Secure the perimeter? Russia's strategy beyond the Ukraine front

Secure the perimeter? Russia's strategy beyond the Ukraine front

Moscow's foreign policy enters the post-Western era. The world - including Greater Eurasia - has become a more comfortable environment for Russia to pursue foreign policy objectives. Today, the balance of investment and return in Moscow's external strategy is more favorable than at any time in recent memory. What remains is to sharpen the effectiveness of this policy in Russia's immediate neighborhood, aligning it more clearly with national deve…