Dangerous dyads in the post-Soviet space: explaining Russia's military escalation decisions, 1992–2010
Journal: Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica
Year: 2021

Abstract This paper analyses the military behaviour of Russia from 1992 to 2010. The method used is a combination of the dyad analysis introduced by Stuart Bremer in 1992 and the analysis of unit-level variables, which is distinctive of foreign policy analysis. We empirically test a set of hypotheses about the determinants of Russia's military behaviour in the post-Cold War period by considering the impact of changes of international variables – relative power, the presence of military alliance