Is Russia Sabotaging Democracy in the West? |
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Authors: | Nikolas K Gvosdev |
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Institution: | Nikolas K. Gvosdev is Professor of National Security Affairs at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, RI. He is also a Senior Fellow in the Eurasia Program at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. This article is a revised version of a paper delivered at a conference cosponsored by the University of Pennsylvania and FPRI on March 12, 2019 |
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Abstract: | While there may be some ideological components at stake in the Russian Federation undermining democracy in the West, the Kremlin primarily views interference as a tool to accomplish its strategic interests. Russia is less concerned about regime type (authoritarian versus democratic) and more concerned with how a foreign power advances its strategic interests. While many governments that advance Russia's interests tend to be authoritarian, this is not always the case. Russia does not view non-Western democracies as a threat because the Kremlin considers them predictable and consistent. However, the use of “sharp power” to interfere in the internal affairs of Western democracies is coupled to an assessment of how such interference either promotes Russian interests or decreases Western capabilities to interfere in Russian foreign and domestic policy. |
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