The Russian Way of Deterrence: Strategic Culture, Coercion, and War - Softcover

Adamsky, Dmitry (Dima)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1503637824 ISBN 13: 9781503637825

Publisher: Stanford University Press, 2023

Synopsis

Selected among Foreign Affairs's "Best of Books 2024"

From a globally renowned expert on Russian military strategy and national security, The Russian Way of Deterrence investigates Russia's approach to coercion (both deterrence and compellence), comparing and contrasting it with the Western conceptualization of this strategy. Strategic deterrence, or what Dmitry (Dima) Adamsky calls deterrence à la Russe, is one of the main tools of Russian statecraft. Adamsky deftly describes the genealogy of the Russian approach to coercion and highlights the cultural, ideational, and historical factors that have shaped it in the nuclear, conventional, and informational domains. Drawing on extensive research on Russian strategic culture, Adamsky highlights several empirical and theoretical peculiarities of the Russian coercion strategy, including how this strategy relates to the war in Ukraine. Exploring the evolution of strategic deterrence, along with its sources and prospective avenues of development, Adamsky provides a comprehensive intellectual history that makes it possible to understand the deep mechanics of this Russian stratagem, the current and prospective patterns of the Kremlin's coercive conduct, and the implications for policymakers on both sides of the Atlantic.

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About the Author

Dmitry (Dima) Adamsky is a Professor at Reichman University in Israel and a visiting professor at Vytautas Magnus University in Lithuania. He is the author of Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy (Stanford, 2019) and The Culture of Military Innovation (Stanford, 2010).

Edition details

• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1503637824
• ISBN 13: 9781503637825
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 226