The Politics of Security in Modern Russia

Mark Galeotti

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN: 9780754674085
• eBook ISBN: 9781317020134
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Politics
• Index: Politics & International Relations

The Putin era saw a striking 'securitization' of politics, something that he has bequeathed to his chosen successor, Dmitry Medvedev. The omens from the early days of the Medvedev presidency have been mixed, marked both by less confrontational rhetoric towards the West and by war with Georgia and continued re-armament. Has the Medvedev generation learned the lessons not just from the Soviet era but also from the Yeltsin and Putin presidencies, or will security remain the foundation of Russian foreign and domestic policy? Fully up-to-date to reflect the evolving Medvedev presidency, the 2008 Georgian war and the impact of the economic downturn, this volume is a much needed objective and balanced examination of the ways in which security has played and continues to play a central role in contemporary Russian politics. The combination of original scholarship with extensive empirical research makes this volume an invaluable resource for all students and researchers of Russian politics and security affairs.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• List of Contributors
• Key Abbreviations
• Acknowledgements
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Security Strategy: Sovereign Democracy and Great Power Aspirations
• 3 The Politics of Security
• 4 Civil–Military Relations and the Security Apparatus
• 5 Neither Reform Nor Modernisation: The Armed Forces Under and After Putin’s Command
• 6 Chechnya and Regional Security
• 7 Nuclear Arms Control After a Time of Troubles
• 8 Terrorism, Crime and the Security Forces
• 9 The ‘Security Economy’
• 10 Russia’s Unending Quest for Security
• Afterword by Dmitri Trenin
• Bibliography
• Index