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Chatham House: ‘Boffins’ and ‘Buffoons’: Different Strains of Thought in Russia’s Strategic Thinking

Author: Yury E. Fedorov
March 2006

Policy is a matter of perceptions. Therefore, analysis of various schools of strategic thinking that exist in Russia today may help to explain some important components of the way in which Russia's foreign policy is shaped, and to clarify the current evolution ofRussia's international behaviour. Indeed, since Vladimir Putin's re-election as president in 2004, the Kremlin has demonstrated a new foreign policy style. It is more opinionated and aggressive, especially towards the new independent states of the former Soviet Union, and less cooperative, yet not totally hostile, towards the West.

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