Russian politics, policy-making and American missile defence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9921203 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mikhail Tsypkin (0000-0001-6646-4527, Naval Postgraduate School, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 781-799 |
| Publication date | 2009-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-5850 • E-ISSN: 1468-2346 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-2346.2009.00827.x |
| OpenAlex | W2015268833 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
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
Ballistic missile · Computer security · Elite · Foreign policy · Missile · Missile Defense · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Software deployment · Vulnerability (computing · Engineering · European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Russia and Soviet political economy
| Citations per year | 0.21 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2021 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |