By Way of Deception: The Russian War on Ukraine 2013-2015
Abstract
The Russian political elites view themselves as being in an existential struggle with the West. Russia is undertaking a policy of overturning the European security framework with the intent to break up the political cohesion of the transatlantic community in order to preserve itself. This is of strategic concern to the United States because Russia is the only nation-state that can pose an existential threat to the U.S. via its strategic nuclear weapons forces, and Russian efforts to pose an existential threat to the U.S. security order could escalate. This research project with examine the Russian coercive operations against Ukraine from November 2013 to April 2015 as a case study to analyze the change in Russian foreign policy from being a status quo power to a aggressive revisionist power. To frame the actual war, a short exposition on the Russian vision of warfare, called "hybrid warfare" in the West, or Next-Generation in Russia, will be examined.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 2016
- Accession Number
- AD1212134
Entities
People
- Brian R. Dunmire
Organizations
- United States Army War College