Putin’s Gamble: An End to NATO and Restoration of Russian Might BY STEPHEN R. COVINGTON 9/6/15 AT 1:28 PM: "Away from public view, Putin constructs unchallengeable political control over Russia that is built on the narrow aims of a Kremlin leadership interested in obtaining more wealth and more power. Individually, these public and non-public lines of effort are single elements of Putin’s policy, each with their own appeal to their targeted audience. However, these three lines of Putin’s policy are mixed together into a single political and strategic military logic for breaking out of the perceived strategic encirclement of the European security system around Russia to establish a stronger, more globally competitive Russia."
"Away from public view, Putin constructs unchallengeable political control over Russia that is built on the narrow aims of a Kremlin leadership interested in obtaining more wealth and more power. Individually, these public and non-public lines of effort are single elements of Putin’s policy, each with their own appeal to their targeted audience. However, these three lines of Putin’s policy are mixed together into a single political and strategic military logic for breaking out of the perceived strategic encirclement of the European security system around Russia to establish a stronger, more globally competitive Russia." Post Headlines » An End to NATO and Restoration of Russian Might 07/09/15 11:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks mikenova shared this story from Newsweek. This article first appeared on the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University site . In 1985, a Soviet leader ca