going in the opposite direction. Anxious to make its defense capabilities more relevant to the contemporary security environment, the Russian political leadership has pushed for its military to modernize. But many substantial hurdles stand in the way
Traffickers, terrorists, and a 'new security challenge
The collapse of the Soviet Union precipitated the massive expansion of drug use and trade in Russia. The country now has one of the largest populations of injecting drug users in the world and has become the largest single-country market for Afghan heroin. In 2003 the Federal Service for the Control of the Drugs Trade was created to coordinate a comprehensive counternarcotics strategy appropriate to the scale of this threat. The service continues…
Chinese migration
In contrast to Sino-Russian relations at the state-level, regional cooperation between the contiguous Russian Far East and Chinese North East has been difficult to achieve, despite the existence of seemingly natural economic complementarities. This article asks why this is the case and argues that one important stumbling block, i.e. negative reactions to Chinese labour migration, has become less problematic. Situating Russian Far East/Chinese Nor…
Securitising Russia
This book shows the impact of twenty-first-century security concerns on the way Russia is ruled. It demonstrates how President Vladimir Putin has wrestled with terrorism, immigration, media freedom, religious pluralism, and economic globalism, and argues that fears of a return to old-style authoritarianism oversimplify the complex context of contemporary Russia. Since the early 1990s, Russia has been repeatedly analysed in terms of whether it is …
Putin's militocracy? An alternative interpretation of Siloviki in contemporary Russian politics
This article challenges the perception of the rising numbers of siloviki in Russian politics as a conscious strategy and expression of a more authoritarian policy direction pursued by President Putin. Contextualising the phenomenon within the framework of the system of elite recruitment in contemporary Russia, and engaging in a micro-level study of individual siloviki, the article argues that the role of these figures is more modest than often as…
Securitising Russia
Russia and ‘hybrid warfare
© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. In the aftermath of the Crimea annexation in March 2014, the idea of ‘hybrid warfare’ quickly gained prominence as a concept that could help to explain the success of Russian military operations in this conflict. Although the concept continues to enjoy widespread popularity in both scholarly and policy circles, its utility as an analytical tool is also heavily contested. This article a…
Putin's militocracy? An alternative interpretation of Siloviki in contemporary Russian politics
This article challenges the perception of the rising numbers of siloviki in Russian politics as a conscious strategy and expression of a more authoritarian policy direction pursued by President Putin. Contextualising the phenomenon within the framework of the system of elite recruitment in contemporary Russia, and engaging in a micro-level study of individual siloviki, the article argues that the role of these figures is more modest than often as…
Chinese migration
In contrast to Sino-Russian relations at the state-level, regional cooperation between the contiguous Russian Far East and Chinese North East has been difficult to achieve, despite the existence of seemingly natural economic complementarities. This article asks why this is the case and argues that one important stumbling block, i.e. negative reactions to Chinese labour migration, has become less problematic. Situating Russian Far East/Chinese Nor…
Russian responses to the changing character of war
For much of the post-Soviet era there was a widespread belief that improving capabilities required for dealing with local small wars and insurgencies was the central focus of Russian military reforms. As a result, Moscow's military assertiveness and return to geopolitical rivalries since 2014 came as a surprise to many in the West. The article argues that small wars were never the major focus of Russian military transformation and reforms. Tracin…
Making a connection in the provinces? Russia's tweeting governors
This article seeks to examine how Russian regional governors are using the social media platform Twitter and the potential implications this has for government–society relations. Analysing a large sample of tweets generated by regional governors, the article provides an empirical assessment of the content, purpose and uses of Twitter by these officials, which vary significantly across different governors. While some uses suggest potential for inc…
Western Estimates of Russian Military Capabilities and the Invasion of Ukraine
The poor performance of the Russian military during the invasion of Ukraine came as a surprise to many in the West. This prompted a debate about why Russian capabilities had been overestimated. Fingers were pointed at the work of Western military analysts who, in the eyes of some critics, had based their estimates almost entirely on numbers and technology, resulting in mistaken predictions of a quick and decisive Russian victory. It has since bee…
Russian Military Modernization
At a time when most Western militaries are contracting and making room for budgetary cuts, the Russian military is going in the opposite direction. Anxious to make its defense capabilities more relevant to the contemporary security environment, the Russian political leadership has pushed for its military to modernize. But many substantial hurdles stand in the way
Russian Military Capabilities after 20 Years of Reform
Despite widespread perceptions, Russia is close to having the military it needs
Electronic Resources and the Study of Political Elites in Russia
Developments in the information society in Russia have led to the creation of an abundance of online primary texts by political actors and institutions. This article surveys a large selection of official electronic texts with the aim of encouraging more extensive use of online sources and easing researchers' navigation of Russian politicians' use of the internet. While the authors do not claim that online data can replace the insights gained from…
Representing China in the South Pacific
Traffickers, terrorists, and a 'new security challenge
The collapse of the Soviet Union precipitated the massive expansion of drug use and trade in Russia. The country now has one of the largest populations of injecting drug users in the world and has become the largest single-country market for Afghan heroin. In 2003 the Federal Service for the Control of the Drugs Trade was created to coordinate a comprehensive counternarcotics strategy appropriate to the scale of this threat. The service continues…
Securitising Russia
This book shows the impact of twenty-first-century security concerns on the way Russia is ruled. It demonstrates how President Vladimir Putin has wrestled with terrorism, immigration, media freedom, religious pluralism, and economic globalism, and argues that fears of a return to old-style authoritarianism oversimplify the complex context of contemporary Russia. Since the early 1990s, Russia has been repeatedly analysed in terms of whether it is …
Putin's militocracy? An alternative interpretation of Siloviki in contemporary Russian politics
This article challenges the perception of the rising numbers of siloviki in Russian politics as a conscious strategy and expression of a more authoritarian policy direction pursued by President Putin. Contextualising the phenomenon within the framework of the system of elite recruitment in contemporary Russia, and engaging in a micro-level study of individual siloviki, the article argues that the role of these figures is more modest than often as…
Securitising Russia
Chinese migration
In contrast to Sino-Russian relations at the state-level, regional cooperation between the contiguous Russian Far East and Chinese North East has been difficult to achieve, despite the existence of seemingly natural economic complementarities. This article asks why this is the case and argues that one important stumbling block, i.e. negative reactions to Chinese labour migration, has become less problematic. Situating Russian Far East/Chinese Nor…
Traffickers, terrorists, and a 'new security challenge
The collapse of the Soviet Union precipitated the massive expansion of drug use and trade in Russia. The country now has one of the largest populations of injecting drug users in the world and has become the largest single-country market for Afghan heroin. In 2003 the Federal Service for the Control of the Drugs Trade was created to coordinate a comprehensive counternarcotics strategy appropriate to the scale of this threat. The service continues…
Representing China in the South Pacific
Discrimination in Aerial Bombing
The role airpower can and should play in current and future armed conflicts is contested. The 1990s saw overwhelming optimism about the ability of airpower to win wars by itself and to facilitate c
Russian Military Modernization
At a time when most Western militaries are contracting and making room for budgetary cuts, the Russian military is going in the opposite direction. Anxious to make its defense capabilities more relevant to the contemporary security environment, the Russian political leadership has pushed for its military to modernize. But many substantial hurdles stand in the way
Electronic Resources and the Study of Political Elites in Russia
Developments in the information society in Russia have led to the creation of an abundance of online primary texts by political actors and institutions. This article surveys a large selection of official electronic texts with the aim of encouraging more extensive use of online sources and easing researchers' navigation of Russian politicians' use of the internet. While the authors do not claim that online data can replace the insights gained from…
Making a connection in the provinces? Russia's tweeting governors
This article seeks to examine how Russian regional governors are using the social media platform Twitter and the potential implications this has for government–society relations. Analysing a large sample of tweets generated by regional governors, the article provides an empirical assessment of the content, purpose and uses of Twitter by these officials, which vary significantly across different governors. While some uses suggest potential for inc…
Russian Military Capabilities after 20 Years of Reform
Despite widespread perceptions, Russia is close to having the military it needs
Securitising Russia
This book shows the impact of twenty-first-century security concerns on the way Russia is ruled. It demonstrates how President Vladimir Putin has wrestled with terrorism, immigration, media freedom, religious pluralism, and economic globalism, and argues that fears of a return to old-style authoritarianism oversimplify the complex context of contemporary Russia. Since the early 1990s, Russia has been repeatedly analysed in terms of whether it is …
Why Russia is Reviving Its Conventional Military Power
The revival of Russian military power poses certain challenges to NATO and to the West. However, the exact nature of these challenges is not straightforward. This article discusses why Russia is reviving its conventional military power and argues these \ndevelopments are not limited to the intention of preparing for offensive action. NATO’s and the West’s policy responses to recent changes in Russian defense policy need to be based on a realistic…
Russia and ‘hybrid warfare
© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. In the aftermath of the Crimea annexation in March 2014, the idea of ‘hybrid warfare’ quickly gained prominence as a concept that could help to explain the success of Russian military operations in this conflict. Although the concept continues to enjoy widespread popularity in both scholarly and policy circles, its utility as an analytical tool is also heavily contested. This article a…
Russia's military revival
Russian annexation of Crimea and the subsequent air campaign over Syria took the world by surprise. The capabilities and efficiency of Moscow's armed forces during both operations signalled to the world that Russia was back in business as a significant military actor on the international stage. In this cutting-edge study, Bettina Renz provides an in-depth and comprehensive analysis of Russia's military revival under Putin's leadership. Whilst the…
Russian responses to the changing character of war
For much of the post-Soviet era there was a widespread belief that improving capabilities required for dealing with local small wars and insurgencies was the central focus of Russian military reforms. As a result, Moscow's military assertiveness and return to geopolitical rivalries since 2014 came as a surprise to many in the West. The article argues that small wars were never the major focus of Russian military transformation and reforms. Tracin…
Was the Russian Invasion of Ukraine a Failure of Western Deterrence
In February 2022, many observers initially evaluated the Russian invasion of Ukraine as a failure of Western deterrence. That assessment was and is flawed inasmuch as the West never articulated a clear strategy to deter such an invasion. Engaging with relevant conceptual debates about how deterrence works and relating this information to what the West did and did not do in the run-up to the invasion, this article shows that deterrence efforts wer…
Western Estimates of Russian Military Capabilities and the Invasion of Ukraine
The poor performance of the Russian military during the invasion of Ukraine came as a surprise to many in the West. This prompted a debate about why Russian capabilities had been overestimated. Fingers were pointed at the work of Western military analysts who, in the eyes of some critics, had based their estimates almost entirely on numbers and technology, resulting in mistaken predictions of a quick and decisive Russian victory. It has since bee…
‘Repairing an aircraft mid-flight’
This study evaluates progress made in establishing Democratic Civilian Control (DCC) in Ukraine under President Zelensky using key criteria drawn from the comparative literature: a civilian-led Ministry of Defence; clear lines of accountability; legislative oversight and a supportive civil society. War had a catalysing effect on military reforms, but this did not extend to DCC where the high external threat generated fears about Russian agents in…
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