Pavel K. Baev: Russian strategy seeks to defy economic decline with military bravado
Russian Navy Captain Alexander Shvarts stands in front of an anti-aircraft system on the Russian missile cruiser Moskva as it patrols in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Syria, on Dec. 17, 2015.
President Vladimir Putin concluded 2015 with the approval of a revised National Security Strategy, which defines the strengthening of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as a threat and commits to countering it by securing the unity of Russian society and by building up the country’s defense capabilities.
