Monday, February 15, 2016

A Commentary On Russia's National Security Strategy

Military parade in Red Square. Wikipedia

Keith B. Payne & Mark B. Schneider, Real Clear Defense: Russia's New National Security Strategy

Stark Realities Confronting the West

On December 31, 2015, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a new Russian National Security Strategy (NSS). This action was preceded by adoption of a new naval strategy earlier in 2015 and a new military doctrine in December 2014. All of these documents reflect a manifest and growing hostility to the West. According to one of Britain’s foremost experts on Russia, Roger McDermott, this Russian NSS “marks the culmination of a long process in deteriorating relations between Moscow and Washington and in how the Russian security elite perceives the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).”

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WNU Editor: I am not buying what this commentary is trying to push, especially when they are trying to make their case by comparing Russia to Nazi Germany ....

.... If this policy seems akin to Germany’s 1930s playbook, note too that in January 2016, Russia began burning library books to eliminate harmful foreign influences.

But I do recognize that fears of Russia are held by many in the West, and as tensions continue to rise it is going to be pushed even further.

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