{"id":10612,"date":"2014-05-08T11:59:22","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T15:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.cos.ucf.edu\/?p=10612"},"modified":"2016-12-20T14:33:02","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T19:33:02","slug":"the-empire-strikes-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/the-empire-strikes-back\/","title":{"rendered":"The Empire Strikes Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/politicalscience.cos.ucf.edu\/people\/degaut-marcos\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10586 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/09\/Marcos-e1441740760247.jpg\" alt=\"Marcos\" width=\"199\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/politicalscience.cos.ucf.edu\/people\/degaut-marcos\/\" target=\"_blank\">Marcos Degaut<\/a>, a Ph.D. student in Security Studies, has\u00a0written an article called \u201cThe Russian Strategic Culture and the Annexation of Crimea: The Empire Strikes Back?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With Crimea\u2019s annexation by Russia, in March 2014, and President Vladimir Putin\u2019s willingness to make a military incursion into Ukraine to ensure Crimea\u2019s incorporation into Russian Federation seems to have directed political and policymakers\u2019 eyes on Russia. Speculations about the country\u2019s real intentions have re-birthed fears that an imperialistic Russia is rebuilding its empire in order to achieve superiority over the West or acquire greater political clout in the international arena.<\/p>\n<p>In Mr. Degaut\u2019s article, the author explores the strategic culture of Russia and how the country\u2019s philosophical, political, cultural and cognitive characteristics have influenced it. The article opens up a different perspective on Russia\u2019s actions and how the importance of comprehending a country\u2019s \u201cstrategic culture\u201d is valuable. The term \u201cstrategic culture\u201d is stressed throughout the piece because it offers explanations on the rationale behind a country\u2019s perceptions, policies and why it tends to behave the way it does.<\/p>\n<p>Degaut states that Russian leaderships appear to see the world through a Realist prism, in which the search for a balance of power is a permanent feature.\u00a0 Therefore, \u201cRussia\u2019s mission is to promote the emergence of a multipolar world, in order to contain and counterbalance the magnitude of the American power\u201d. The author points out that the main elements that drive Russia such as its combativeness, competitiveness, political assertiveness, and tough stance against what is perceived as the greatest threat to its security and ambitions: the United States. These elements are present in the country\u2019s renewed aspirations for great power status.<\/p>\n<p>The article was published on<em> Mundorama<\/em>, a Brazilian leading International Relations journal edited by the University of Brasilia and can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/mundorama.net\/2014\/05\/10\/the-russian-strategic-culture-and-the-annexation-of-crimea-the-empire-strikes-back-by-marcos-degaut\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marcos Degaut, a Ph.D. student in Security Studies, has\u00a0written an article called \u201cThe Russian Strategic Culture and the Annexation of Crimea: The Empire Strikes Back?\u201d With Crimea\u2019s annexation by Russia, in March 2014, and President Vladimir Putin\u2019s willingness to make a military incursion into Ukraine to ensure Crimea\u2019s incorporation into Russian Federation seems to have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":10632,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[18,16],"tags":[2155],"class_list":["post-10612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ps-phd-highlight","category-political-science-departments","tag-marcos-degaut"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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