Governance: The Political Science Journal at UNLV
Article Title
Understanding Russia
Abstract
This paper will develop a comprehensive analytical framework that endeavors to explain Russian incursions during the Putin era. The bedrock of this paper’s analytical model is that Russia’s fundamental motivation is having the means to challenge unilateral action and to make the other world powers twice about interfering in Russia’s affairs. This proposed theoretical model will be tested through four case studies, utilizing content analysis and process-tracing. The first case study will cover the Second Chechen War; the second case study will be of the 2008 Russo-Georgian war; the third case study will focus on Russia’s intervention in Ukraine; the final case study will be that of the ongoing conflict in Syria.
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Goldstein, Tyler M.
(2019)
"Understanding Russia,"
Governance: The Political Science Journal at UNLV: Vol. 6, Article 4.
Available at:
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/governance-unlv/vol6/iss2/4