Putin's Asymmetric Assault on Democracy in Russia and Europe: Implications for U.S. National Security

ISBN-10: 1643542516
ISBN-13: 9781643542515
Pages: 208
Language: English
Published: 2019-01-18
Publisher: Student Study Guides
Author: Sampson

Description

In Putin's Asymmetric Assault on Democracy in Russia and Europe, we learn about Vladimir Putin's rise to power through the KGB to mayor of St. Petersburg and eventually as head of the Russian state. We discover the history of how Putin used classic Cold War KGB tactics by weaponizing civil society, culture, ideology, and Russia's criminal element against the nascent Russian democracy by cultivating and using ties to NGOs, thinktanks, extremist political groups, the Russian orthodox church, industrial and energy policy, and the Russian Mafia. We also see how the Kremlin then exported this political extortion, intimidation, and monetary corruption first to its Eastern European neighbors, then their western partners in the European Union, and how it has now landed on America's shores.

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