Russia has a new National Security Strategy, signed by President Putin on the last day of 2015, an uncanny New Year’s message that Russia’s relations with the West have entered an even more volatile phase. The new Russian NSS accuses the United States and its NATO allies of “seeking to preserve their global domination in world affairs” and of pursuing a policy of “containment against Russia through political, economic, military and informational pressure” (Article 12). It identifies NATO as a threat whose “growing power capabilities (and…) global functions are a clear violation of international law, shown by the growing military …read more
Source: The American Interest
