Russian Strategic Culture After the Cold War: A Comparative Case-Study of the Second Chechen War, the 2008 Russo-Georgian War, and the 2014 Invasion of Crimea
Journal: Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo)
Year: 2017

In 2014, Russia annexed Crimea and got involved in an insurgency in the Donbass region of Ukraine. The Russian willingness to use military force in an internationally aggressive manner surprised the West. Subsequently, these incidents sparked a vivid debate about what lay behind the Russian actions in Ukraine. This thesis attempts to shed some light on this debate by answering the question: How do the Second Chechen War, the 2008 Russo-Georgian War, and the 2014 Invasion of Crimea reveal charact