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The Russian Way of Deterrence: Strategic Culture, Coercion, and War

The Russian Way of Deterrence: Strategic Culture, Coercion, and War

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Technology & EngineeringGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 1503637824
ISBN13: 9781503637825
Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr
Published: Oct 31 2023
Pages: 226
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.80 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Selected among Foreign Affairs's Best of Books 2024

From a globally renowned expert on Russian military strategy and national security, The Russian Way of Deterrence investigates Russia's approach to coercion (both deterrence and compellence), comparing and contrasting it with the Western conceptualization of this strategy. Strategic deterrence, or what Dmitry (Dima) Adamsky calls deterrence à la Russe, is one of the main tools of Russian statecraft. Adamsky deftly describes the genealogy of the Russian approach to coercion and highlights the cultural, ideational, and historical factors that have shaped it in the nuclear, conventional, and informational domains. Drawing on extensive research on Russian strategic culture, Adamsky highlights several empirical and theoretical peculiarities of the Russian coercion strategy, including how this strategy relates to the war in Ukraine. Exploring the evolution of strategic deterrence, along with its sources and prospective avenues of development, Adamsky provides a comprehensive intellectual history that makes it possible to understand the deep mechanics of this Russian stratagem, the current and prospective patterns of the Kremlin's coercive conduct, and the implications for policymakers on both sides of the Atlantic.

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