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Strategic Posture Review: Russia

Richard Weitz | World Politics Review | 2/1/2009

Russia has experienced a remarkable resurgence in recent years. Despite its strategic resurgence, however, the country's new status rests on shaky foundations that will limit Moscow's capacity, and perhaps ambitions, to become a peer competitor of the United States. Richard Weitz examines the country's recent history, foreign and military policy, and national strategy in the first WPR Strategic Posture Review.

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