On December 31, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin signed into law the new National Security Strategy, which replaces its 2009 version. The 2015 Strategy soon prompted a cacophony of critical opinions from commentators who have highlighted the extent to which it designates the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as threats to Russia’s security. However, this development is hardly surprising given the long-term deterioration of Moscow’s relations with Washington and NATO, a process further driven by the 2014 crisis in Ukraine and its ongoing ramifications as well as Russia’s response to the corresponding US strategy document released in …read more
Source: The Jamestown Foundation
